United Kingdom and Ireland precipitation variability and the north Atlantic sea-level pressure field

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 939-959

  Murphy, Sarah J ^a   Washington, Richard ^a,b  

^a School of Geography   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Atlantic pattern; EOF analysis; Linear regression; North Atlantic oscillation; Precipitation variability; Sea level pressure; United Kingdom and Ireland

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL;

EMPERICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS (EOF);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035973188     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.670     Document Type: Article

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