Diurnal characteristics of heavy precipitation according to weather type at an upland site in Scotland

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 569-585

  Svensson, Cecilia ^a   Jakob, Dörte ^a   Reed, Duncan W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Diurnal distribution; Mid latitude cyclone; Orographic enhancement; Peak over threshold; Precipitation; Scotland; Weather type

Indexed keywords

STATISTICS; STORMS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; WIND;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; UPLAND REGION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036541852     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.672     Document Type: Article

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