Test of indices for classification of winter climate

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-222

  Gustavsson, Torbjörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL;

CONTROLLING FACTORS; ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM; SEVERE WEATHER; SWEDISHS; WEATHER PARAMETERS; WEATHER TYPES; WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE;

ROADS AND STREETS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; SEVERE WEATHER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD; WINTER;

EID: 0040806978     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.5060030303     Document Type: Article

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