Specification and prediction of monthly and seasonal rainfall over the south-west peninsula of England

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 596 PART A, 2004, Pages 193-210

  McGregor, Gleen R ^a   Phillips, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical seasonal climate prediction; Sea surface temperature; Water vapour flux

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SPECIFICATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; RAINFALL PREDICTION;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; MOISTURE FLUX; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VORTICITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION VARIABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; NORTH ATLANTIC CLIMATE SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0442328012     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.10     Document Type: Article

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