Winter-season climate prediction for the U.K. health sector

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1782-1792

  McGregor, Glenn R ^a   Cox, M ^b,d   Cui, Y ^b   Cui, Z ^b,e   Davey, M K ^c   Graham, R F ^c   Brookshaw, A ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Benefield Group   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECASTS; WINTER-SEASON CLIMATE PREDICTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEALTH SERVICES; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846212303     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2422.1     Document Type: Article

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