Observed and modelled influence of atmospheric circulation on central England temperature extremes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1642-1660

  Blenkinsop, S ^a   Jones, P D ^b   Dorling, S R ^b   Osborn, T J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; CET; Persistence; RCMs; Temperature; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CET; PERSISTENCE; RCMS; VALIDATION;

ABILITY TESTING; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

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

EID: 70349199143     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1807     Document Type: Article

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