An analysis of present and future ECHAM5 pressure fields using a classification of circulation patterns

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1796-1810

  Demuzere, M ^a   Werner, M ^b,d   van Lipzig, N P M ^a   Roeckner, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH PIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

A coupled general circulation model diagnostic tool; Automatic Lamb weather type classification; Circulation types; NAO index; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

A COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL; AUTOMATIC LAMB WEATHER TYPE CLASSIFICATION; CIRCULATION TYPES; NAO INDEX; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; SEA LEVEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349858105     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1821     Document Type: Article

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