Historical weather accounts from Wales: An assessment of their potential for reconstructing climate

Weather

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 72-81

  MacDonald, Neil ^a   Jones, Cerys A ^b   Davies, Sarah J ^b   Charnell White, Cathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Library of Wales   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77949517295     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.418     Document Type: Article

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