A two-tier atmospheric circulation classification scheme for the European-North Atlantic region

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 341-351

  Guentchev, Galina S ^a   Winkler, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation classification; Cluster analysis; Europe; Sea level pressure; Temperature extreme events; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; APPLIED RESEARCH; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BULGARIA; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CLIMATE EVENT; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; EXTREME WEATHER; HEAT WAVES; K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUPERTYPE; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TWO CLASSIFICATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPRING (SEASON); WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BULGARIA;

EID: 77954951988     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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