Evaluation and comparison of circulation type classifications for the European domain

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 374-387

  Beck, Christoph ^a   Philipp, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circulation classification; Circulation types; Comparison; COST 733; Europe; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; CIRCULATION CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; CLUSTER-BASED; COMPARISON STUDY; DECISION SUPPORTS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; EVALUATION INDEX; EVALUATION RESULTS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE VALUE; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUB-DOMAINS; SURFACE CLIMATE; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; WINTER MONTHS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPATIAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954952834     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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