Synoptic-climatological applicability of circulation classifications from the COST733 collection: First results

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 388-394

  Huth, Radan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Circulation patterns; Classification; Kolmogorov Smirnov test; Surface temperature distribution; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; NETWORK OF STATIONS; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954953728     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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