Two remarkable British summers-'perfect' 1911 and 'calamitous' 1912

Weather

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Kendon, Mike ^a   Prior, John ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUMMER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79959767382     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.818     Document Type: Article

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