An objective circulation pattern classification for the region of Svalbard

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-271

  Käsmacher, Oliver ^a   Schneider, Christoph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Circulation pattern; Circulation types; Classification; Cluster analysis; Self organizing maps; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 83055196848     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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