Is the changing precipitation regime of Manchester, United Kingdom, driven by the development of urban areas?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 967-974

  Russell, Andrew ^a,b   Hughes, Meghan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Rainfall; Urban precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BACK TRAJECTORIES; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MANCHESTER; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; RAINFALL TRENDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOURCE REGION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREAS; URBAN PRECIPITATION; WEATHER STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; TRAJECTORIES; WATER RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

ENGLAND; ISLE OF MAN; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860002651     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2321     Document Type: Article

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