The Informational Value of Pressure-Based Single-Station Proxies for Storm Activity

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 569-580

  Krueger, Oliver ^a   Von Storch, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PRESSURE; ACTIVITY-BASED; AIR PRESSURES; DATA SETS; GROUND-LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOW PRESSURES; MEAN VALUES; PRESSURE-BASED; REGIONAL MODEL; STORM CLIMATE; SURFACE CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DATA SET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRECISION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84864751107     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00163.1     Document Type: Article

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