Lamb weather types derived from reanalysis products

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1129-1139

  Jones, P D ^a,b   Harpham, C ^a   Briffa, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

British Isles; Lamb weather types; Reanalysis; Weather types

Indexed keywords

BRITISH ISLES; EUROPEAN CONTEXT; LAMB WEATHER TYPES; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; REANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURES; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER TYPES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AUTOMATION; METHODOLOGY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876095073     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3498     Document Type: Article

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