The development of Lamb weather types: From subjective analysis of weather charts to objective approaches using reanalyses

Weather

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 128-132

  Jones, Phil D ^a,b   Osborn, Tim J ^a   Harpham, Colin ^a   Briffa, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84899657229     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.2255     Document Type: Article

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