Analysis of UK precipitation extremes derived from Met Office gridded data

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2438-2449

  Simpson, I R ^a   Jones, P D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Area average; England and Wales; Extremes; Gridded data; NAO; Northern Ireland; Precipitation; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AREA AVERAGE; ENGLAND AND WALES; EXTREMES; GRIDDED DATA; NAO; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCOTLAND;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AUTUMN; EXTREME EVENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPRING (SEASON); WINTER;

ENGLAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84901818746     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3850     Document Type: Article

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