Potential influences on the United Kingdom's floods of winter 2013/14

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 769-777

  Huntingford, Chris ^a   Marsh, Terry ^a   Scaife, Adam A ^b   Kendon, Elizabeth J ^b   Hannaford, Jamie ^a   Kay, Alison L ^a   Lockwood, Mike ^c   Prudhomme, Christel ^a   Reynard, Nick S ^a   Parry, Simon ^a   Lowe, Jason A ^b   Screen, James A ^d   Ward, Helen C ^a   Roberts, Malcolm ^b   Stott, Peter A ^b   Bell, Vicky A ^a   Bailey, Mark ^a   Jenkins, Alan ^a   Legg, Tim ^b   Otto, Friederike E L ^e   Massey, Neil ^e   Schaller, Nathalie ^e   Slingo, Julia ^b   Allen, Myles R ^e,f   more..

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906877753     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2314     Document Type: Review

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