Relating changes in synoptic circulation to the surface rainfall response using self-organising maps

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 861-879

  Lennard, Christopher ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulation archetypes; Downscaling; Extreme rainfall; Rainfall response; Self organising maps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939875578     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2169-6     Document Type: Article

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