Circulation Weather types as a tool in atmospheric, climate and environmental research

• Main Author: Emanuel Dutra (auth)
• Other Authors: David Barriopedro (auth), Alexandre M. Ramos (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Environmental economics; Saudi Arabia; Synoptic climatology; Central America; Lagrangian air trajectories; circulation weather types; Surface climate; extreme events; climate variability; Maritime Continent; Australia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Classifications of circulation weather systems have a long history in meteorology and climatology. Starting with manual classifications over specific regions of the globe, these tools (generally called "catalogs of synoptic types") were restricted mainly to weather forecasting and historic...