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A new precipitation and drought climatology based on weather patterns
Author(s) -
Richardson Douglas,
Fowler Hayley J.,
Kilsby Christopher G.,
Neal Robert
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.5199
Subject(s) - precipitation , climatology , context (archaeology) , environmental science , meteorology , geography , geology , archaeology
Weather‐pattern, or weather‐type, classifications are a valuable tool in many applications as they characterize the broad‐scale atmospheric circulation over a given region. A new precipitation and meteorological drought climatology for the UK is presented here based on an objectively defined weather‐pattern classification recently developed by the Met Office. Six weather patterns are associated with drought over the entire UK, with several others linked to regional drought. This data set offers a new opportunity for classification‐based analyses in the UK.