Weather-type classification by factor analysis in the Thessaloniki area

✍ Scribed by Maheras, Panagiotis

• Book ID: 102388820
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1984
• Weight: 456 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2314-6214
• DOI: 10.1002/joc.3370040408

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In an attempt to study weather and climatological conditions in the Thessaloniki area during the winter period, a weather‐type classification is proposed according to principles first adopted by Russian authors. The methods of factorial analysis are used for this weather‐type classification. A study of the monthly and yearly frequencies of good, unpleasant, cloudy or overcast weather allows us to better understand the area's ‘atmospheric quality’ affecting man's life in it.