Temporal Characteristics of Heat Waves and Cold Spells and Their Links to Atmospheric Circulation in EURO-CORDEX RCMs

Table 2

List of circulation types and how they are grouped into supertypes.

Circulation types	Supertypes
	Anticyclonic	Cyclonic	Southerly	Westerly	Northerly	Easterly
Anticyclonic	A
Anticyclonic-northerly	AN				AN
Anticyclonic-north-easterly	ANE				ANE	ANE
Anticyclonic-easterly	AE					AE
Anticyclonic-south-easterly	ASE		ASE			ASE
Anticyclonic-southerly	AS		AS
Anticyclonic-south-westerly	ASW		ASW	ASW
Anticyclonic-westerly	AW			AW
Anticyclonic-north-westerly	ANW			ANW	ANW
Northerly					N
North-easterly					NE	NE
Easterly						E
South-easterly			SE			SE
Southerly			S
South-westerly			SW	SW
Westerly				W
North-westerly				NW	NW
Cyclonic-northerly		CN			CN
Cyclonic-north-easterly		CNE			CNE	CNE
Cyclonic-easterly		CE				CE
Cyclonic-south-easterly		CSE	CSE			CSE
Cyclonic-southerly		CS	CS
Cyclonic-south-westerly		CSW	CSW	CSW
Cyclonic-westerly		CW		CW
Cyclonic-north-westerly		CNW		CNW	CNW
Cyclonic		C
Unclassified