Simulation of a heavy wintertime precipitation event in California

Climatic Change

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-77

  Soong, Su Tzai ^a   Kim, Jinwon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND/ATMOSPHERE MODELLING; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION EVENT; RAINFALL EVENT;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029728974     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00141278     Document Type: Article

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