A regional model study of the importance of local versus remote controls of the 1988 drought and the 1993 flood over the central United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1150-1162

  Giorgi, Filippo ^a   Mearns, Linda O ^a   Shields, Christine ^a   Mayer, Leslie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; DROUGHT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION; REGIONAL MODEL;

USA;

EID: 0030430419     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1150:ARMSOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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