Water vapor transport associated with the summertime North American monsoon as depicted by ECMWF analyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1621-1634

  Schmitz, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Mullen, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Starburst Technologies Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ECMWF; MONSOON; SEMIARID REGION; WATER VAPOUR;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 0030441933     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1621:WVTAWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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