The variability of wintertime precipitation in the region of California

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2261-2276

  Mitchell, Todd P ^a,c   Blier, Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031402534     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2261:TVOWPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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