Atmospheric processes associated with summer floods and droughts in the central United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3028-3046

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a   Paegle, J Nogues ^b   Higgins, R Wayne ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DROUGHT; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL PATTERN;

USA, (CENTRAL);

EID: 0031448246     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<3028:APAWSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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