Tropical influences on California precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 412-430

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a   Higgins, R Wayne ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031879228     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0412:TIOCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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