Interannual variability of the U.S. summer precipitation regime with emphasis on the southwestern monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2582-2606

  Higgins, R W ^a   Mo, K C ^a   Yao, Y ^b  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY;

MONSOON;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032194604     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2582:IVOTUS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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