Decadal variability of precipitation over Western North America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3148-3166

  Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b   Dettinger, Michael D ^a   Diaz, Henry F ^c   Graham, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DECADAL CLIMATIC VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032431285     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<3148:DVOPOW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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