Maintenance of circulation anomalies during the 1988 drought and 1993 floods over the United States

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2810-2832

  Liu, Alan Z ^a   Ting, Mingfang ^a   Wang, Hailan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DROUGHT; FLOOD; STANDING WAVE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032463820     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2810:MOCADT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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