Intraseasonal variability of the summer monsoon over southeast Arizona

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3016-3035

  Mullen, Steven L ^a   Schmitz, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Rennó, Nilton O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Starburst Technologies Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033055214     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<3016:IVOTSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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