Dynamical mechanisms of the 1995 California floods

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3220-3236

  Masutani, Michiko ^a,b   Leetmaa, Ants ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD; JET STREAM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033226306     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3220:DMOTCF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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