Alternating wet and dry episodes over California and intraseasonal oscillations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2759-2776

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033509764     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2759:AWADEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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