Precipitation structure in the Sierra Nevada of California during winter

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D10, 1999, Pages 12019-12030

  Pandey, Ganesh R ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; UPLAND REGION; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033609239     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900103     Document Type: Article

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