Large-scale forcing of summertime monsoon surges over the Gulf of California and the southwestern United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D19, 2000, Pages 24455-24467

  Anderson, Bruce T ^a   Roads, John O ^b   Chen, Shyh Chin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033670477     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900337     Document Type: Article

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