Regional simulation of the low-level monsoon winds over the Gulf of California and southwestern United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D14, 2000, Pages 17955-17969

  Anderson, Bruce T ^a   Roads, John O ^b   Chen, Shyh Chin ^b   Juang, Hann Ming H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NCEP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; WIND;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033793778     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900161     Document Type: Article

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