Intraseasonal modulation of summer precipitation over North America

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1490-1505

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033942787     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1490:IMOSPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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