Satellite observations of a Pacific moisture surge associated with flooding in Las Vegas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2553-2556

  Berg, Wesley K ^a   Anderson, Donald M ^a   Bates, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STORM;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

MONSOON SEASON; PACIFIC MOISTURE SURGE; TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC; EASTERN PACIFIC; LOSS OF LIFE; MOISTURE SURGES; NORTH AMERICAN; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEVERE STORMS; STORM EVENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; FLOODS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE SENSORS; STORMS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MOISTURE;

EID: 0034352689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011367     Document Type: Article

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