Subseasonal variations of tropical convection and week-2 prediction of wintertime Western North American rainfall

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 3279-3288

  Whitaker, J S ^a   Weickmann, K M ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE;

WESTERLIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035428439     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3279:SVOTCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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