Weather, climate, and hydrologic forecasting for the US Southwest: A survey

Climate Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-258

  Hartmann, Holly C ^a   Bales, Roger ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate forecasts; Hydroclimatology; Hydrologic forecasts; Hydrometeorology; US Southwest; Weather forecasts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

(SOUTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036048249     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr021239     Document Type: Article

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