Regional simulation of summertime precipitation over the southwestern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3321-3342

  Anderson, Bruce T ^a   Roads, John O ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SIMULATION;

PRECIPITATION PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL PATTERN; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

(SOUTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036951310     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3321:RSOSPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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