Multistage moisture transport into the interior of northern Mexico during the North American summer monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Fawcett, Peter J ^a   Stalker, James R ^b   Gutzler, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; NATURAL CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC COOLING; DEEP CONVECTION; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

MOISTURE;

EID: 0036955186     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015693     Document Type: Article

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