Characteristics of wet and dry spells over the Pacific side of Central America during the rainy season

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3054-3073

  Pena, Malaquías ^a   Douglas, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATION; RAIN; WIND;

OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATIONS (OLR);

CLIMATOLOGY;

DRY SEASON; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WET SEASON;

(CENTRAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036965711     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<3054:COWADS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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