Progress in Pan American CLIVAR research: The North American monsoon system

Atmosfera

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-65

  Higgins, R Wayne ^a   Douglas, Art ^b   Hahmann, Andrea ^c   Berberry, E Hugo ^d   Gutzler, Dave ^e   Shuttleworth, Jim ^c   Stensrud, David ^f   Amador, Jorge ^g   Carbone, Rit ^h   Cortez, Miguel ^j   Douglas, Michael ^f   Lobato, Rene ⁱ   Meitin, Jose ^f   Ropelewski, Chester ^k   Schemm, Jae ^a   Schubert, Siegfried ^l   Zhang, Chidong ^m  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^j Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mexico   (Mexico)

^k Earth Institute   (United States)

^l NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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Author keywords

Monsoon; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

LONG RANGE FORECAST; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037251885     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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