Hydroclimate of the western United States based on observations and regional climate simulation of 1981-2000. Part II: Mesoscale ENSO anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1912-1928

  Leung, L Ruby ^a   Qian, Yun' ^a   Bian, Xindi ^a   Hunt, Allen ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

HYDROCLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE; MODELING;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041530333     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<1912:HOTWUS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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