Summertime surges over the Gulf of California: Aspects of their climatology, mean structure, and evolution from radiosonde, NCEP reanalysis, and rainfall data

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-74

  Douglas, Michael W ^a   Leal, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DAILY RAINFALL; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NCEP REANALYSIS; RADIOSONDE OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL STORMS; WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO;

RADIOSONDES;

EID: 0043035609     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0055:SSOTGO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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