Dynamical effect of land surface processes on summer precipitation over the Southwestern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 496-509

  Kanamitsu, Masao ^a   Mo, Kingtse C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MOISTURE FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141564687     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0496:DEOLSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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