Annual variation of midlatitude precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4291-4298

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a   Huang, Wan Ru ^a   Takle, Eugene S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; VAPORS; WATER;

MIDLATITUDE PRECIPITATION; VAPOR FLUX;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM TRACK; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 10244232885     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3201.1     Document Type: Article

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