Winter orographic precipitation ratios in the Sierra Nevada - Large-scale atmospheric circulations and hydrologic consequences

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1102-1116

  Dettinger, Michael ^a   Redmond, Kelly ^b   Cayan, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144259051     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-390.1     Document Type: Article

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