Diagnosis and attribution of a seasonal precipitation deficit in a U.S. regional climate simulation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 230-242

  Gutowski Jr , William J ^a   Otieno, Francis O ^a   Arritt, Raymond W ^a   Takle, Eugene S ^a   Pan, Zaitao ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642390182     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0230:DAAOAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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