Wintertime nonbrightband rain in California and Oregon during CALJET and PACJET: Geographic, interannual, and synoptic variability

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1199-1223

  Neiman, Paul J ^a   Wick, Gary A ^a   Ralph, F Martin ^a   Martner, Brooks E ^b   White, Allen B ^b   Kingsmill, David E ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; METEOROLOGY; RADAR;

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SATELLITE (GOES); OROGRAPHY; SYNOPTIC VARIABILITY; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR (WSR);

RAIN;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GOES;

EID: 20444477541     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2919.1     Document Type: Article

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