A climatology of springtime dryline position in the U.S. Great Plains region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2132-2137

  Hoch, Joseph ^a   Markowski, Paul ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; WIND;

DRYLINES; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HUMIDITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644466411     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3392.1     Document Type: Article

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