Role of antecedent land surface conditions of North American monsoon rainfall variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3104-3121

  Zhu, Chunmei ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a   Cavazos, Tereza ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SNOW; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

LAND-SEA-ATMOSPHERIC INTERACTION; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WETNESS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; RAINFALL;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844538815     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3387.1     Document Type: Article

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