Atmospheric moisture transport over the United States and Mexico as evaluated in the NCEP regional reanalysis

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 710-728

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a   Chelliah, Muthuvel ^a   Carrera, Marco L ^a   Higgins, R Wayne ^a   Ebisuzaki, Wesley ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28044455871     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM452.1     Document Type: Article

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