Relationships between Gulf of California moisture surges and tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific basin

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4601-4620

  Higgins, R Wayne ^a   Shi, W ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; SURGES (FLUID);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOISTURE SURGES; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOISTURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

YUMA;

EID: 30144434490     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3551.1     Document Type: Article

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