Maintenance of the boreal forest rainbelts during northern summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1437-1449

  Yoon, Jin Ho ^a   Chen, Tsing Chang ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RAIN; STORMS; VAPORS; WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAROCLINIC ZONE; BAROCLINICITY; BOREAL FOREST RAINBELT; HIGH-LATTITUDE TROUGH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BAROCLINIC MODE; BOREAL FOREST; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VORTICITY;

CANADA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646758891     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3692.1     Document Type: Article

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