A reanalysis of the relationship between strong westerlies and precipitation in the Great Plains and Midwest regions of North America

Climatic Change

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 427-441

  Booth, Robert K ^a   Kutzbach, John E ^a   Hotchkiss, Sara C ^a   Bryson, Reid A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS;

DROUGHT EVENTS; INSTRUMENTAL DATA; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; INSTRUMENTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; WESTERLY; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT PLAINS; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746206239     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9004-3     Document Type: Article

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