Intraseasonal variability of summer storms over central Arizona during 1997 and 1999

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-578

  Heinselman, Pamela L ^a,b   Schultz, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR REFLECTION; STORMS;

DIURNAL EVOLUTION; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MONSOONS; SUMMER STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; SUMMER;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748565630     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF929.1     Document Type: Article

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