Stochastic modeling of daily summertime rainfall over the southwestern United States. Part I: Interannual variability

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 739-754

  Wang, Jingyun ^a   Anderson, Bruce T ^a   Salvucci, Guido D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748927811     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM518.1     Document Type: Article

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