Variations in the summertime atmospheric hydrologic cycle associated with seasonal precipitation anomalies over the southwestern United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 788-807

  Anderson, Bruce T ^a   Kanamaru, Hideki ^b   Roads, John O ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748944329     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM521.1     Document Type: Article

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