Anomalous monsoonal activity in central Arizona, USA

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Diem, Jeremy E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; URBAN PLANNING; VAPORS;

LIGHTNING FLASHES; MONSOONAL ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA;

GEOPHYSICS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; LIGHTNING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; STORM; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845672123     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027259     Document Type: Article

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