Orographic precipitation and water vapor fractionation over the southern Andes

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-19

  Smith, Ronald B ^a   Evans, Jason P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER VAPOR;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947379736     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM555.1     Document Type: Article

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