Impact of tropical easterly waves on the North American monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1219-1238

  Adams, Jennifer L ^a,b   Stensrud, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SURGES (FLUID);

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE FLUX; TROPICAL EASTERLY WAVE;

WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EASTERLY WAVE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SUMMER;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34247465471     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4071.1     Document Type: Article

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