A climatological Perspective of transient synopic features during NAME 2004

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1947-1954

  Douglas, Arthur V ^a   Englehart, Phillip P ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; STATISTICS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

MONSOON; TRANSIENT SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COLD FRONT; MONSOON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROUGH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249717923     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4095.1     Document Type: Article

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