Small-scale spatial gradients in climatological precipitation on the olympic Peninsula

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1068-1081

  Anders, Alison M ^a,b   Roe, Gerard H ^a   Durran, Dale R ^a   Minder, Justin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 36349010814     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM610.1     Document Type: Article

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