High-resolution spatial modeling of daily weather elements for a catchment in the Oregon Cascade Mountains, United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1565-1586

  Daly, Christopher ^a   Smith, Jonathan W ^a   Smith, Joseph I ^a   McKane, Robert B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WATERSHEDS;

HIGH-RESOLUTION SPATIAL MODELING; METEOROLOGICAL GRIDS; WEATHER ELEMENTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIRFLOW; FORESTED CATCHMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549008682     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2548.1     Document Type: Article

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