Use of normalized anomaly fields to anticipate extreme rainfall in the mountains of northern California

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 336-356

  Junker, Norman W ^a   Grumm, Richard H ^b   Hart, Robert ^c   Bosart, Lance F ^d   Bell, Katherine M ^a   Pereira, Frank J ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b NSW   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COASTAL ZONES; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; HEAVY WATER; LANDFORMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

ANOMALY PATTERNS; CALIFORNIA; COMPOSITE FIELDS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; HEAVY RAINFALL; MOISTURE FLUXES; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RAINFALL EVENTS; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WEST COAST;

RAIN;

GEOPOTENTIAL; MOISTURE FLUX; MOUNTAIN REGION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40349108048     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2007013.1     Document Type: Article

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