The diurnal cycle of precipitation over the North American monsoon region during the NAME 2004 field campaign

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 771-787

  Becker, Emily J ^a   Berbery, Ernesto Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAIN GAGES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; ETA MODEL; MONSOON;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE;

ARIZONA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849116660     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1642.1     Document Type: Article

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