Relationships between Gulf of California moisture surges and precipitation in the southwestern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2983-2997

  Higgins, R W ^a   Shi, W ^a   Hain, C ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOISTURE SURGES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MOISTURE;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DEW POINT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143125046     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2983:RBGOCM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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