Characteristics of North American summertime rainfall with emphasis on the monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1277-1294

  Liebmann, Brant ^a   Bladé, Ileana ^b   Bond, Nicholas A ^c   Gochis, David ^d   Allured, Dave ^a   Bates, Gary T ^a  

^a Climate Diagnostics Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMERTIME RAINFALL; WET-SEASON RAIN RATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; EL NINO; MONSOON; OROGRAPHY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WET SEASON;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349172379     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1762.1     Document Type: Article

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