Rainfall occurence in the U.S. warm season: The diurnal cycle

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4132-4146

  Carbone, R E ^a   Tuttle, J D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

APPALACHIANS; DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLING; DIURNAL PATTERNS; FORCINGS; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH FREQUENCIES; LOW-LEVEL JET; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; MULTIPLE SCALES; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINFALL SYSTEMS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; UNITED STATES; WARM SEASONS; WARM-SEASON RAINFALL;

RAIN;

DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JET; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

APPALACHIANS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 53649085272     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2275.1     Document Type: Article

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