The diurnal cycle of clouds and precipitation along the Sierra Madre Occidental observed during NAME-2004: Implications for warm season precipitation estimation in complex terrain

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 728-743

  Nesbitt, Stephen W ^a   Gochis, David J ^b   Lang, Timothy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WARMING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL;

EID: 53649108150     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM939.1     Document Type: Article

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