Extreme precipitation trends associated with tropical cyclones in the core of the North American monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Cavazos, Tereza ^a   Turrent, C ^a   Lettenmaier, D P ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CARIBBEAN SEAS; COASTAL STATIONS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXTREME PRECIPITATIONS; HEAVY PRECIPITATIONS; LAND-SEA THERMAL CONTRASTS; MONSOON PRECIPITATIONS; NORTH AMERICANS; SST ANOMALIES; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

STORMS;

LA NINA; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 58849125722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035832     Document Type: Article

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