Role of the land-sea thermal contrast in the interannual modulation of the North American Monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Turrent, Cuauhtémoc ^a   Cavazos, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEAWATER;

CORE REGIONS; DRIVING MECHANISMS; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; INITIAL STAGES; INTER ANNUALS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; LAND-SEA THERMAL CONTRASTS; LOW LEVELS; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; MONSOON INTENSITIES; MONSOON ONSETS; NORTH AMERICANS; PROPORTIONAL RELATIONS; RE-ANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURES; THERMAL CONTRASTS;

MOISTURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62749116778     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036299     Document Type: Article

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