Relationship between tropical easterly waves and precipitation during the North American monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-271

  Ladwig, William C ^a,b   Stensrud, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; BEFORE AND AFTER; CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; EASTERLY WAVES; ME-XICO; MEAN PRECIPITATIONS; MONSOON ONSETS; MONSOON SEASONS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICANS; OKLAHOMA; OUT-OF-PHASE; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEASONAL RAINFALLS; TIME-SCALES; WEST COASTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; EASTERLY WAVE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64049112078     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2241.1     Document Type: Article

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