The relationship of transient upper-level troughs to variability of the North American monsoon system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4213-4227

  Bieda III, Stephen W ^a   Castro, Christopher L ^a   Mullen, Steven L ^a   Comrie, Andrew C ^a   Pytlak, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b National Weather Service Forecast Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; DIURNAL CYCLE; DOMINANT MODE; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; LOW FREQUENCY; ME-XICO; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON SYSTEM; REANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SST ANOMALIES; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH; VORTICITY FIELD; WARM SEASONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GEOPOTENTIAL; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VORTICITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249085689     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2487.1     Document Type: Article

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