Spatial distribution and frequency of precipitation during an extreme event: July 2006 mesoscale convective complexes and floods in southeastern Arizona

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Griffiths, Peter G ^a   Magirl, Christopher S ^a   Webb, Robert H ^a   Pytlak, Erik ^b   Troch, Peter A ^c   Lyon, Steve W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b National Weather Service Forecast Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOWS; EXTREME EVENTS; GRID CELLS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MONSOONAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL EVENT; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SLOPE FAILURE; SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS; WEATHER RADAR DATA;

DEBRIS; LANDFORMS; SLOPE STABILITY; STORMS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DEBRIS FLOW; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SLOPE FAILURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249101226     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007380     Document Type: Article

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