The late-spring maximum of rainfall over the U.S. central plains and the role of the low-level jet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4696-4709

  Wang, Shih Yu ^a,b   Chen, Tsing Chang ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC WAVES; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; DOWNSCALING PROCESS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LOW LEVEL JET; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; NORTH AMERICAN; OUT OF PHASE; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL RAINFALL; STRONG CONVERGENCE; WATER VAPOR FLUX;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; JETS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROCLINIC WAVE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JET STREAM; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SPRING (SEASON);

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350038082     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2719.1     Document Type: Article

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