The contribution of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones to the rainfall climatology of the Southwest United States

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2415-2435

  Corbosiero, Kristen L ^a   Dickinson, Michael J ^b   Bosart, Lance F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WeatherPredict Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; EASTERN PACIFIC; MIDLATITUDES; NEW MEXICO; SEASON PRECIPITATION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER RAINFALL; TERRAIN FEATURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEST COAST;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; HURRICANES; LANDFORMS; TROPICS;

STORMS;

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STORM; SUMMER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 70350303253     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2768.1     Document Type: Article

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