The role of upstream midtropospheric circulations in the Sierra Nevada enabling leeside (spillover) precipitation. Part II: A secondary atmospheric river accompanying a midlevel jet

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1327-1354

  Kaplan, Michael L ^a   Adaniya, Christopher S ^a   Marzette, Phillip J ^a   King, K C ^a   Jeffrey Underwood, S ^a   Lewis, John M ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COLD FRONT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER; TROPOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TRUCKEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549209653     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1106.1     Document Type: Article

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