The role of upstream midtropospheric circulations in the sierra nevada enabling leeside (spillover) precipitation. Part I: A synoptic-scale analysis of spillover precipitation and flooding in a leeside basin

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1309-1326

  Underwood, S Jeffrey ^a   Kaplan, Michael L ^a   King, K C ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

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

EID: 77952635216     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1105.1     Document Type: Article

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