Estimating the influence of evaporation and moisture-flux convergence upon seasonal precipitation rates. Part II: An analysis for North America based upon the NCEP-DOE reanalysis II model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 893-911

  Anderson, Bruce T ^a   Ruane, Alex C ^b,c   Roads, John O ^d   Kanamitsu, Masao ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVERGENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952723749     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1063.1     Document Type: Article

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