Environmental controls on the simulated diurnal cycle of warm-season precipitation in the continental United States

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1066-1090

  Trier, S B ^a   Davis, C A ^a   Ahijevych, D A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS; COLD FRONT; DIURNAL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LONG WAVES; LOW LEVEL JET; MESOSCALE; MODEL DOMAINS; MODEL INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; QUASI-STATIONARY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SALIENT FEATURES; SEASON PRECIPITATION; SHORT WAVES; SPIN-UP; THERMALLY INDUCED; VERTICAL CIRCULATION; WATER BUDGET;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DISTURBANCE; DIURNAL VARIATION; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STANDING WAVE; SUMMER; WATER BUDGET;

GREAT PLAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77953342276     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3247.1     Document Type: Article

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