Observed trends in summertime precipitation over the southwestern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1937-1944

  Anderson, Bruce T ^a   Wang, Jingyun ^b   Salvucci, Guido ^a   Gopal, Suchi ^a   Islam, Shafiqul ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABS CONSULTING   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; DAILY RAINFALL MODEL; MEAN PRECIPITATION; NEW MEXICO; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL EVENT; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

RAIN;

CLIMATIC REGION; DRY SEASON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERSISTENCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STOCHASTICITY; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953716908     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3317.1     Document Type: Article

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