Utilizing normalized anomalies to assess synoptic-scale weather events in the Western United States

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 428-445

  Graham, Randall A ^a   Grumm, Richard H ^b  

^a NOAA/National Weather Service   (United States)

^b National Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Extreme events; Synoptic scale processes

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS EVENTS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; COLUMBUS; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; EXTREME EVENTS; HEAVY RAINFALL; LEVEL OF INTEREST; ME-XICO; MOISTURE FIELD; MONTANA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; REANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS; STANDARD DEVIATION; USER COMMUNITIES; WEATHER EVENTS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONES;

CLIMATOLOGY; IMAGE RECORDING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TORNADO; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955535675     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222273.1     Document Type: Article

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