A diagnosis of the 1979-2005 extreme rainfall events in the Southeastern United States with isentropic moisture tracing

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1172-1185

  Chan, Steven C ^a   Misra, Vasubandhu ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Isentropic analysis; Moisture; Rainfall; Tracers

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALL; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; INTERANNUAL; ISENTROPIC; ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBSEASONAL VARIABILITY; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; WET AND DRY;

MOISTURE; RAIN;

CURING;

EXTREME EVENT; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955535727     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3083.1     Document Type: Article

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