Global precipitation extremes associated with diurnally varying low-level jets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5065-5084

  Monaghan, Andrew J ^a   Rife, Daran L ^a   Pinto, James O ^a   Davis, Christopher A ^a   Hannan, John R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL YIELDS; ARGENTINA; BOTSWANA; DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLE; ETHIOPIA; EXTREME RAINFALL; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; HEATING CYCLES; LOW LEVEL JET; MESOSCALE MODEL; NAMIBIA; NEAR-SURFACE; NOCTURNAL PRECIPITATION; NORTHWEST CHINA; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; RAINFALL EXTREMES; REANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WIND DIRECTIONS;

RAIN;

DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARGENTINA; BOTSWANA; CHINA; ETHIOPIA; GREAT PLAINS; INDIA; LA PLATA BASIN; NAMIBIA; XIZANG;

EID: 77958094017     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3515.1     Document Type: Article

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