The impact of a hemispheric circulation regime on fall precipitation over North America

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1182-1189

  Small, David ^a   Islam, Shafiqul ^a   Barlow, Mathew ^b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Atmospheric circulation; North America; Precipitation; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 78049310375     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1273.1     Document Type: Article

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