Circumglobal teleconnection and early summer rainfall in the US Intermountain West

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Wang, Shih Yu ^a   Hipps, Lawrence E ^a   Gillies, Robert R ^a   Jiang, Xianan ^b   Moller, Alan L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PERSISTENCE; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION;

INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249257617     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0260-4     Document Type: Article

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