Synoptic weather patterns associated with intense ENSO rainfall in the southwest United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Feldl, N ^a   Roe, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAVY WATER; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DAILY RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINFALL; MOISTURE FLUXES; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUBTROPICAL WATER; SYNOPTIC VARIABILITY; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

UNITED STATES;

NIA;

EID: 78650140172     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045439     Document Type: Article

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