Probability of afternoon precipitation in eastern United States and Mexico enhanced by high evaporation

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 434-439

  Findell, Kirsten L ^a   Gentine, Pierre ^b   Lintner, Benjamin R ^c   Kerr, Christopher ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

^d University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960012959     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1174     Document Type: Article

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