Identifying extreme hottest days from large scale upper air data: A pilot scheme to find California Central Valley summertime maximum surface temperatures

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-604

  Grotjahn, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Central Valley; Downscaling; Extreme hottest days; Surface maximum temperature

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; FORECASTING METHOD; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961007987     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-0999-z     Document Type: Article

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