Water vapor sources for Yangtze River Valley rainfall: Climatology, variability, and implications for rainfall forecasting

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wei, Jiangfeng ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Bosilovich, Michael G ^b   Wu, Renguang ^c  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE CONTROL; VAPORS; WATER SUPPLY;

BAY OF BENGAL; CIRCULATION CHANGES; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; RAINFALL FORECASTING; RAINY SEASONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WETNESS; SURFACE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; VAPOR SOURCES; WATER VAPOR FLUX; WESTERN PACIFIC; WET SEASON; YANGTZE RIVER;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 84858859288     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016902     Document Type: Article

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