Understanding simulated extreme precipitation events in Madison, Wisconsin, and the role of moisture flux convergence during the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 877-894

  Holman, Kathleen D ^a   Vavrus, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic cycle; Moisture moisture budget; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

MADISON; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84864777699     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-052.1     Document Type: Article

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