AMO-forced regional processes affecting summertime precipitation variations in the central United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 276-290

  Veres, Michael C ^a   Hu, Qi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; FRONTAL ZONES; ISENTROPIC; LOW LEVEL JET; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MODEL SIMULATION; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NORTH AMERICAN; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; REGIONAL MODEL; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SURFACE EVAPORATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; VORTICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872930107     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00670.1     Document Type: Article

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