Regional surges of monsoonal moisture into the southwestern United States

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 182-191

  Favors, James E ^a   Abatzoglou, John T ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; MOISTURE ADVECTION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PRECIPITABLE WATER; TROPICAL EASTERLIES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

LASERS; TROPICS;

MOISTURE;

ADVECTION; EASTERLY WAVE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOISTURE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874916645     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00037.1     Document Type: Article

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