Changes in observed daily precipitation over the United States between 1950-79 and 1980-2009

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-121

  Higgins, R W ^a   Kousky, V E ^b  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Data quality control; ENSO; Interannual variability; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA QUALITY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875020796     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-062.1     Document Type: Article

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