Winter precipitation isotope slopes of the contiguous USA and their relationship to the Pacific/North American (PNA) pattern

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 403-420

  Liu, Zhongfang ^a,d   Bowen, Gabriel J ^b,e   Welker, Jeffrey M ^c   Yoshimura, Kei ^d  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Pacific North American; Precipitation isotope slope

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; JET STREAM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879554353     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1548-0     Document Type: Article

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