Western U.S. extreme precipitation events and their relation to ENSO and PDO in CCSM4

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4231-4243

  DeFlorio, Michael J ^a   Pierce, David W ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b   Miller, Arthur J ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Climate variability; ENSO; Pacific decadal oscillation; Pacific Ocean; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; ENSO; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DRIZZLE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TELECONNECTION;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880267635     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00257.1     Document Type: Article

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