Impact of rossby wave breaking on U.S. west coast winter precipitation during ENSO events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6360-6382

  Ryoo, Ju Mee ^a   Kaspi, Yohai ^b   Waugh, Darryn W ^c   Kiladis, George N ^d   Waliser, Duane E ^e   Fetzer, Eric J ^f   Kim, Jinwon ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MECHANICAL WAVES; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

NICKEL;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY FLUX; JET; LA NINA; MOISTURE TRANSFER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; TRAJECTORY; WATER VAPOR; WAVE BREAKING;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883144316     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00297.1     Document Type: Article

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