Pacific and Atlantic Ocean influence on the spatiotemporal variability of heavy precipitation in the western United States

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-45

  Peng, Jiang ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^a   Gautam, Mahesh R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

EOF analysis; Heavy precipitation; Pacific and Atlantic Ocean; Spatiotemporal variability; Western United States

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EOF ANALYSIS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883533794     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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