A twenty-first-century california observing network for monitoring extreme weather events

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1585-1603

  White, A B ^a   Anderson, M L ^b   Dettinger, M D ^c   Ralph, F M ^a   Hinojosa, A ^b   Cayan, D R ^c   Hartman, R K ^d   Reynolds, D W ^e   Johnson, L E ^a,f   Schneider, T L ^a   Cifelli, R ^a   Toth, Z ^a   Gutman, S I ^a   King, C W ^a   Gehrke, F ^b   Johnston, P E ^e   Walls, C ^g   Mann, D ^g   Gottas, D J ^a   Coleman, T ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NWS California Nevada River Forecast Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^g University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATROPICAL STORMS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; FLOOD PROTECTION; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; IMPROVED FORECAST; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

FLOODS; STORMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; MONITORING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883755037     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00217.1     Document Type: Article

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