Spatiotemporal variability of summer precipitation in southeastern arizona

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1944-1951

  Stillman, Susan ^a   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Shuttleworth, William J ^a   Goodrich, David C ^b   Unkrich, Carl L ^b   Zreda, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Monsoons; Multidecadal variability; Precipitation; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DECADAL VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84888872103     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-017.1     Document Type: Article

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