The missing mountain water: Slower westerlies decrease orographic enhancement in the Pacific Northwest USA

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6164, 2013, Pages 1360-1364

  Luce, C H ^a   Abatzoglou, J T ^b   Holden, Z A ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY; ZONAL FLOW;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890125218     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1242335     Document Type: Article

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