Regional trends and local variability in monsoon precipitation in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, USA

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-70

  Petrie, M D ^a   Collins, S L ^a   Gutzler, D S ^a   Moore, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme events; Sevilleta; Southwestern United States; Spatial and temporal scaling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DESERT; EXTREME EVENT; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893543542     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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