Atmospheric rivers and cool season extreme precipitation events in the Verde River basin of Arizona

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 813-829

  Rivera, Erick R ^a   Dominguez, Francina ^a   Castro, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; VERDE RIVER;

EID: 84897977146     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0189.1     Document Type: Article

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