A Climatology of 500-hPa closed lows in the northeastern pacific ocean, 1948-2011

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1578-1592

  Oakley, Nina S ^a   Redmond, Kelly T ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION EPISODES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPOTENTIAL; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM TRACK; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903891481     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0223.1     Document Type: Article

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