Evaluation of oceanic and terrestrial sources of moisture for the North American monsoon using numerical models and precipitation stable isotopes

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-35

  Hu, Huancui ^a   Dominguez, Francina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Monsoons; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; CENTRAL AMERICA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84922943104     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0073.1     Document Type: Article

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