Does afternoon precipitation occur preferentially over dry or wet soils in Oklahoma?

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 874-888

  Ford, Trent W ^a   Rapp, Anita D ^a   Quiring, Steven M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Convective scale processes; North America; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; HUMIDITY; JET STREAM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939813626     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0005.1     Document Type: Article

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