Predictability of horizontal water vapor transport relative to precipitation: Enhancing situational awareness for forecasting western U.S. extreme precipitation and flooding

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2275-2282

  Lavers, David A ^a,b   Waliser, Duane E ^a,c   Ralph, F Martin ^a   Dettinger, Michael D ^a,d  

^a Scripps Institution of Oceanography   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric rivers; hydrological extremes; predictability

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; WATER VAPOR;

EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; PREDICTABILITY; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FORECASTING;

ANTICYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; GAS TRANSPORT; GEOPOTENTIAL; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960419088     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL067765     Document Type: Article

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