Large-scale influences on summertime extreme precipitation in the Northeastern United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3045-3061

  Marquardt Collow, Allison B ^a,b   Bosilovich, Michael G ^b   Koster, Randal D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale motions; Precipitation; Reanalysis data; Synoptic scale processes

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85007247150     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0091.1     Document Type: Article

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