Trends in atmospheric patterns conducive to seasonal precipitation and temperature extremes in California

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Swain, Daniel L ^a   Horton, Daniel E ^a,b   Singh, Deepti ^a,c   Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85009433123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501344     Document Type: Article

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