Simulating and Evaluating Atmospheric River‐Induced Precipitation Extremes Along the U.S. Pacific Coast: Case Studies From 1980–2017
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[1];
[2];
[3];
[1]
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA
- Institute of the Environment and Sustainability University of California Los Angeles CA USA, Capacity Center for Climate and Weather Extremes National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO USA, The Nature Conservancy of California San Francisco CA USA
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California Santa Barbara CA USA
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- 1599527
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- SC0016605,DE-SC0014061,DE-SC001643
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- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Journal Volume: 125 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Huang, Xingying, Swain, Daniel L., Walton, Daniel B., Stevenson, Samantha, and Hall, Alex D. Simulating and Evaluating Atmospheric River‐Induced Precipitation Extremes Along the U.S. Pacific Coast: Case Studies From 1980–2017. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1029/2019JD031554.
Huang, Xingying, Swain, Daniel L., Walton, Daniel B., Stevenson, Samantha, & Hall, Alex D. Simulating and Evaluating Atmospheric River‐Induced Precipitation Extremes Along the U.S. Pacific Coast: Case Studies From 1980–2017. United States. doi:10.1029/2019JD031554.
Huang, Xingying, Swain, Daniel L., Walton, Daniel B., Stevenson, Samantha, and Hall, Alex D. Thu .
"Simulating and Evaluating Atmospheric River‐Induced Precipitation Extremes Along the U.S. Pacific Coast: Case Studies From 1980–2017". United States. doi:10.1029/2019JD031554.
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author = {Huang, Xingying and Swain, Daniel L. and Walton, Daniel B. and Stevenson, Samantha and Hall, Alex D.},
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journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
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