Abstract: The data source for this study is a collection of five years of serial upper-air soundings taken during storms at five stations in the Southern California coastal and offshore region, along with supporting aerial, radar, ...

Abstract: Pacific storms entering Southern California have been intensely sampled and subjected to detailed investigation through a storm study program in the Santa Barbara area during the 1960?63 (inclusive) winter storm seasons. ...

Abstract: A significant question bearing on the prediction of orographic precipitation and the seeding of orographic clouds is what fraction of the water condensed over an orographic barrier falls on the barrier as precipitation. ...