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Water Vapor Fluxes and Orographic Precipitation over Northern California Associated with a Landfalling Atmospheric River
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Atmospheric rivers accompanying Pacific storm systems play an important role in supplying moisture to the West Coast. Heavy precipitation associated with these systems falls not only along the west-facing slopes of the ...
The Statistical Relationship between Upslope Flow and Rainfall in California's Coastal Mountains: Observations during CALJET
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The California Landfalling Jets Experiment (CALJET) was carried out during the winter of 1997/98, in part to study orographic rainfall in California's coastal mountains using coastal wind profilers. This observational study ...