North American Monsoon

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Definition

Seasonal precipitation system occurring July-September in the central Rocky Mountains bringing significant rainfall to Colorado River headwater basins

North American Monsoon

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Definition

Related Terms (3)

Publications (7)

Seasonality and albedo dependence of cloud radiative forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin

The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model

Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period

The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period

The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period

Efficiency of the Summer Monsoon in Generating Streamflow Within a Snow-Dominated Headwater Basin of the Colorado River

Related Concepts (10)

radiative transfer modeling

precipitation

orographic turbulence

Cloud Radiative Forcing

monsoon

snowpack persistence

advective flow

evapotranspiration

last interglacial period

aerosol-cloud interactions

Frequently Associated Species

Meridion

Populus tremuloides

Steers

Populus

conifer species

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinus aristata

Pseudotsuga menzeisii

Pinus flexilis

Abies lasiocarpa