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North American Monsoon

Scope: climate
Papers: 6 | Mentions: 9

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Definition

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

Related Terms (3)

NAMmonsoonsummer monsoon

Publications (7)

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

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospherescontext
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The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societycontext
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Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model

2023Geoscientific Model Developmentcontext
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Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period

2021Geophysical Research Letters, e2021GL093678referenced
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The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period

2021Journal of Quaternary Sciencecentral
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The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period

2021Journal of Quaternary Scienceprimary focus
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Efficiency of the Summer Monsoon in Generating Streamflow Within a Snow-Dominated Headwater Basin of the Colorado River

2020Geophysical Research Letters. DOI 10.1029/2020GL090856central

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evapotranspiration

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