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atmospheric river: a standalone construct

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atmosphericriver1 CONSTRUCTAtmospheric riverZHU · METEOROLOGY

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a long, narrow corridor of concentrated water vapor transport in the lower atmosphere that can bring extreme rain.

In meteorology, atmospheric river refers to a long, narrow corridor of concentrated water vapor transport in the lower atmosphere that can bring extreme rain. This meaning comes from Zhu (1998) in Monthly Weather Review.[1]

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  1. Zhu, Y., & Newell, R. E. (1998). A Proposed Algorithm for Moisture Fluxes from Atmospheric Rivers. Monthly Weather Review, 126(3), 725-735. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0725:apafmf>2.0.co;2

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