Estimating Probable Maximum Floods in the Upper Santa Ana Basin, Southern California, From Stream Boulder Size

1996 ◽  
Vol II (2) ◽  
pp. 165-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. O. CLARKE
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Santa Ana

Persistent Pacifism, Southern California Women, and the People’s Council of America, 1917–1918

2015 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-398
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Brown
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Women Activists ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Southern California ◽  
World War ◽  
Santa Ana ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds

Southern California women, through local chapters of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace, actively resisted American involvement in World War I. Vilified, threatened, and refused meeting places and publicity, these women activists persisted in their cause. This article looks at women in the Santa Ana, San Diego, and Riverside chapters of the People’s Council and highlights their diverse backgrounds and their links to other progressive causes.

The Santa Ana Winds of Southern California

Weatherwise ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo A. Sergius ◽  
George R. Ellis ◽  
Richard M. Ogden
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Santa Ana ◽  
Santa Ana Winds

Analysis of the effects of combustion emissions and Santa Ana winds on ambient ozone during the October 2007 southern California wildfires

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 678-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Bytnerowicz ◽  
Dan Cayan ◽  
Philip Riggan ◽  
Susan Schilling ◽  
Philip Dawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Santa Ana ◽  
Ambient Ozone ◽  
Santa Ana Winds ◽  
Combustion Emissions

scholarly journals Diagnosing Santa Ana Winds in Southern California with Synoptic-Scale Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 704-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Abatzoglou ◽  
Renaud Barbero ◽  
Nicholas J. Nauslar
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Southern California ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fire Weather ◽  
Synoptic Scale ◽  
Sea Level Pressure ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
Santa Ana ◽  
Level Pressure ◽  
Santa Ana Winds

Abstract Santa Ana winds (SAW) are among the most notorious fire-weather conditions in the United States and are implicated in wildfire and wind hazards in Southern California. This study employs large-scale reanalysis data to diagnose SAW through synoptic-scale dynamic and thermodynamic factors using mean sea level pressure gradient and lower-tropospheric temperature advection, respectively. A two-parameter threshold model of these factors exhibits skill in identifying surface-based characteristics of SAW featuring strong offshore winds and extreme fire weather as viewed through the Fosberg fire weather index across Remote Automated Weather Stations in southwestern California. These results suggest that a strong northeastward gradient in mean sea level pressure aligned with strong cold-air advection in the lower troposphere provide a simple, yet effective, means of diagnosing SAW from synoptic-scale reanalysis. This objective method may be useful for medium- to extended-range forecasting when mesoscale model output may not be available, as well as being readily applied retrospectively to better understand connections between SAW and wildfires in Southern California.

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