Effects of wintertime atmospheric river landfalls on surface air temperatures in the Western US: Analyses and model evaluation

Jinwon Kim1, Bin Guan2, Duane Edward Waliser3 and Robert Ferraro3, (1)Korean Meteorological Administration, Seoguipo, South Korea, (2)University of California, Los Angeles, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States