The lake-induced convection experiment and the snowband dynamics project

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 519-542

  Kristovich, David A R ^a   Young, George S ^b   Verlinde, Johannes ^b   Sousounis, Peter J ^c   Mourad, Pierre ^d   Lenschow, Donald ^e   Rauber, Robert M ^f   Ramamurthy, Mohan K ^f   Jewett, Brian F ^f   Beard, Kenneth ^a,f   Cutrim, Elen ^g   DeMott, Paul J ^h   Eloranta, Edwin W ⁱ   Hjelmfelt, Mark R ^j   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^h   Martin, Jon ⁱ   Moore, James ^k   Ochs III, Harry T ^a,f   Rogers, David C ^h   Scala, John ^l,m   Tripoli, Gregory ⁱ   Young, John ⁱ   more..

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^m Weather Channel   (United States)

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EID: 0001763287     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0519:TLCEAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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