The mesoscale dynamics of freezing rain storms over eastern Canada

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1261-1281

  Szeto, Kit K ^a   Tremblay, A ^a   Guan, H ^a   Hudak, D R ^a   Stewart, R E ^a   Cao, Z ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; WIND;

EASTERN CANADA; FREEZING RAIN STORMS; MESOSCALE DYNAMICS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ICE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM;

(EAST); CANADA;

EID: 0033562266     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1261:TMDOFR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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