Observations of mountain wave-induced precipitation shadows over Northeast Pennsylvania

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-300

  Brady, R H ^a   Waldstreicher, J S ^a  

^a National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

PRECIPITATION SHADOWS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

GRAVITY WAVE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING VALLEY;

EID: 0035354824     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2001)016<0281:OOMWIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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