The determination of observed atmospheric differences between heavy and light precipitation events in New Jersey, USA

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1529-1560

  Harnack, Robert ^a,b   Apffel, Kirk ^a,b   Georgescu, Matei ^a,b   Baines, Shaun ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c National Weather Service Forecast Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy precipitation forecasting; New Jersey climate; Quantitative precipitation forecasting; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035472680     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.668     Document Type: Article

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