Orographic influences during winter precipitation events on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-311

  Banfield, C E ^a   Hudak, D R ^b   Thomson, A D ^c,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR;

DIFFERENT STAGES; FRONTAL PRECIPITATION; NEWFOUNDLANDS; OROGRAPHIC INFLUENCES; PRECIPITATION ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WIND COMPONENTS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

GAGES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; DOPPLER RADAR; HILL; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

AVALON PENINSULA; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 0040519871     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482700001572     Document Type: Article

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