Orographic influences on the mesoscale structure of the 1998 ice storm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-50

  Roebber, Paul J ^a   Gyakum, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MESOSCALE STRUCTURES;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; FREEZING; FRONTOGENESIS; ICE STORM; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; SEVERE WEATHER;

(EAST); (NORTHEAST); CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041302517     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0027:OIOTMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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