An objective climatology, classification scheme, and assessment of sensible weather impacts for Appalachian cold air damming

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-661

  Bailey, Christopher M ^a   Hartfield, Gail ^a   Lackmann, Gary M ^b   Keeter, Kermit ^a   Sharp, Scott ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OROGRAPHIC BARRIERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; COLD AIR; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141705675     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0641:AOCCSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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