Synoptic-scale precursors to significant cold-season precipitation events in Burlington, Vermont

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 841-854

  Sisson, Paul A ^a   Gyakum, John R ^b  

^a National Weather Service   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENT FLOW; VAPORS;

COLD SEASON PRECIPITATION EVENTS; DEPTH-MEAN VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

BURLINGTON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13644284224     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0841:SPTSCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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