Weather systems occurring over Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada, during three seasons of 1998-1999: 2. Precipitation features

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Stewart, Ronald E ^a   Burford, Jason E ^b   Hudak, David R ^c   Currie, Brian ^d   Kochtubajda, Bohdan ^c   Rodriguez, Peter ^c   Liu, Jinliang ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud layering; Cloud radar; Clouds; Precipitation; Subarctic; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ICE CRYSTAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344257331     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004929     Document Type: Article

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