Extratropical cyclones and precipitation within the Canadian Archipelago during the cold season

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-174

  Intihar, Matthew R ^a,b   Stewart, Ronald E ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McGill University ^*  (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archipelago; Canadian; Cyclones; Extratropical; Precipitation; Snowfall; Storms; Winter

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22844443041     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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