Comparison of observations with idealized model results for a method to resolve winter lake-effect mesoscale morphology

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1093-1103

  Laird, Neil F ^a   Kristovich, David A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; STORMS;

SNOWSTORM MORPHOLOGY; WIND SPEED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; ICE COVER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WIND VELOCITY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442716125     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1093:COOWIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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