Autumn synoptic conditions and rainfall in the subarctic Canadian Shield of the Northwest Territories, Canada

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1493-1506

  Spence, Christopher ^a   Rausch, Jara ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Shield; Northwest Territories; Rainfall; Subarctic; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CORRELATION METHODS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STORMS;

AUTUMN PRECIPITATION; AUTUMN RAINFALL; SUBARCTIC; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AUTUMN; FORMATION MECHANISM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

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

EID: 25844466512     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1185     Document Type: Article

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