Numerical study of the 10 January 1998 lake-effect bands observed during Lake-ICE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3232-3249

  Tripoli, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERPOLATION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR;

CLOUD RESOLVING SIMULATIONS; GRID INTERPOLATION; MOIST ROLL CONVECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHOD;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 27744559470     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3462.1     Document Type: Article

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