On the precipitation and related features of the 1998 Ice Storm in the Montréal area

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-54

  Henson, William ^a   Stewart, Ronald ^a   Kochtubajda, Bohdan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hydrometeorology and Arctic Lab   (Canada)

Author keywords

1998 Ice Storm; Freezing rain; Lightning; Precipitation structures; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; FREEZING; ICE; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FREEZING RAIN STORM; HYDROMETEOR GROWTH; ICE STORM; PRECIPITATION STRUCTURES;

STORMS;

DOPPLER RADAR; FREEZING; ICE STORM; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33845649436     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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