Land surface roughness effects on lake effect precipitation

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 839-851

  Lofgren, Brent M ^a  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; Lake effect precipitation; Land use

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; LAND USE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; LAKE EFFECT PRECIPITATION; LAND SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SHORELINE;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHORE (NONMARINE); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845917082     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[839:LSREOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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