Source regions of lower-tropospheric airflow trajectories for the lower peninsula of Michigan: A 40-year air mass climatology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Shadbolt, Ryan P ^a   Waller, Eleanor A ^a   Messina, Joseph P ^a   Winkler, Julie A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; CLIMATOLOGY; GIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250797037     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006657     Document Type: Article

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