The influence of an upper-level frontal zone on tha Mack Lake Wildfire environment

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-147

  Zimet, Tarisa ^a   Martin, Jonathan E ^a   Potter, Brian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry air intrusion; Stratospheric intrusions; Tropopause fold; Upper level front; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SUBSIDENCE; TROPOSPHERE;

DRY-AIR INTRUSIONS; STRATOSPHERIC INTRUSIONS; TROPOPAUSE FOLD; UPPER-LEVEL FRONT; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; ADVECTION; JET FLOW; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY; WILDFIRE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 34447106931     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.14     Document Type: Article

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