Event-based climatology and typology of fog in the New York City region

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1141-1168

  Tardif, Robert ^a,b   Rasmussen, Roy M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOG; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ADVECTION-RADIATION EVENTS; FOG EVENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; FOG; FORMATION MECHANISM; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; RURAL AREA; TYPOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548632253     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2516.1     Document Type: Article

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