Atmospheric icing in a coastal mountainous terrain. Measurements and numerical simulations, a case study

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-161

  Drage, Magne A ^a,b   Hauge, Gard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c Storm Weather Center AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric icing; Ice load; Liquid water content; MM5; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SNOW; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC ICING; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD WATER; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TERRAIN; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

BROSVIKSATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 44649173902     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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