Mesoscale boundary layer and heat flux variations over pack ice-covered Lake Erie

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 668-682

  Gerbush, Mathieu R ^a,d   Kristovich, David A R ^b,e   Laird, Neil F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUXES; GLACIERS; HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE; LATENT HEAT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER LEVELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

AIR MASSES; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS; DECREASE LINEARLY; GREAT LAKES; HEAT EXCHANGES; HEAT FLUX VARIATIONS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; ICE CONCENTRATIONS; ICE COVERS; ICE FIELDS; LAKE ERIES; LAKE WATER LEVELS; LATENT HEAT FLUXES; MESOSCALE; MOISTURE FLUXES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; PACK ICES; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES; SIMPLE ALGORITHMS; UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING KING AIRS;

LAKES;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE COVER; LAKE WATER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 52149118615     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1479.1     Document Type: Article

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