Process-oriented analysis of environmental conditions associated with precipitation fog events in the New York City region

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1681-1703

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

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; FOG; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOISTURE; RAIN; THEOREM PROVING; TURBULENT FLOW;

COASTAL LOCATIONS; COLD SURFACES; CONTINUOUS LIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOG EVENTS; FOG FORMATIONS; HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS; LOWER ATMOSPHERES; MOISTURE ADVECTIONS; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITIES; ONSHORE FLOWS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PROCESS-ORIENTED; SATURATED AIRS; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE ADVECTIONS; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WARM AIRS; WIND SPEEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOG; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

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

EID: 57649231120     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1734.1     Document Type: Article

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