The frequency and charaeteristics of lake-effect precipitation events associated with the New York State Finger Lakes

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 873-886

  Laird, Neil ^a   Sobash, Ryan ^b   Hodas, Natasha ^c  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GREAT LAKES; GREAT SALT LAKE; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE-EFFECT PRECIPITATION; MESOSCALE; NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE; QUASI-STATIONARY; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

CHLORIDE MINERALS; CLIMATOLOGY; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

LAKES;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

FINGER LAKES; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GREAT SALT LAKE; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 66149152928     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC2054.1     Document Type: Article

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