Synoptic-scale characteristics and precursors of cool-season precipitation events at St. John's Newfoundland, 1979-2005

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 667-689

  Milrad, Shawn M ^a   Atallah, Eyad H ^a   Gyakum, John R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGING WIND; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; GULF COAST; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASON PRECIPITATION; TIME PERIODS; WEST COAST; WIND CLIMATOLOGY; WIND DIRECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION;

CANADA; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT JOHN'S; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949153843     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222167.1     Document Type: Article

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