Observational study of wind channeling within the St. Lawrence River Valley

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2341-2361

  Carrera, Marco L ^a,b   Gyakum, John R ^a   Lin, Charles A ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DOMINANT MECHANISM; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; GERMANY; HUDSON RIVER; LAKE ONTARIO; MESOSCALE; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; QUEBEC CITY; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; SUMMER SEASON; SURFACE WIND CLIMATOLOGY; SURFACE WINDS; SWITZERLAND; THERMAL FORCING; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VERMONT; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FIELD;

CLIMATOLOGY; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WIND;

LANDFORMS;

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OROGRAPHY; SURFACE WIND; VALLEY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; GERMANY; HUDSON RIVER; RHINE VALLEY; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER; SWITZERLAND; TENNESSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES; UPPER RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 77649171276     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2061.1     Document Type: Article

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