Synoptic classification of snowfall events in the great smoky Mountains, USA

Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-171

  Perry, L ^a   Konrad, Charles ^b   Hotz, David ^c   Lee, Laurence ^d  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c National Weather Service   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Smoky Mountains; Snowfall; Synoptic classification

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CYCLONE; SNOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND DIRECTION;

APPALACHIANS; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952979132     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.31.2.156     Document Type: Article

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