Synoptic typing of extreme cool-season precipitation events at St. John's, Newfoundland, 1979-2005

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 562-586

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold air surges; Precipitation; Synoptic scale processes

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VORTICITY; AIR PARCELS; ALBERTA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COLD AIR; DEFORMATION ZONE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGRANGIAN; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; PARTITIONING METHODS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; SEASON PRECIPITATION; SYNOPTIC TYPING; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

ADVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVECTION; COLD AIR; FRONTOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF MEXICO; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; SAINT JOHN'S;

EID: 77955546035     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222301.1     Document Type: Article

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