Climatological conditions of lake-effect precipitation events associated with the New York state Finger Lakes

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1052-1062

  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

Lake effects; Mesoscale processes; Precipitation; Snow; Snowbands; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; COLDEST TEMPERATURES; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE-EFFECT PRECIPITATION; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE PROCESSES; NEW YORK STATE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SNOWBANDS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME PERIODS; TRANSITIONAL EVENTS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SNOW; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

CAYUGA LAKE; FINGER LAKES; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SENECA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955564692     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2312.1     Document Type: Article

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