On the dependence of winter precipitation types on temperature, precipitation rate, and associated features

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1429-1442

  Thériault, Julie M ^a,b   Stewart, Ronald E ^a,c   Henson, William ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED FEATURE; BULK MICROPHYSICS; FREEZING RAIN; ICE PELLETS; ICE STORM; MELTING LAYERS; MONTREAL , CANADA; NORTH AMERICAN; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION RATES; PREDICTION MODEL; REANALYSIS; REFREEZING; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SMALL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WET SNOW; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; STORMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

RAIN;

FREEZING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WET SEASON; WINTER;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77957729939     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2321.1     Document Type: Article

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