An East Coast winter storm precipitation climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 802-814

  Frankoski, Nicholas J ^a   Degaetano, Arthur T ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; East coast winter storms; El ni o; Precipitation; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; DECISION PROCESS; EAST COAST; EXTRATROPICAL STORMS; MAIN COMPONENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEW ENGLAND; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; SNOWFALL; VIRGINIA; WINTER STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW;

STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM; WINTER;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79954606840     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2121     Document Type: Article

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