A diagnostic examination of the eastern Ontario and western Quebec wintertime convection event of 28 January 2010

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-318

  Milrad, Shawn M ^a   Gyakum, John R ^a   Atallah, Eyad H ^a   Smith, Jennifer F ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convection; Diagnostics; Snowfall; Thunderstorms; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL SYMMETRIC INSTABILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS; GENERAL PUBLICS; HUMAN LIVES; INHERENT RISK; LOW VISIBILITY; MAJOR HAZARDS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; ONTARIO; OPERATIONAL FORECASTERS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; REANALYSIS; RIVER VALLEY; ROAD CONDITION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SQUALL LINES; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; WARNING CRITERIA; WEATHER EVENTS; WINTER/COOL SEASON;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; LANDFORMS; PUBLIC RISKS; STANDARDIZATION; THUNDERSTORMS;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FRONTOGENESIS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SQUALL LINE; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79959726022     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222432.1     Document Type: Article

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