Observations of the cross-lake cloud and snow evolution in a lake-effect snow event

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2386-2398

  Barthold, Faye E ^a,b   Kristovich, David A R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cloud microphysics; Lake effects; Marine boundary layer; Snow

Indexed keywords

CLOUD BASE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD PARTICLES; COLD AIR; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GROWTH MECHANISMS; ICE WATER CONTENT; LAKE MICHIGAN; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; QUASI-STEADY STATE; SNOW EVENT; SNOW PARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; SNOW; WATER CONTENT;

LAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GROWTH; LAKE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 80052422543     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05001.1     Document Type: Article

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