Sensitivity of lake-effect snowfall to lake ice cover and temperature in the great lakes region

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 670-689

  Wright, David M ^a   Posselt, Derek J ^a   Steiner, Allison L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Lake effects; Mesoscale models; Mesoscale processes; Regional effects; Snowbands

Indexed keywords

LAKE EFFECTS; MESO-SCALE MODELS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; REGIONAL EFFECTS; SNOWBANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; SNOW; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84874992101     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00038.1     Document Type: Article

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