A meteorological analysis of the 2013 Alberta flood: Antecedent large-scale flow pattern and synoptic-dynamic characteristics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2817-2841

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

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convective storms; North America; Orographic effects; Rainfall; Synoptic scale processes; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISASTERS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FLOW PATTERNS; MECHANICAL WAVES; MOISTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; TRAJECTORIES;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; NORTH AMERICA; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESS;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLASH FLOOD; LEE CYCLOGENESIS; METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SNOWMELT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84943417834     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00236.1     Document Type: Article

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