Abstract
The phenomenon of lake-effect snow was studied over lake Michigan on a wintertime cold front. Lake-effect snow develops when arctic air plunges over the relatively warm lake waters. The movement of the cold air creates vertical fluxes of heat and moisture from the lake surface to the lower part of the troposphere. It was observed that in addition to the snow fall from the small mesoscale lake-effect events, synoptic-scale storms traveling across the regions can be enhanced, or modified by the collective effects of the lake surface.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2573-2584 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |
State | Published - 2004 |
Event | Combined Preprints: 84th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA., United States Duration: Jan 11 2004 → Jan 15 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atmospheric Science