Lake-to-Lake Cloud Bands : Frequencies and Locations

Premodification of the atmosphere by upwind lakes is known to influence lake-effect snowstorm intensity and locations over downwind lakes. This study highlights perhaps the most visible manifestation of the link between convection over two or more of the Great Lakes lake-to-lake (L2L) cloud bands. E...

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Published in:Monthly weather review 2007-12, Vol.135 (12), p.4202-4213
Main Authors: RODRIGUEZ, Yarice, KRISTOVICH, David A. R, HJELMFELT, Mark R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundary layer
Clouds
Data collection
Earth, ocean, space
Environmental conditions
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Lakes
Meteorology
Radar
Winter sports
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Summary:Premodification of the atmosphere by upwind lakes is known to influence lake-effect snowstorm intensity and locations over downwind lakes. This study highlights perhaps the most visible manifestation of the link between convection over two or more of the Great Lakes lake-to-lake (L2L) cloud bands. Emphasis is placed on L2L cloud bands observed in high-resolution satellite imagery on 2 December 2003. These L2L cloud bands developed over Lake Superior and were modified as they passed over Lakes Michigan and Erie and intervening land areas. This event is put into a longer-term context through documentation of the frequency with which lake-effect and, particularly, L2L cloud bands occurred over a 5-yr time period over different areas of the Great Lakes region. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0027-0644
1520-0493
DOI:10.1175/2007MWR1960.1