Forecasting lake‐/sea‐effect snowstorms, advancement, and challenges

A Fujisaki‐Manome, DM Wright… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lake‐/sea‐effect snow forms typically from late fall to winter when a cold air mass moves
over the warmer, large water surface. The resulting intense snowfall has many societal …

The cloud top distribution and diurnal variation of clouds over East Asia: Preliminary results from Advanced Himawari Imager

D Chen, J Guo, H Wang, J Li, M Min… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Clouds, as one of the most uncertain factors in climate system, have been intensively
studied as satellites with advanced instruments emerged in recent years. However, few …

[HTML][HTML] Snowfall in the northern great lakes: Lessons learned from a multisensor observatory

MS Kulie, C Pettersen, AJ Merrelli… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A multisensor snowfall observational suite has been deployed at the Marquette, Michigan,
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office (KMQT) since 2014. Micro Rain Radar …

[HTML][HTML] Perspectives on sea-and lake-effect precipitation from Japan's “Gosetsu Chitai”

WJ Steenburgh, S Nakai - Bulletin of the American …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
A remarkable snow climate exists on the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido near
the Sea of Japan. Mean annual snowfall in this “gosetsu chitai”(heavy snow area) exceeds …

The role of short-wave troughs on the formation and development of sea-effect snowbands in the western Black Sea

V Yavuz, AR Lupo, NI Fox, A Deniz - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2022 - Springer
The short waves (less than 6000 km) embedded within the long waves and the resulting
short-wave troughs have an effect on the sea-effect snow (SES). The short-wave troughs …

Characterizing and constraining uncertainty associated with surface and boundary layer turbulent fluxes in simulations of lake-effect snowfall

JR Minder, WM Bartolini, C Spence… - Weather and …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Lake-effect snow (LeS) storms are driven by strong turbulent surface layer (SL) and
planetary boundary layer (PBL) fluxes of heat and moisture caused by the flow of cold air …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of a lake-to-lake connection from Lake Huron on the lake-effect snowfall in the vicinity of Lake Ontario

CE Lang, JM McDonald, L Gaudet… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Influence of a Lake-to-Lake Connection from Lake Huron on the Lake-Effect Snowfall in the
Vicinity of Lake Ontario in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 57 Issue 7 …

Vertical profile climatology of polarimetric radar variables and retrieved microphysical parameters in synoptic and lake effect snowstorms

J Hu, A Ryzhkov, EL Dunnavan - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study derives polarimetric radar vertical profiles and microphysical retrievals for 25
Synoptic Snow (SS) and 23 Lake Effect Snow (LES) cases using the Range‐Defined Quasi …

Synoptic Conditions and Lake-to-Lake Connections for Days with Lake Effect on All of the Great Lakes

NF Laird, CC Crossett, CJ Britt, ND Metz… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
An investigation of lake effect (LE) and the associated synoptic environment is presented for
days when all five lakes in the Great Lakes (GL) region had LE bands [five-lake days …

Formation of maritime convergence zones within cold air outbreaks due to the shape of the coastline or sea ice edge

SI Watanabe, H Niino… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Maritime cold air outbreaks often feature convergence zones that provide a conducive
environment for the development of polar mesoscale cyclones and polar lows. This study …