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The influence of terrain on the severe weather distribution across interior Eastern New York and Western New England
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Weather and Forecasting
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December 1, 2002
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Copyright informationCopyright American Meteorological Society Dec 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
Forecasters have surmised that prominent mountain ranges and river valleys in eastern New York and western New England (e.g., Hudson and Mohawk River valleys; Adirondack, Catskill, Green, and Berkshire Mountains) affect convective initiation and subsequent severe weather distribution. The purpose of this research is to document the climatology of severe weather in this region with respect to the terrain and the synoptic-scale flow direction. The area of study was subdivided into overlapping 0.5 deg grid boxes, and the number of severe weather reports from the database (1950-98) was tabulated for each box. These severe weather reports were then normalized and contoured over a ...
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