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contributor authorKocin, Paul J.
contributor authorUccellini, Louis W.
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:42:28Z
date available2017-06-09T16:42:28Z
date copyright2004/02/01
date issued2004
identifier issn0003-0007
identifier otherams-72677.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4214706
description abstractA Northeast snowfall impact scale (NESIS) is presented to convey a measure of the impact of heavy snowfall in the Northeast urban corridor, a region that extends from southern Virginia to New England. The scale is derived from a synoptic climatology of 30 major snowstorms in the Northeast urban corridor and applied to the snowfall distribution of 70 snowstorms east of the Rocky Mountains. NESIS is similar in concept to other meteorological scales that are designed to simplify complex phenomena into an easily understood range of values. The Fujita scale for tornadoes and the Saffir?Simpson scale for hurricanes measure the potential for destruction to property and loss of life by wind-related damage (and storm surge for Saffir?Simpson) through use of a categorical ranking (0 or 1?5).
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleA Snowfall Impact Scale Derived from Northeast Storm Snowfall Distributions
typeJournal Paper
journal volume85
journal issue2
journal titleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
identifier doi10.1175/BAMS-85-2-177
journal fristpage177
journal lastpage194
treeBulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2004:;volume( 085 ):;issue: 002
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