Collision of a Pineapple Express with an Arctic Outbreak over Complex Terrains

• Main Authors: Ruping Mo, Quanzhen Geng, Mindy Brugman, Greg Pearce, Jim Goosen, Brad Snyder
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.629.6698

The interaction of a moisture-laden Pacific southwesterly flow, known as “Pineapple Express”, with very cold air from a strong arctic outbreak during 1 – 5 December 2007 produced a record number of high impact weather events across British Columbia of Canada. Among the weather hazards are bitterly c...