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RISThe Not-So-Marginal Value of Weather Warning Systems
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Abstract Knowing the benefits of creating or expanding programs is important for determining optimal levels of investment. Yet estimates of the benefits of weather warning systems are sparse, perhaps because there is often ...
A Multimodel Study of Parametric Uncertainty in Predictions of Climate Response to Rising Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: One tool for studying uncertainties in simulations of future climate is to consider ensembles of general circulation models where parameterizations have been sampled within their physical range of plausibility. This study ...
A Numerical Solution to the Equation of Radiative Transfer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A numerical method of solving the equation of radiative transfer for a plane parallel, horizontally homogeneous medium is presented. The method is applicable for problems with nonconservative scattering as well as for ...
An Analysis of Frictional Feedback on a Moist Equatorial Kelvin Mode
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A simple theoretical model of the tropical troposphere is used to study whether boundary layer friction is destabilizing to the Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO) and other convectively coupled moist equatorially trapped ...
Some Effects of Multiple Scattering on Heating Rates in the Ozone Layer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The effects of multiple scattering on the heating rates in the ozone layer are investigated. Computations are performed for two wavelengths, one rather highly absorbing, ?=3112 Å, and one rather weakly absorbing, ?=3323 ...
Effect of Aerosol Size Distribution on the Accuracy of the Integrating Nephelometer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Corrections are made to the governing equation for the integrating nephelometer as derived by Middleton. Calculations show a fortuitous partial correction of the angular truncation error for most commonly occurring ...
Hysteretic Behavior of Bridge Columns with FRP-Jacketed Lap Splices Designed for Moderate Ductility Enhancement
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents test results of six specimens representing older bridge columns with inadequate reinforcement detailing consisting of short lap splices at the base and widely spaced transverse reinforcement. Four of ...
Estimating the Vertical Atmospheric Ozone Distribution by Inverting the Radiative Transfer Equation for Pure Molecular Scattering
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method of estimating the vertical distribution of ozone by inverting the equation of radiative transfer is presented. The method allows for all orders of scattering as well as polarization of the diffusely reflected ...
Model-Specific Radiative Kernels for Calculating Cloud and Noncloud Climate Feedbacks
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: adiative kernels have become a common tool for evaluating and comparing radiative feedbacks to climate change in different general circulation models. However, kernel feedback calculations are inaccurate for simulations ...