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Enhancement of Cumulus Clouds over Deforested Lands in Amazonia
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A survey of shallow (fair weather) cumulus clouds over part of Amazonia yields evidence of enhanced frequency where the forest had been cleared. The survey covers one dry-season month from 1988. It employs a threshold ...
Pilot Analysis of Hourly Rainfall in Central and Eastern Amazonia
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper presents results of a pilot study of rainfall along the part of the Amazon River that flows through Brazil. Rain was measured at three stations, one for each of three regimes: coastal, interior bottomland, and ...
AMS MEMBERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS: An Overview and Longitudinal Analysis of the Demographics of the AMS
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The 2005 membership survey is the fifth in a series of surveys that has monitored the composition of the AMS since 1975. The responses of the 2005 survey reveal several interesting changes in the educational level, employment ...
The Lake—Induced Convection Experiment and the Snowband Dynamics Project
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A severe 5?day lake?effect storm resulted in eight deaths, hundreds of injuries, and over $3 million in damage to a small area of northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania in November 1996. In 1999, a blizzard ...