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Seasonal and Interannual Trends of Sierra Nevada Clouds and Precipitation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Seasonal and interannual variations in Sierra Nevada winter storms are discussed with reference to precipitation augmentation. Seasonal variations occur with respect to freezing level, storm type, vertical cloud distribution, ...
Winter Diurnal Trends of Sierra Nevada Supercooled Liquid Water and Precipitation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Ten-year climatologies from the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project (SCPP) show diurnal variations of clouds, precipitation, supercooled liquid water, stability and temperature. Diurnal variations were generally more pronounced ...
Nighttime Observation of Sheared Tropical Cyclones Using GOES 3.9-μm Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This note discusses a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite product that can reveal the low clouds associated with tropical cyclones at night. It is based on a pixel-by-pixel difference of the longwave (10.8 ...
Jet Contrail Identification Using the AVI-IRR Infrared Split Window
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer channels 4 (11 ?m) and 5 (12 ?m) are used together to produce images which greatly enhance contrails. Four steps are required: 1) select coregistered digital data sets from the two ...
Dust Tracking Using Composite Visible/IR Images: A Case Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Visible and infrared (IR) images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer are composited to improve the depiction of airborne dust over coastlines. On IR ...
Wind-Forced Transport Fluctuations of the Florida Current
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Volume transport fluctuations of the Florida Current (Gulf Stream), generated within the Straits of Florida by local meridional wind stress, are investigated. A simple coastal response model was applied to the Straits of ...
Improved Detection of Hotspots using the AVHRR 3.7-um Channel
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The 3.7-?m channel on-board the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) provides the unique capability to detect small, but hot, surface features. We present ...
A Synoptic Comparison of SSM/I Winds with Output from an Operational Forecast System
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Near-surface wind speed analyses from the Special Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) are compared with those from an operational numerical forecast system. Substantial agreement exists, especially over open ocean. Nevertheless, the ...