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RISComparison of Surface Meteorological Observations from Ship and Toroid Buoy in the North Pacific During STREX
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Moored-buoy wind measurements were made at 20 min intervals at 3.4 m height at 50°8?N, 140°25?W in the North Pacific from 10 November to 12 December 1981. The measurements were part of the Storm Transfer and Response ...
Design, Operation, and Calibration of a Shipboard Fast-Rotating Shadowband Spectral Radiometer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper describes the design, calibration, and deployment of a fast-rotating shadowband radiometer (FRSR) that accurately decomposes downward shortwave (solar) irradiance into direct-beam and diffuse components from a ...
The Accuracy of Marine Shadow-Band Sun Photometer Measurements of Aerosol Optical Thickness and Ångström Exponent
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An analytical uncertainty propagation model is used in conjunction with laboratory and field data to quantify the uncertainty in measurements of the direct-normal irradiance, aerosol optical thickness, and Ångström exponent ...
Hull-Mounted Sea Surface Temperatures from Ships of Opportunity
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The design and deployment of an inexpensive hull temperature sensor and data logger system was undertaken for the purpose of improving the measurement of sea surface temperature (SST) by ship-of-opportunity merchant vessels. ...
A Study of Six Operational Sea Surface Temperature Analyses
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study results from recommendations made by a 1984 WMO Expert Committee on Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Relevant to Long-Range Forecasting. The committee suggested that comparisons be carried out between monthly sea ...
Design of a Shadowband Spectral Radiometer for the Retrieval of Thin Cloud Optical Depth, Liquid Water Path, and the Effective Radius
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he design and operation of a Thin-Cloud Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (TCRSR) described here was used to measure the radiative intensity of the solar aureole and enable the simultaneous retrieval of cloud optical depth, ...
Modification of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer by a Small Island: Observations from Nauru
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Nauru, a small island in the tropical Pacific, generates cloud plumes that may grow to over 100-km lengths. This study uses observations to examine the mesoscale disturbance of the marine atmospheric boundary layer by the ...
An Integrated Global Observing System For Sea Surface Temperature Using Satellites and in Situ Data: Research to Operations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper describes the optimal design and its research-to-operation transition of an integrated global observing system of satellites and in situ observations. The integrated observing system is used for climate assessment ...
Detailed Simulations of Atmospheric Flow and Dispersion in Downtown Manhattan: An Application of Five Computational Fluid Dynamics Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model simulations of urban boundary layers have improved in speed and accuracy so that they are useful in assisting in planning emergency response activities related to releases of chemical ...
An Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station in the Tropical Western Pacific
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The interaction of clouds and radiation is a particularly difficult issue in the study of climate change. Clouds have a large impact on the earth's radiation budget but the range of spatial and temporal scales and the ...