Abstract: new objective method to determine the height of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is presented here. PBL heights are computed using the statistical variance and kurtosis of dewpoint and virtual potential temperature ...

Abstract: his study introduces a methodology to simulate how spatially heterogeneous urban aerosols modify a precipitating thunderstorm in a numerical weather model. An air quality model (Simple Photochemical Model, SPM) was coupled ...

Abstract: he relationship between rainfall characteristics and urbanization over the Eastern US was examined by analyzing four datasets: daily rainfall in 4,593 surface stations over the last 50 years (1958-2008), a high resolution ...