Abstract: his study uses mesoscale ensemble forecasts to compare the magnitude of nonaerosol effects of the Saharan air layer (SAL) with other environmental influences on the intensity of Tropical Storm Debby. Debby was a weak Cape ...

Abstract: The spectral latent heating (SLH) algorithm was developed for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) in Part I of this study. The method uses PR information [precipitation-top height (PTH), ...

Abstract: In this study, satellite passive microwave sensor observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) are utilized to make estimates of latent + eddy sensible heating rates (Q1 ? QR) ...

Abstract: Information on the turbulent fluxes of momentum, latent heat, and sensible heat at the air?sea interface is essential in improving model simulations of climate variations and in climate studies. A 13.5-yr (July 1987?December ...

Abstract: Monthly averages of daily latent heat fluxes over the oceans for February and August 1988 are estimated using a stability-dependent bulk scheme. Daily fluxes are computed from daily SSM/I (Special Sensor Microwave/Imager) ...

Abstract: cean surface turbulent fluxes play an important role in the energy and water cycles of the atmosphere?ocean coupled system, and several flux products have become available in recent years. Here, turbulent fluxes from 6 ...

Abstract: he Saharan air layer (SAL) has received considerable attention in recent years as a potential negative influence on the formation and development of Atlantic tropical cyclones. Observations of substantial Saharan dust in ...

Abstract: Two 20-day, continental midlatitude cases are simulated with a three-dimensional (3D) cloud-resolving model (CRM) and are compared to Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) data. Surface fluxes from ARM ground ...