Abstract: The confusion and ambiguity in the literature regarding the notation (V · ?)V versus V · ?V is discussed, and the equivalence of the two expressions is demonstrated. The invariance of this notation in any coordinate system ...

Abstract: Examination of visible and infrared imagery from geosynchronous and polar orbiter satellites reveals the occasional existence of mesoscale cloud bands of unusual width and area, originating over the open northwest Atlantic ...

Abstract: Satellite and corresponding near-surface in situ observations have been made of single- and dual-band cloud events [dubbed anomalous cloud lines (ACLs)] associated with the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. A previous study ...

Abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can be used as an accurate scatterometer, yielding wind speed fields with subkilometer resolution. This wind speed generation is only possible, ...

Abstract: his brief paper addresses the frequency of precipitating open-cell convection over the northeastern Gulf of Alaska during a 5-yr period (2002?06). The research employs 154 previously documented satellite synthetic aperture ...

Abstract: This paper describes a product that allows one to assess the lower and upper bounds on synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-based marine wind speed. The SAR-based wind speed fields of the current research are generated using ...

Abstract: For the commonly observed range of air?sea temperature difference and surface wind speed, the static stability of the atmospheric surface layer can have a significant effect on the mean surface stress and its turbulence-scale ...

Abstract: This paper presents an 8-yr (1999?2006) climatology of the frequency of open-cell convection over the northeastern Pacific Ocean and the thermodynamic and kinematic environment associated with its development. The climatology ...