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      • A Practical Approach to Flux Measurements of Long Duration in the Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer 

        Blanc, Theodore V. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        The practical limitations imposed by the marine environment on the principal flux-measurement methods for experiments requiring more than a few days? duration are examined. Reservations are presented as to the suitability ...

      • Albedo Following Fire in a Northern Hardwood Forest 

        Jurik, Thomas W.; Gates, David M. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        Changes in albedo were tracked following fire on 18 August 1980 in a successional hardwood forest in northern lower Michigan (43°33?N, 84°42?W). Shortwave albedo (300?3000 nm) changed little with zenith angle up to 55°, ...

      • The Icing of an Unheated, Nonrotating Cylinder. Part I: A Simulation Model 

        Lozowski, E. P.; Stallabrass, J. R.; Hearty, P. F. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        A model is described which simulates icing on an unheated, non-rotating cylinder. Both rime and glaze ice can be accounted for. The model computes the thermodynamic conditions and the initial icing rate as a function of ...

      • Rainfall Measurement Accuracy in FACE: A Comparison of Gage and Radar Rainfalls 

        Barnston, Anthony G.; Thomas, Jack L. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        The agreement of radar with raingage rainfall measurements during the second phase of the Florida Area Cumulus Experiment (FACE-2) is examined. FACE-2 rainfall was measured in a 1.3 ? 104 km2 target area using 111 nearly ...

      • A Quasi-Three-Dimensional Climate Model 

        Sellers, William D. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        A quasi-three-dimensional global climate model designed to trace the transient evolution of climate is described. The model, which has an interactive ocean, differs from earlier models in including a 5-layer atmospheric ...

      • Power Ratio Estimation in Incoherent Backscatter Lidar: Heterodyne Receiver with Square Law Detection 

        Rye, B. J. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        Comparative return irradiance estimation in a two channel heterodyne lidar receiver should be facilitated by processing finite data samples obtained in a period short compared with that of atmospheric fluctuations affecting ...

      • A Model for Estimating One-Minute Rainfall Rates 

        Tattelman, Paul; Scharr, Kathryn G. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        A model for estimating one-minute rainfall rates has been developed using stepwise multiple regression analysis. The model is made up of six regression equations to estimate rates that are equalled or exceeded 0.01, 0.05, ...

      • Low-Level Water Vapor Fields from the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) “Split Window” Channels 

        Chesters, Dennis; Uccellini, Louis W.; Robinson, Wayne D. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        A simple physical algorithm is developed which calculates the water vapor content of the lower troposphere from the 11 and 12 ?m (split window) channels on the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) on the Geostationary Operational ...

      • Monitoring Tropical Cyclone Evolution with NOAA Satellite Microwave Observations 

        Velden, Christopher S.; Smith, William L. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        NOAA satellite microwave soundings, which penetrate high clouds, delineate the development and dissipation of the upper tropospheric warm core associated with a tropical cyclone. The storm's ?core? may be detected from ...

      • An Automatic Profiler of the Temperature, Wind and Humidity in the Troposphere 

        Hogg, D. C.; Decker, M. T.; Guiraud, F. O.; Earnshaw, K. B.; Merritt, D. A.; Moran, K. P.; Sweezy, W. B.; Strauch, R. G.; Westwater, E. R.; Little, C. G. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        A remote-sensing system for continuously profiling the troposphere is discussed; the prototype Profiler utilizes radio wavelengths, thereby achieving essentially all-weather operation. Designed for unattended operation, ...

      • A Survey of Radar Rain Measurement Techniques 

        Doviak, Richard J. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        Several methods used to estimate rainfall rate R are surveyed. The distribution N(D) of drop sizes is of central importance in determining the reflectivity factor Z, attenuation rate K, and R. With single-parameter measurement ...

      • Parametric Estimation of Doppler Spectral Moments: An Alternative Ground Clutter Rejection Technique 

        Passarelli, Richard E. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        The theory of parametric techniques for the recovery of Doppler spectral moments from ground-clutter-contaminated measurements of the radar autocorrelation function is presented. Seven algorithms for the mean velocity are ...

      • The Boulder Atmospheric Observatory 

        Kaimal, J. C.; Gaynor, J. E. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        The Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) is a unique research facility for studying the planetary boundary layer and for testing and calibrating atmospheric sensors. The facility includes a 300 m tower instrumented with ...

      • Design and Development of a Radar Control Program for the NOAA/WPL Pulse-Doppler Radars 

        Moninger, W. R. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        Development of a computer program to control and acquire data with meteorological research radars is described. The performance goals for the program are enumerated, and the implementation techniques to achieve these goals ...

      • Potential for a Lidar-Based, Portable, 1 km Meteorological Tower 

        Schwiesow, R. L. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        Lidar measurements of wind, temperature and water vapor, using a variety of techniques that rely on the detection and analysis of laser light backscattered from the atmosphere, allow data to be obtained that are similar ...

      • Some Singularities and Irregularities in the Seasonal Progression of the 700 mb Height Field 

        Lanzante, John R. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        A climatological investigation of singularities in the seasonal progression of 5-day means of 700 mb height was undertaken for the region 30?90°N, from 160°E eastward to 0°, for the period 1947?76. A harmonic analysis was ...

      • The Relationship Between the Surface Wind Field and Convective Precipitation over the St. Louis Area 

        Achtemeier, Gary L. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        Rainfall, wind and temperature data at the surface for a mesoscale area surrounding St. Louis, Missouri for seven summer days in 1975 were used to determine qualitative and quantitative relationships between divergence, ...

      • Visual Cloud Histories Related to First Radar Echo Formation in Northeast Colorado Cumulus 

        Knight, Charles A.; Hall, William D.; Roskowski, Philip M. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        Using quantitative analysis of time-lapse motion pictures from aircraft and a sensitive meteorological radar, the cloud top history is related to the early radar echo development in 12 vigorous, summer, convective cloud ...

      • Specification of Monthly Precipitation in the Western United States from Monthly Mean Circulation 

        Weare, Bryan C.; Hoeschele, Marc A. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        The ability to specify monthly precipitation at 36 stations in Washington, Oregon and California by various indices of monthly mean circulation has been investigated. Most of the circulation indices were derived from ...

      • Design and Verification of a Cloud Field Optical Simulator 

        Davis, J. M.; Cox, S. K.; McKee, T. B. (American Meteorological Society, 1983)
        A concept and an apparatus designed to investigate the reflected and transmitted distributions of light from optically thick clouds is presented. The Cloud Field Optical Simulator (CFOS) is a laboratory device which utilizes ...