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3-PG Productivity Modeling of Regenerating Amazon Forests: Climate Sensitivity and Comparison with MODIS-Derived NPP
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Potential forest growth predicted by the Physiological Principles in Predicting Growth (3-PG) model was compared for forest and deforested areas in the Legal Amazon to assess potential differing regeneration associated ... -
6-Hour to 1-Year Variance of Five Global Precipitation Sets
(American Meteorological Society, 2007)Three-hourly time series of precipitation from three high-resolution precipitation products [Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) algorithm 3B-42, the Climate Prediction Center?s morphing method (CMORPH), and the ... -
A 22-Year Climatology of Cool Season Hourly Precipitation Thresholds Conducive to Shallow Landslides in California
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractCalifornia?s winter storms produce intense rainfall capable of triggering shallow landslides, threatening lives and infrastructure. This study explores where hourly rainfall in the state meets or exceeds published ... -
A Comparison of Local and Regional Trends in Surface and Lower-Tropospheric Temperatures in Western North Carolina
(American Meteorological Society, 2005)Temperature time series for stations in western North Carolina are used to evaluate the potential for an urban signal in the local temperature trend, and to compare a homogeneous temperature record from a mountain-top ... -
A Conceptual Tool for Climate Change Risk Assessment
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)his study develops a new conceptual tool to explore the potential societal consequences of climate change. The conceptual tool delineates three quasi-independent factors that contribute to the societal consequences of ... -
A Conterminous United States Multilayer Soil Characteristics Dataset for Regional Climate and Hydrology Modeling
(American Meteorological Society, 1998)Soil information is now widely required by many climate and hydrology models and soil?vegetation?atmosphere transfer schemes. This paper describes the development of a multilayer soil characteristics dataset for the ... -
A Functional Response Metric for the Temperature Sensitivity of Tropical Ecosystems
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractEarth system models (ESMs) simulate a large spread in carbon cycle feedbacks to climate change, particularly in their prediction of cumulative changes in terrestrial carbon storage. Evaluating the performance of ... -
A Great Escape from the Bay of Bengal “Super Sapphire–Phailin” Tropical Cyclone: A Case of Improved Weather Forecast and Societal Response for Disaster Mitigation
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS) ?Phailin (2013)? was the strongest cyclone that hit the eastern coast of the India Odisha state since the supercyclone of 1999. But the same story of casualties was not repeated as that ... -
A Hydroclimatological Assessment of Regional Drought Vulnerability: A Case Study of Indiana Droughts
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)haracterizing and developing drought climatology continues to be a challenging problem. As decision makers seek guidance on water management strategies, there is a need for assessing the performance of drought indices. ... -
A Land–Atmospheric Interaction Study in the Coastal Tropical City of San Juan, Puerto Rico
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)This paper focuses on the surface?atmospheric interaction in a tropical coastal city including the validation of an atmospheric modeling and an impact study of land-cover and land-use (LCLU) changes. The Regional Atmospheric ... -
A Model-Based Assessment of Potential Impacts of Man-Made Reservoirs on Precipitation
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractLand-use land-cover change (LULCC) plays an important role in weather and climate systems. Human modifications of land cover include building reservoirs and thus creating artificial lakes for multipurpose use. In ... -
A Representation of Variable Root Distribution in Dynamic Vegetation Models
(American Meteorological Society, 2003)Root distribution is treated as a static component in most current dynamic vegetation models (DVMs). While changes in leaf and stem biomass are reflected in leaf area index (LAI) and vegetation height via specific leaf ... -
A Review of Current Investigations of Urban-Induced Rainfall and Recommendations for the Future
(American Meteorological Society, 2005)Precipitation is a key link in the global water cycle and a proxy for changing climate; therefore, proper assessment of the urban environment?s impact on precipitation (land use, aerosols, thermal properties) will be ... -
A Simple Predictive Tool for Lower Brahmaputra River Basin Monsoon Flooding
(American Meteorological Society, 2007)The Brahmaputra River of South Asia is the fourth largest river in the world in terms of annual discharge. The lower Brahmaputra River basin is susceptible to catastrophic flooding with major social, economic, and public ... -
A Simple, Minimal Parameter Model for Predicting the Influence of Changing Land Cover on the Land–Atmosphere System
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he impacts of changing land cover on the soil?vegetation?atmosphere system are numerous. With the fraction of land used for farming and grazing expected to increase, extensive alterations to land cover such as replacing ... -
A Spatial Pattern Analysis of Land Surface Roughness Heterogeneity and its Relationship to the Initiation of Weak Tornadoes
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractNorth Alabama is among the most tornado-prone regions in the United States and is composed of more spatially variable terrain and land cover than the frequently studied North American Great Plains region. Because ... -
A Spatially Distributed Model to Simulate Water, Energy, and Vegetation Dynamics Using Information from Regional Climate Models
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)tudies seeking to understand the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of a region need to take into account the dynamics of vegetation and its interaction with the hydrologic and energy cycles. Yet, ... -
A Storm-Triggered Landslide Monitoring and Prediction System: Formulation and Case Study
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Predicting the location and timing of mudslides with adequate lead time is a scientifically challenging problem that is critical for mitigating landslide impacts. Here, a new dynamic modeling system is described for ... -
Adaptation of Irrigation Infrastructure on Irrigation Demands under Future Drought in the United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ore severe droughts in the United States will bring great challenges to irrigation water supply. Here, the authors assessed the potential adaptive effects of irrigation infrastructure under present and more extensive ... -
AMS Discontinuing Expedited Contribution Article Type
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)