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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
EISSN: 1520-0477
ISSN: 0003-0007
Priority: 12
Description: The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) is the flagship magazine of AMS and publishes articles of interest and significance for the weather, water, and climate community as well as news, editorials, and reviews for AMS members More ...
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RISSeasat: Results of the Mission
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: On 26 June 1978 the world's first oceanographic satellite, Seasat, was launched into orbit, beginning a 104-day mission of observing the oceans. After an extensive analysis of the accuracy of data from the satellite by all ...
Modern Meteorological Computing Resources—the Maryland Experience
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Department of Meteorology at the University of Maryland is developing one of the first computer. systems in meteorology to take advantage of the new networked computer architecture that has been made possible by recent ...
The Nimbus-7 Global Cloud Climatology
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A total of six years (April 1979 to March 1985) of continuous measurements from the Temperature Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR) and the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS), both on the Nimbus-7 satellite, have been ...
An Introduction to Some Historical Governmental Weather Records of China
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Some historical weather records of China in the governmental archives are discussed. The records in the pre-Qing period (before 1636) am briefly summarized and their use for the reconstruction of past climate is assessed. ...
Measuring the Performance of Data Validators
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The National Climatic Data Center is committed to archiving and disseminating data of high quality. Automated screening of data has proven to be very effective in isolating suspect and erroneous values in large meteorological ...
False-Color Display of Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Displays of multi-frequency passive microwave data from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) flying on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft are presented. Observed brightness temperatures ...
First Estimates of the Diurnal Variation of Longwave Radiation from the Multiple-Satellite Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: First results for diurnal cycles derived from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) are presented for the combined Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) and NOAA-9 spacecraft for April 1985. Regional scale longwave ...
Up, Up, and Away: The Reinvigoration of Meteorology in the United States: 1958 to 1962
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Meteorology (later broadened to the term atmospheric sciences) received a much-needed boost in the United States during the period 1956 to 1962. It was primarily due to the efforts of concerned members of the National ...
The University of Utah Interactive Dynamics Program—One Approach to Interactive Access and Storage of Meteorological Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An interactive-software package has been developed in the University of Utah's Department of Meteorology to access and display meteorological data received via satellite broadcast. The retrieval of the meteorological data ...