Abstract: Although it has been studied for over 160 years, the urban heat island (UHI) effect is still not completely understood, yet it is increasingly important. The main purpose of this work is to improve UHI modeling by using ...

Abstract: Recent satellite observations reveal far-reaching effects of the Hawaiian Islands on surface wind, cloud, ocean current, and sea surface temperature (SST) that extend leeward over an unusually long distance (>1000 km). A ...

Abstract: Island thermal effects on the trail cloud band over the central North Pacific are investigated for the lee of Hawaii using satellite observations and a regional atmospheric model. The trail cloud band develops around noon ...

Abstract: Recent diagnostics with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Model, version 2.1 (GFDL CM2.1), coupled model?s twentieth-century simulations reveal that this particular model demonstrates skill in capturing the ...

Abstract: This paper presents the test results of three moment‐resisting connections between precast beam‐column elements designed for regions of moderate to high seismicity. The specimens are subjected to cyclic lateral load reversals ...

Abstract: Diagnostics performed with twentieth-century (1861?2000) ensemble integrations of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Model, version 2.1 (CM2.1) suggest that, during the developing phase, El Niño events that ...

Abstract: In addition to the frictional surface drag the pressure drag plays a significant role in mountainous terrain, such as the European Alps. The horizontal, two-dimensional pressure drag is computed for 4 horizontally and 3 ...

Abstract: three-step approach to develop a framework for dynamical seasonal prediction of precipitation over the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) is adopted. First, guided by the climatological features of basic variables, a ...