Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Recent submissions
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Biofouling Effects on the Response of a Wave Measurement Buoy in Deep Water
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he effects of biofouling on a wave measurement buoy are examined using concurrent data collected with two Datawell Waveriders at Ocean Station P: one heavily biofouled at the end of a 26-month deployment, the other newly ... -
A Filter for Removing Sidelobe Artifacts in Bragg Scattering Layer (BSL) Analysis for S-Band Radar
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he local environment during the joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO) Investigation Experiment (AMIE)?Cooperative Indian Ocean Experiment on Intraseasonal Variability in Year ... -
Frequency-Based Correction of Finescale Parameterization of Turbulent Dissipation in the Deep Ocean
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)mong the existing finescale parameterizations of turbulent dissipation rates, the Gregg?Henyey?Polzin (GHP) parameterization is thought to produce the most accurate estimates of turbulent dissipation rates since it takes ... -
Efficient and Accurate Computational Electromagnetics Approach to Precipitation Particle Scattering Analysis Based on Higher-Order Method of Moments Integral Equation Modeling
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)new full-wave computational electromagnetics (CEM) approach to precipitation particle scattering analysis based primarily on a higher-order method of moments (MoM) for solving surface integral equations (SIEs) is proposed, ... -
Integration of Scientific Echo Sounders with an Adaptable Autonomous Vehicle to Extend Our Understanding of Animals from the Surface to the Bathypelagic
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)coustic echo sounders designed to map and discriminate organisms in the water column have primarily been deployed on ships. Because of acoustic attenuation of higher frequencies used to detect and discriminate micronekton ... -
A Bayesian Approach to Assess the Performance of Lightning Detection Systems
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)istorically, researchers explore the effectiveness of one lightning detection system with respect to another system; that is, the probability that system A detects a discharge given that system B detected the same discharge ... -
Statistical Downscaling of Wintertime Temperatures over South Korea
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)eanalysis data have global coverage and faithfully render large-scale phenomena. On the other hand, regional and small-scale characteristics of atmospheric variability are poorly resolved. In an attempt to improve reanalysis ... -
Time–Space SST Variability in the Atlantic during 2013: Seasonal Cycle
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)2-yr-long daily gridded field of sea surface temperature (SST) in the Atlantic centered for the year 2013 is projected onto orthogonal components: its mean, six harmonics of the year cycle, the slow-varying contribution, ... -
Reduction of Nonuniform Beamfilling Effects by Multiple Constraints: A Simulation Study
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)spaceborne precipitation radar samples the vertical structure of precipitating hydrometeors from the top down. The viewing geometry and operating frequency result in certain limitations and opportunities. Among the limitations ... -
Quasi-Vertical Profiles—A New Way to Look at Polarimetric Radar Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)novel methodology is introduced for processing and presenting polarimetric data collected by weather surveillance radars. It involves azimuthal averaging of radar reflectivity Z, differential reflectivity ZDR, cross-correlation ... -
The Use of Ship-Launched Fixed-Wing UAVs for Measuring the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Ocean Surface Processes
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)he deployment and recovery of autonomous or remotely piloted platforms from research vessels have become a way of significantly extending the capabilities and reach of the research fleet. This paper describes the use of ... -
A Coupled-Pixel Model (CPM) Atmospheric Retrieval Algorithm for High-Resolution Imagers
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ow-frequency passive microwave observations allow for oceanic remote sensing of surface wind speed and rain rate from spaceborne and airborne platforms. For most instruments, the modeling of contributions of rain absorption ... -
Wavelet-Based Optical Flow for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)motion estimation algorithm was applied to image sequences produced by a horizontally scanning elastic backscatter lidar. The algorithm, a wavelet-based optical flow estimator named Typhoon, produces dense two-component ... -
Optimization of the Cross-Correlation Algorithm for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data and Comparison with Doppler Lidar
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)umerical and field experiments were conducted to test an optimized cross-correlation algorithm (CCA) for the remote sensing of two-component wind vectors from horizontally scanning elastic backscatter lidar data. Each ... -
Deep Ocean Temperature Measurement with an Uncertainty of 0.7 mK
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he uncertainty of deep ocean temperature (~1°C) measurement was evaluated. The time drifts of six deep ocean standards thermometers were examined based on laboratory calibrations as performed by the manufacturer in triple ... -
Considerations for Oversampling in Azimuth on the Phased Array Weather Radar
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)hen spectral moments in the azimuth are spaced by less than a beamwidth, it is called oversampling. Superresolution is a type of oversampling that refers to sampling at half a beamwidth on the national network of Doppler ... -
An Automated Mobile Phone Photo Relay and Display Concept Applicable to Operational Severe Weather Monitoring
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he increasing use of mobile phones (MPs) equipped with digital cameras and the ability to post images and information to the Internet in real time has significantly improved the ability to report events almost instantaneously. ... -
A Scatterometer Geophysical Model Function for Climate-Quality Winds: QuikSCAT Ku-2011
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)pace-based observations of ocean surface winds have been available for more than 25 years. To combine the observations from multiple sensors into one record with the accuracy required for climate studies requires a consistent ... -
Enhanced Signal Processing Algorithms for the ASR-9 Weather Systems Processor
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ew signal processing algorithms for the Airport Surveillance Radar-9 (ASR-9) Weather Systems Processor (WSP) are introduced. The Moving Clutter Spectral Processing for Uneven-Sampled Data with Dealiasing (MCSPUDD) algorithm ... -
Measuring Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation at a Wavy Sea Surface
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ave breaking is thought to be the dominant mechanism for energy loss by the surface wave field. Breaking results in energetic and highly turbulent velocity fields, concentrated within approximately one wave height of the ...