Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Recent submissions
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Influence of a Radome on Antenna Performance
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he German Meteorological Service [Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)] operates the German weather radar network and is currently replacing all radar systems with new dual-polarization radars. One of the key components of a radar ... -
The Fennec Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Network: Monitoring the Saharan Climate System
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he Fennec automatic weather station (AWS) network consists of eight stations installed across the Sahara, with four in remote locations in the central desert, where no previous meteorological observations have existed. The ... -
Using High-Resolution Altimetry to Observe Mesoscale Signals
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)n Ocean System Simulation Experiment is used to quantify the observing capability of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission and its contribution to higher-quality reconstructed sea level anomaly (SLA) fields ... -
Real-Time Ocean Wind Vector Retrieval from Marine Radar Image Sequences Acquired at Grazing Angle
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)his paper proposes a novel algorithm for retrieving the ocean wind vector from marine radar image sequences in real time. It is presented as an alternative to mitigate anemometer problems, such as blockage, shadowing, and ... -
Improvement of AERI T/q Retrievals and Their Validation at Anmyeon-Do, South Korea
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)n Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI), which measures downwelling radiances, has been in operation at Anmyeon-do, South Korea, since June 2010. Temperature and moisture (T/q) profiles with high temporal and ... -
1280-MHz Active Array Radar Wind Profiler for Lower Atmosphere: System Description and Data Validation
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)n L-band radar wind profiler was established at National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki, India (13.5°N, 79.2°E), to provide continuous high-resolution wind measurements in the lower atmosphere. This system utilizes ... -
Performance Evaluation for a Lightning Location System Based on Observations of Artificially Triggered Lightning and Natural Lightning Flashes
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)erformance evaluation for the lightning location system (LLS) of the power grid in Guangdong Province, China, was conducted based on observation data of the triggered lightning flashes obtained in Conghua, Guangzhou, during ... -
Least Squares Reconstruction of Doppler Radar Spectra for Irregular PRT
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)least squares method for the reconstruction of Doppler spectra of weather radars with irregular pulse repetition time used to increase the range of unambiguous velocity is presented and evaluated. This method is a robust ... -
Aircraft Regional-Scale Flux Measurements over Complex Landscapes of Mangroves, Desert, and Marine Ecosystems of Magdalena Bay, Mexico
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)atural ecosystems are rarely structurally simple or functionally homogeneous. This is true for the complex coastal region of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico, where the spatial variability in ecosystem fluxes ... -
Sensitivity of the Track and Intensity Forecasts of Typhoon Megi (2010) to Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors with the Ensemble Kalman Filter
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)n this study, sensitivities of the track and intensity forecasts of Typhoon Megi (2010) to the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) University of Wisconsin satellite atmospheric motion vector ... -
A Fully Conserved Minimal Adjustment Scheme with (T, S) Coherency for Stabilization of Hydrographic Profiles
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)new, fully conserved minimal adjustment scheme with temperature and salinity (T, S) coherency is presented for eliminating false static instability generated from analyzing and assimilating stable ocean (T, S) profiles ... -
Adaptation of Classical Tidal Harmonic Analysis to Nonstationary Tides, with Application to River Tides
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)ne of the most challenging areas in tidal analysis is the study of nonstationary signals with a tidal component, as they confront both current analysis methods and dynamical understanding. A new analysis tool has been ... -
Wave Breaking Dissipation Observed with “SWIFT” Drifters
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)nergy dissipation rates during ocean wave breaking are estimated from high-resolution profiles of turbulent velocities collected within 1 m of the surface. The velocity profiles are obtained from a pulse-coherent acoustic ... -
Comparison of Thermal Variance Dissipation Rates from Moored and Profiling Instruments at the Equator
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)s a quantitative test of moored mixing measurements using ?pods, a comparison experiment was conducted at 0°, 140°W in October?November 2008. The following three measurement elements were involved: (i) NOAA?s Tropical ... -
Examining the Impact of Surface Currents on Satellite Scatterometer and Altimeter Ocean Winds
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)5-yr dataset collected over two surface current and meteorological moorings allows rigorous evaluation of questions surrounding wave?current interaction and the scatterometer. Results demonstrate that scatterometer winds ... -
Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation for Estimation of River Depths
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)method is presented for estimating bathymetry in a river, based on observations of depth-averaged velocity during steady flow. The estimator minimizes a cost function that combines known information in the form of a prior ... -
Oceanographic Field Estimates from Remote Sensing and Glider Fleets
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)his work investigates the merging of temperature observations from a glider fleet and remote sensing, based on a field experiment conducted in an extended coastal region offshore La Spezia, Italy, in August 2010. Functional ... -
Estimation of Subsurface Temperature Anomaly in the North Atlantic Using a Self-Organizing Map Neural Network
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)self-organizing map (SOM) neural network was developed from Argo gridded datasets in order to estimate a subsurface temperature anomaly (STA) from remote sensing data. The SOM maps were trained using anomalies of sea surface ... -
Dual-Directional Radar Observation for Preliminary Assessment of the Ku-Band Broadband Radar Network
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)short-baseline weather radar network consisting of Ku-band broadband radars (BBR) for meteorological application is under development. The BBR is a short-range and high-resolution Doppler radar for meteorological application, ... -
Measurement of Atmospheric Aspect Sensitivity Using Coherent Radar Imaging after Mitigation of Radar Beam Weighting Effect
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he aspect angle, a measurement of the aspect sensitivity of atmospheric refractivity irregularities, was estimated with multiple-receiver coherent radar imaging (CRI) of very high frequency (VHF) atmospheric radar. Two CRI ...