Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Recent submissions
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A Method for Estimating Planetary Boundary Layer Heights and Its Application over the ARM Southern Great Plains Site
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)new objective method to determine the height of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is presented here. PBL heights are computed using the statistical variance and kurtosis of dewpoint and virtual potential temperature ... -
Retrieval of Key Aerosol Optical Parameters from Spectral Direct and Diffuse Irradiances Observed by a Radiometer with Nonideal Cosine Response Characteristic
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he spectral direct and diffuse irradiances observed by a radiometer with a horizontal surface detector have been frequently used to study aerosol optical parameters, such as aerosol optical thickness (τaer) and single ... -
Real-Time Hazard Approximation of Long-Lasting Convective Storms Using Emergency Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)onvective storms cause several types of damage, including economic and ecological losses, every year. This paper focuses on an automatic hazard-level determination of convective storms based on a largely unused information ... -
An Improved Quality Control for AIRS Total Column Ozone Observations within and around Hurricanes
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)tmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) provides twice-daily global observations from which total column ozone data can be retrieved. However, 20% ~ 30% of AIRS ozone data are flagged to be of bad quality. Most of the flagged ... -
Optimum Sampling Designs for a Glider–Mooring Observing Network
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)cean observing systems (OOSs) constituted by moorings and gliders are becoming relevant in oceanographic and climate studies. In these observing networks, the temporal variability is captured by mooring observations, while ... -
Spatial Error Metrics for Oceanographic Model Verification
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)common problem with modern numerical oceanographic models is spatial displacement, including misplacement and misshapenness of ocean circulation features. Traditional error metrics, such as least squares methods, are ... -
Characterizing Soil Physical Properties for Soil Moisture Monitoring with the North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)oil moisture has important implications for meteorology, climatology, hydrology, and agriculture. This has led to growing interest in development of in situ soil moisture monitoring networks. Measurement interpretation is ... -
On the Use of Emulators with Extreme and Highly Nonlinear Geophysical Simulators
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)aussian process emulators are a powerful tool for understanding complex geophysical simulators, including oceanic and atmospheric general circulation models. Concern has been raised about their ability to emulate complex ... -
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A Novel Approach for the High-Resolution Interpolation of In Situ Sea Surface Salinity
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)novel technique for the high-resolution interpolation of in situ sea surface salinity (SSS) observations is developed and tested. The method is based on an optimal interpolation (OI) algorithm that includes satellite sea ... -
Shortwave Direction and Spreading Measured with HF Radar
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he accuracy of wave direction and spreading at the Bragg-matched wavelength measured with HF radar over a wide range of HF operating frequencies is demonstrated by comparison with buoy data. The agreement for shortwave ... -
Evaluating Where and Why Drifters Die
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)OAA ?s Global Drifter Program (GDP) manages a global array of ~1250 active satellite-tracked surface drifting buoys (?drifters?) in collaboration with numerous national and international partners. To better manage the ... -
Planck-Weighted Transmittance and Correction of Solar Reflection for Broadband Infrared Satellite Channels
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he line-by-line radiative transfer model (LBLRTM) is used to derive the channel transmittances. The channel transmittance from a level to the top of the atmosphere can be approximated by three methods: Planck-weighted ... -
Implementation, Characterization, and Evaluation of an Inexpensive Low-Power Low-Noise Infrasound Sensor Based on a Micromachined Differential Pressure Transducer and a Mechanical Filter
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he implementation, characterization, and evaluation of a low-cost infrasound sensor developed at the Infrasound Laboratory at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Infra-NMT) are described. This sensor is based ... -
An Overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily Database
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)database is described that has been designed to fulfill the need for daily climate data over global land areas. The dataset, known as Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)-Daily, was developed for a wide variety of ... -
Climatological Diurnal Cycles in Clear-Sky Brightness Temperatures from the High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)climatology of the diurnal cycles of HIRS clear-sky brightness temperatures was developed based on measurements over the period 2002?07. This was done by fitting a Fourier series to monthly gridded brightness temperatures ... -
Atmospheric Temperature Measurement Biases on the Antarctic Plateau
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)bservations of atmospheric temperature made on the Antarctic Plateau with thermistors housed in naturally (wind) ventilated radiation shields are shown to be significantly warm biased by solar radiation. High incoming solar ... -
Observation-Consistent Input and Whitecapping Dissipation in a Model for Wind-Generated Surface Waves: Description and Simple Calculations
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)new wind-input and wind-breaking dissipation for phase-averaged spectral models of wind-generated surface waves is presented. Both are based on recent field observations in Lake George, New South Wales, Australia, at ... -
GNSS Precipitable Water Vapor from an Amazonian Rain Forest Flux Tower
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)nderstanding the complex interactions between water vapor fields and deep convection on the mesoscale requires observational networks with high spatial (kilometers) and temporal (minutes) resolution. In the equatorial ... -
Application of Short-Range Lidar in Wind Shear Alerting
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)ong-range lidar systems have been used operationally at the Hong Kong International Airport for wind shear alerting. They are used for monitoring the headwinds over the last 3 n mi of all of the runway corridors of the ...