Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Quantifying Diurnal Cloud Radiative Effects by Cloud Type in the Tropical Western Pacific
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)loud radiative effects are examined using long-term datasets collected at the U.S. Department of Energy?s three Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facilities in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. ... -
Comparison of Radiative Energy Flows in Observational Datasets and Climate Modeling
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)his study examines radiative flux distributions and local spread of values from three major observational datasets (CERES, ISCCP, and SRB) and compares them with results from climate modeling (CMIP3). Examinations of the ... -
Changes in Climate Extremes and Catastrophic Events in the Mongolian Plateau from 1951 to 2012
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he spatiotemporal changes in 21 indices of extreme temperature and precipitation for the Mongolian Plateau from 1951 to 2012 were investigated on the basis of daily temperature and precipitation data from 70 meteorological ... -
Automated Quality Control of In Situ Soil Moisture from the North American Soil Moisture Database Using NLDAS-2 Products
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he North American Soil Moisture Database (NASMD) was initiated in 2011 to provide support for developing climate forecasting tools, calibrating land surface models, and validating satellite-derived soil moisture algorithms. ... -
Regional Variability in New Zealand’s Wind Resource Linked to Synoptic-Scale Circulation: Implications for Generation Reliability
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ven in locations endowed with excellent wind resources, the intermittent nature of wind is perceived as a barrier to reliable generation. However, recent studies have demonstrated that electrically interconnecting wind ... -
Lee Waves Associated with a Commercial Jetliner Accident at Denver International Airport
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)t 1818 mountain standard time 20 December 2008, a Boeing 737 jetliner encountered significant crosswinds while accelerating for takeoff at the Denver International Airport (DIA), ran off the side of the runway, and burst ... -
A Synoptic Classification of Inflow-Generating Precipitation in the Snowy Mountains, Australia
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)recipitation falling in the Snowy Mountains region of southeastern Australia provides fuel for hydroelectric power generation and environmental flows along major river systems, as well as critical water resources for ... -
Mechanism of Urbanization Impact on a Summer Cold-Frontal Rainfall Process in the Greater Beijing Metropolitan Area
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he WRF?Noah?urban canopy model (UCM) coupled modeling system is used to investigate the influence of urbanization on a typical frontal rainfall event that occurred in June 2008 over the greater Beijing metropolitan area ... -
Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Rainstorm-Induced Hazards Modified by Urbanization in Beijing
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he rainfall data of 20 rain gauge stations are used for analysis on the spatiotemporal characteristics of rainstorm-induced hazards in Beijing. A local model used to calculate rainstorm hazards index values (RHIVs) has ... -
Dual-Polarization Radar Data Analysis of the Impact of Ground-Based Glaciogenic Seeding on Winter Orographic Clouds. Part I: Mostly Stratiform Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on wintertime orographic, mostly stratiform clouds is analyzed by means of data from an X-band dual-polarization radar, the Doppler-on-Wheels (DOW) radar, positioned on a ... -
A Comparison of Airborne In Situ Cloud Microphysical Measurement with Ground-Based C-Band Radar Observations in Deep Stratiform Regions of African Squall Lines
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)his study addresses clouds with significant ice water content (IWC) in the stratiform regions downwind of the convective cores of African squall lines in the framework of the French?Indian satellite Megha-Tropiques project, ... -
Mapping TRMM TMPA into Average Recurrence Interval for Monitoring Extreme Precipitation Events
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)prototype online extreme precipitation monitoring system is developed from the TRMM TMPA near-real-time precipitation product. The system utilizes estimated equivalent average recurrence interval (ARI) for up-to-date ... -
Inline Coupling of WRF–HYSPLIT: Model Development and Evaluation Using Tracer Experiments
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT), a Lagrangian dispersion model, has been coupled (inline) to the the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model meteorological model in such a ... -
Climate Conditions at Perennially Ice-Covered Lake Untersee, East Antarctica
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)n November 2008 an automated meteorological station was established at Lake Untersee in East Antarctica, producing a 5-yr data record of meteorological conditions at the lake. This dataset includes five austral summer ... -
Impact of the Madden–Julian Oscillation on Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclogenesis Associated with Large-Scale Patterns
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he intraseasonal variability of tropical cyclogenesis in the western North Pacific (WNP) basin is explored in this study. The relation of cyclogenesis in each of the five large-scale patterns identified in recent work by ... -
Variational Assimilation of Cloud Liquid/Ice Water Path and Its Impact on NWP
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)nalysis of the cloud components in numerical weather prediction models using advanced data assimilation techniques has been a prime topic in recent years. In this research, the variational data assimilation (DA) system for ... -
Vertical-Plane Dual-Doppler Radar Observations of Cumulus Toroidal Circulations
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)igh-resolution vertical-plane dual-Doppler velocity data, collected by an airborne profiling cloud radar in transects across nonprecipitating orographic cumulus clouds, are used to examine vortical circulations near cloud ... -
Long-Term Comparison of Collocated Instantaneous Rain Retrievals from the TRMM Microwave Imager and Precipitation Radar over the Ocean
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ersion-7 (V7) rain rates retrieved by the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) are spatially and temporally collocated over the ocean and compared at TMI footprint scale for the summer months of 16 ... -
Chicago’s Heat Island and Climate Change: Bridging the Scales via Dynamical Downscaling
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he interaction of global climate change and urban heat islands (UHI) is expected to have far-reaching impacts on the sustainability of the world?s rapidly growing urban population centers. Given that a wide range of ... -
Virtual and Real Topography for Flows across Mountain Ranges
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)combination of real and virtual topography is shown to be crucial to describe the essentials of stratified flow over mountain ranges and leeside valleys. On 14 March 2006 [Intensive Observation Period 4 of the Terrain-Induced ...