Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Daily Rainfall Detection and Estimation over Land Using Microwave Surface Emissivities
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)urface emissivities computed at 89 GHz from AMSU-A, AMSU-B, and SSMI/S instruments are used to detect rain events and to estimate a daily precipitation rate over land surfaces. This new retrieval algorithm, called the ... -
Nonlinear Wind Analysis of Single-Doppler Radar Observations within a DVAD Framework
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he application of the distance velocity azimuth display (DVAD) method to the retrieval of vertical wind profiles from single-Doppler radar observations is presented in this study. It was shown that Doppler velocity ... -
Effects of Snow Cover and Atmospheric Stability on Winter PM2.5 Concentrations in Western U.S. Valleys
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)any populated valleys in the western United States experience increased concentrations of particulate matter with diameter of less than 2.5 ?m (PM2.5) during winter stagnation conditions. Further study into the chemical ... -
Improved Spread–Error Relationship and Probabilistic Prediction from the CFS-Based Grand Ensemble Prediction System
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)his study describes an attempt to overcome the underdispersive nature of single-model ensembles (SMEs). As an Indo?U.S. collaboration designed to improve the prediction capabilities of models over the Indian monsoon region, ... -
Environmental Analysis of GOES-R Proving Ground Convection-Initiation Forecasting Algorithms
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)nhanced temporal and spatial resolution of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite?R Series (GOES-R) will allow for the use of cloud-top-cooling-based convection-initiation (CI) forecasting algorithms. Two ... -
The Coplane Analysis Technique for Three-Dimensional Wind Retrieval Using the HIWRAP Airborne Doppler Radar
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he coplane analysis technique for mapping the three-dimensional wind field of precipitating systems is applied to the NASA High-Altitude Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP). HIWRAP is a dual-frequency Doppler radar ... -
Impacts of the Decadal Urbanization on Thermally Induced Circulations in Eastern China
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ignificant urbanization has occurred in the Yangtze River Delta region of eastern China, which exerts important effects on the local thermally induced circulations through regulating the heat flux and thermal structure. ... -
Patterns of Diurnal Marine Stratocumulus Cloud Fraction Variability
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he spatial patterns of subtropical marine stratocumulus cloud fraction variability on diurnal time scales are examined using high-temporal-resolution cloud masks that are based on 30-min, 4 km ? 4 km geosynchronous infrared ... -
Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles in a Broad Valley from Lines of Temperature Sensors on Sidewalls
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)seudovertical temperature ?soundings? from lines of inexpensive temperature sensors on the sidewalls of Utah?s Salt Lake valley are compared with contemporaneous radiosonde soundings from the north, open end of the valley. ... -
Toward an Improved Multimodel ENSO Prediction
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ince 2002, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, later in partnership with the Climate Prediction Center, has issued an ENSO prediction product informally called the ENSO prediction plume. Here, ... -
Subregion-Scale Hindcasting of Contrail Outbreaks, Utilizing Their Synoptic Climatology
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ontrail statistical prediction methods are often location specific. To take advantage of the fact that the upper-tropospheric (UT) meteorological conditions that favor ?clear-sky outbreaks? of persisting contrails, or ... -
A Satellite View of the Radiative Impact of Clouds on Surface Downward Fluxes in the Tibetan Plateau
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)sing 13 yr of satellite observations for the Tibetan Plateau, the sensitivities (or partial derivatives) of daytime surface downward shortwave and longwave fluxes with respect to changes in cloud cover and cloud optical ... -
Uncertainties of Temperature Measurements on Snow-Covered Land and Sea Ice from In Situ and MODIS Data during BROMEX
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he Bromine, Ozone, and Mercury Experiment (BROMEX) was conducted in March and April of 2012 near Barrow, Alaska, to investigate impacts of Arctic sea ice reduction on chemical processes. During BROMEX, multiple sensors ... -
Bulk Hook Echo Raindrop Sizes Retrieved Using Mobile, Polarimetric Doppler Radar Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)olarimetric radar observations obtained by the NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory mobile, X-band, dual-polarization radar (NOXP) are used to investigate ?hook echo? precipitation properties in several tornadic and ... -
Retrieving Cloud Ice Water Content Using Millimeter- and Centimeter-Wavelength Radar Polarimetric Observables
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)cattering properties of a large collection of pristine ice crystals at millimeter and centimeter wavelengths are calculated using the generalized multiparticle Mie method. Millimeter- and centimeter-wavelength radar ... -
Potential Predictability of Malaria in Africa Using ECMWF Monthly and Seasonal Climate Forecasts
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)dealized model experiments investigate the advance warning for malaria that may be presently possible using temperature and rainfall predictions from state-of-the-art operational monthly and seasonal weather-prediction ... -
Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of Meteorological Drought Using the Bootstrap and Multivariate Information
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)n the present work, a probabilistic ensemble method using the bootstrap is developed to predict the future state of the standard precipitation index (SPI) commonly used for drought monitoring. The methodology is data driven ... -
Assessing and Improving the Local Added Value of WRF for Wind Downscaling
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)imited area models (LAMs) are widely used tools to downscale the wind speed forecasts issued by general circulation models. However, only a few studies have systematically analyzed the value added by the LAMs to the ... -
Estimating the Fraction of Winter Orographic Precipitation Produced under Conditions Meeting the Seeding Criteria for the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)nnual precipitation increases of 10% or more are often quoted for the impact of winter orographic cloud seeding; however, establishing the basis for such values is problematic for two reasons. First, the impact of glaciogenic ... -
Comparative Assessment of COSMIC Radio Occultation Data and TIMED/SABER Satellite Data over China
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he accuracy of temperature data from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) radio occultation and Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics, and Dynamics/Sounding of the ...