Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Prediction of Maize Yield Response to Climate Change with Climate and Crop Model Uncertainties
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)rojections of climate change impacts on crop yields are subject to uncertainties, and quantification of such uncertainty is essential for the effective use of the projection results for adaptation and mitigation purposes. ... -
Evaluating Light Rain from Satellite- and Ground-Based Remote Sensing Data over the Subtropical North Atlantic
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)hree state-of-the-art satellite climatologies are analyzed for their ability to observe light rain from predominantly shallow, warm clouds over the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean trade winds (1998?2005). HOAPS composite ... -
Signatures of Hydrometeor Species from Airborne Passive Microwave Data for Frequencies 10–183 GHz
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)assive microwave brightness temperatures (BTs) collected above severe thunderstorms using the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer and Conical Scanning Millimeter-Wave Imaging Radiometer during the Midlatitude ... -
Microphysical Constraints on Millimeter-Wavelength Scattering Properties of Snow Particles
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)Bayesian optimal estimation retrieval is used to determine probability density functions of snow microphysical parameters from ground-based observations taken during four snowfall events in southern Ontario, Canada. The ... -
Probabilistic 0–1-h Convective Initiation Nowcasts that Combine Geostationary Satellite Observations and Numerical Weather Prediction Model Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R convective initiation (CI) algorithm predicts CI in real time over the next 0?60 min. While GOES-R CI has been very successful in tracking nascent clouds and ... -
Submeso Motions within the Stable Boundary Layer and Their Relationships to Local Indicators and Synoptic Regime in Moderately Complex Terrain
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)o better understand the physical processes of the stable boundary layer and to quantify ?submeso motions? in moderately complex terrain, exploratory case-study analyses were performed using observational field data ... -
A Method for Extracting Postevent Storm Tracks
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)lthough existing algorithms for storm tracking have been designed to operate in real time, they are also commonly used to do postevent data analysis and research. Real-time algorithms cannot use information on the subsequent ... -
HITS: Hurricane Intensity and Track Simulator with North Atlantic Ocean Applications for Risk Assessment
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)nonparametric stochastic model is developed and tested for the simulation of tropical cyclone tracks. Tropical cyclone tracks demonstrate continuity and memory over many time and space steps. Clusters of tracks can be ... -
Mesoscale Eddies Affect Near-Surface Turbulent Exchange: Evidence from Lidar and Tower Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he eddy-covariance technique tends to underestimate turbulent heat fluxes, which results in nonclosure of the surface energy balance. This study shows experimental evidence that mesoscale turbulent organized structures, ... -
Characterization of Initiation and Growth of Selected Severe Convective Storms over Central Europe with MSG-SEVIRI
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he early development of severe convective storms over central Europe was investigated on the basis of nine cases from 2012. Using data from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) imaging radiometer ... -
Using Land Cover, Population, and Night Light Data for Assessing Local Temperature Differences in Mainz, Germany
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)rban areas are believed to affect temperature readings, thereby biasing the estimation of twentieth-century warming at regional to global scales. The precise effect of changes in the surroundings of meteorological stations, ... -
Laser Ceilometer Investigation of Persistent Wintertime Cold-Air Pools in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)s part of the winter 2010/11 Persistent Cold-Air Pool Study in Utah?s Salt Lake Valley, a laser ceilometer was used to continuously measure aerosol-layer characteristics in support of an investigation of the meteorological ... -
Calculation and Evaluation of an Air-Freezing Index for the 1981–2010 Climate Normals Period in the Coterminous United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he air-freezing index (AFI) is a common metric for determining the freezing severity of the winter season and estimating frost depth for midlatitude regions, which is useful for determining the depth of shallow foundation ... -
Variability of Natural Dust Erosion from a Coal Pile
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)study of fugitive dust emissions from a pile of crushed coal revealed that, in addition to dust being emitted into the atmosphere during periods of pile-management (human) activity, it is also emitted during periods without ... -
Coupled Atmospheric–Ice Load Model for Evaluation of Wind Plant Power Loss
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)cing is a weather phenomenon that is typical of cold climates. It impacts human activities through ice accretion on tower structures, transmission lines, and the blades of wind turbines. Icing on turbine blades, in particular, ... -
Atmospheric Predictors for Annual Maximum Precipitation in North Africa
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he high precipitation variability over North Africa presents a major challenge for the population and the infrastructure in the region. The last decades have seen many flood events caused by extreme precipitation in this ... -
Temperature Inversion Breakup with Impacts on Air Quality in Urban Valleys Influenced by Topographic Shading
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)rban valleys can experience serious air pollution problems as a combined result of their limited ventilation and the high emission of pollutants from the urban areas. Idealized simulations were analyzed to elucidate the ... -
Improved Tropical-Cyclone Flight-Level Wind Estimates Using Routine Infrared Satellite Reconnaissance
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)new and improved method for estimating tropical-cyclone (TC) flight-level winds using globally and routinely available TC information and infrared (IR) satellite imagery is presented. The developmental dataset is composed ... -
Characterizing the Diurnal Cycle of Low-Level Circulation and Convergence Using CFSR Data in Southeastern South America
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he focus of this study is the characterization of the diurnal cycle of low-level wind and divergence field (under two different synoptic situations observed during the South American Low-Level Jet Experiment) within the ... -
An Investigation of Center-Finding Techniques for Tropical Cyclones in Mesoscale Models
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)variety of tropical-cyclone (TC) center-finding methods aggregated from previous works of mesoscale modeling and operational analysis are compared. The previous methods used can be divided into three classes: local extreme, ...