Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Seasonality of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Madison, Wisconsin
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)patial and temporal variation in the urban heat island (UHI) effect from March 2012 through October 2013 was characterized using continuous temperature measurements from an array of up to 151 fixed sensors in and around ... -
The Sensitivity of Rainfall Estimation to Error Assumptions in a Bayesian Passive Microwave Retrieval Algorithm
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he Goddard profiling algorithm (GPROF) uses Bayesian probability theory to retrieve rainfall over the global oceans. A critical component of GPROF and most Bayes theorem?based retrieval frameworks is the specification of ... -
Intense and Extreme Wind Speeds Observed by Anemometer and Seismic Networks: An Eastern U.S. Case Study
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he scale and intensity of extreme wind events have tremendous relevance to determining the impact on infrastructure and natural and managed ecosystems. Analyses presented herein show the following. 1) Wind speeds in excess ... -
Parametric Modeling of Transitioning Cyclone Wind Fields for Risk Assessment Studies in the Western North Pacific
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)robabilistic risk assessment systems for tropical cyclone hazards rely on large ensembles of model simulations to characterize cyclones tracks, intensities, and the extent of the associated damaging winds. Given the ... -
Validation of Upper-Tropospheric Humidity from SAPHIR on board Megha-Tropiques Using Tropical Soundings
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)his paper describes the upper-tropospheric humidity (UTH) product derived from brightness temperature measurements of the Sondeur Atmosphérique du Profil d?Humidité Intertropicale par Radiométrie (SAPHIR) radiometer on ... -
Reformulation of the Drought Code in the Canadian Fire Weather Index System Implemented in New Zealand
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he fire danger rating system implemented in New Zealand is the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) System developed 40 years ago for Canadian temperate forests. Issues have been raised in relation to this system when applied ... -
Formulation of the Sea Surface Friction Velocity in Terms of the Mean Wind and Bulk Stability
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ver 5000 aircraft eddy-covariance measurements from four different aircraft in nine different experiments are used to develop a simple model for the friction velocity over the sea. Unlike the widely used Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere ... -
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Polarimetric Tornadic Debris Signatures
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)onmeteorological scatter, including debris lofted by tornadoes, may be detected using the polarimetric radar variables. For the 17 months from January 2012 to May 2013, radar data were examined for each tornado reported ... -
Temporal and Spatial Interpolation of the Standardized Precipitation Index for Computational Efficiency in the Dynamic Drought Index Tool
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he feasibility of interpolating gamma-distribution parameters between different precipitation accumulation intervals (durations) is statistically evaluated. The interpolation of these parameters for a specific accumulation ... -
A Comparison between Simulated and Observed Surface Energy Balance at the Svalbard Archipelago
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he surface energy balance at the Svalbard Archipelago has been simulated at high resolution with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model and compared with measurements of the individual energy fluxes from a tundra site ... -
Searching for Large Raindrops: A Global Summary of Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)dataset containing 9637 h of two-dimensional video disdrometer observations consisting of more than 240 million raindrops measured at diverse climatological locations was compiled to help characterize underlying drop size ... -
Precipitation Estimates from MSG SEVIRI Daytime, Nighttime, and Twilight Data with Random Forests
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)new rainfall retrieval technique for determining rainfall rates in a continuous manner (day, twilight, and night) resulting in a 24-h estimation applicable to midlatitudes is presented. The approach is based on satellite-derived ... -
Spatiotemporal Snowfall Trends in Central New York
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)entral New York State, located at the intersection of the northeastern United States and the Great Lakes basin, is impacted by snowfall produced by lake-effect and non-lake-effect snowstorms. The purpose of this study is ... -
Variability of CONUS Lightning in 2003–12 and Associated Impacts
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)hanges in lightning characteristics over the conterminous United States (CONUS) are examined to support the National Climate Assessment (NCA) program. Details of the variability of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning characteristics ... -
Fire-Modified Meteorology in a Coupled Fire–Atmosphere Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he coupled fire?atmosphere model consisting of the Weather and Forecasting (WRF) Model coupled with the fire-spread model (SFIRE) module has been used to simulate a bushfire at D?Estrees Bay on Kangaroo Island, South ... -
Sensitivity of C-Band Polarimetric Radar–Based Drop Size Estimates to Maximum Diameter
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)stimating raindrop size has been a long-standing objective of polarimetric radar?based precipitation retrieval methods. The relationship between the differential reflectivity Zdr and the median volume diameter D0 is typically ... -
Skill of Direct Solar Radiation Predicted by the ECMWF Global Atmospheric Model over Australia
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)rediction of direct solar radiation is key in sectors such as solar power and agriculture; for instance, it can enable more efficient production of energy from concentrating solar power plants. An assessment of the quality ... -
Implications of Limited Liquid Water Path on Static Mixing within Arctic Low-Level Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)bservations of cloud properties and thermodynamics from two Arctic locations, Barrow, Alaska, and Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic (SHEBA), are examined. A comparison of in-cloud thermodynamic mixing characteristics for ... -
Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimation and Its Application for Streamflow Prediction over Mountainous Western U.S. Basins
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ecognizing the importance and challenges inherent to the remote sensing of precipitation in mountainous areas, this study investigates the performance of the commonly used satellite-based high-resolution precipitation ... -
Further Development of the Regional Boundary Layer Model to Study the Impacts of Greenery on the Urban Thermal Environment
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)forest canopy model is developed and coupled into the Regional Boundary Layer Model (RBLM) to fully consider the vertical structure of tree morphology. Instead of a slab surface model formerly used to represent trees in ...