Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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The Fast Longwave and Shortwave Flux (FLASHFlux) Data Product: Single-Scanner Footprint Fluxes
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he Clouds and the Earth?s Radiant Energy Systems (CERES) project utilizes radiometric measurements taken aboard the Terra and Aqua spacecrafts to derive the world-class data products needed for climate research. Achieving ... -
Evaluation of Boundary Layer Depth Estimates at Summit Station, Greenland
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)oundary layer conditions in polar regions have been shown to have a significant impact on the levels of trace gases in the lower atmosphere. The ability to properly describe boundary layer characteristics (e.g., stability, ... -
NOAA’s 1981–2010 U.S. Climate Normals: Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall, and Snow Depth
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he 1981?2010 ?U.S. Climate Normals? released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?s (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center include a suite of monthly, seasonal, and annual statistics that are based on ... -
UV Sensitivity to Changes in Ozone, Aerosols, and Clouds in Seoul, South Korea
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he total ozone (O3) and aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 320 nm have been observed from the ultraviolet (UV) measurements made at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, with Dobson and Brewer spectrophotometers, respectively, ... -
A Numeric Study of Regional Climate Change Induced by Urban Expansion in the Pearl River Delta, China
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he Pearl River Delta region has experienced rapid urbanization and economic development during the past 20 years. To investigate the impacts of urbanization on regional climate, the Advanced Research core of the Weather ... -
Low-Level Jets in the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR): A Comparison with Rawinsonde Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)limatological analyses of low-level jets (LLJs) can be negatively influenced by the coarse spatial and temporal resolution and frequent changes in observing and archiving protocols of rawinsonde observations (raobs). The ... -
Surface Circulation Types and Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures in Southern La Plata Basin
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)a Plata basin is one of the most important agricultural and hydropower-producing regions in the world. Extreme climate events such as cold and heat waves and frost events have a significant socioeconomic impact. This work ... -
Evaluation of Modeling Water-Vapor-Weighted Mean Tropospheric Temperature for GNSS-Integrated Water Vapor Estimates in Brazil
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)eteorological application of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data over Brazil has increased significantly in recent years, motivated by the significant amount of investment from research agencies. Several projects ... -
Urban Emissions of CO2 from Davos, Switzerland: The First Real-Time Monitoring System Using an Atmospheric Inversion Technique
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)nthropogenic emissions from urban areas represent 70% of the fossil fuel carbon emitted globally according to carbon emission inventories. The authors present here the first operational system able to monitor in near?real ... -
The Upslope–Downslope Flow Transition on a Basin Sidewall
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he late afternoon upslope?downslope flow transition on the west inner sidewall of Arizona?s Meteor Crater, visualized by photographs of smoke dispersion, is investigated for 20 October 2006 using surface radiative and ... -
Phase Space Parameterization of Rain: The Inadequacy of Gamma Distribution
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he authors test the adequacy of gamma distribution to describe the statistical variability of raindrop diameters in 1-min disdrometer data using the Kolmogorov?Smirnov goodness-of-fit test. The results do not support the ... -
MLS and CALIOP Cloud Ice Measurements in the Upper Troposphere: A Constraint from Microwave on Cloud Microphysics
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)his study examines the consistency and microphysics assumptions among satellite ice water content (IWC) retrievals in the upper troposphere with collocated A-Train radiances from Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and lidar ... -
Observed Rainfall Asymmetry in Tropical Cyclones Making Landfall over China
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)n this study, the rainfall asymmetries in tropical cyclones (TCs) that made landfall in the Hainan (HN), Guangdong (GD), Fujian (FJ), and Zhejiang (ZJ) provinces of mainland China and Taiwan (TW) from 2001 to 2009 were ... -
Sensitivity of Near-Surface Temperature Forecasts to Soil Properties over a Sparsely Vegetated Dryland Region
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)eather Research and Forecasting Model forecasts over the Great Salt Lake Desert erroneously underpredict nocturnal cooling over the sparsely vegetated silt loam soil area of Dugway Proving Ground in northern Utah, with a ... -
Joint Occurrence of Daily Temperature and Precipitation Extreme Events over Canada
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he occurrence of individual extremes such as temperature and precipitation extremes can have a great impact on the environment. Agriculture, energy demands, and human health, among other activities, can be affected by ... -
Investigation of Low-Cloud Characteristics Using Mesoscale Numerical Model Data for Improvement of Fog-Detection Performance by Satellite Remote Sensing
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he comprehensive relationship between meteorological conditions and whether low water cloud touches the surface, particularly at sea, is examined with the goal of improving low-cloud detection by satellite. Gridpoint-value ... -
X-Band Polarimetric Observations of Cross Coupling in the Ice Phase of Convective Storms in Taiwan
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)n this paper, experimental X-band polarimetric radar data from simultaneous transmission of horizontal (H) and vertical (V) polarizations (SHV) are shown, modeled, and microphysically interpreted. Both range?height indicator ... -
Validation of a UV-to-RF High-Spectral-Resolution Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characterization Tool
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)his paper demonstrates the capability of the Laser Environmental Effects Definition and Reference (LEEDR) model to accurately characterize the meteorological parameters and radiative transfer effects of the atmospheric ... -
Observed Spatial Characteristics of Beijing Urban Climate Impacts on Summer Thunderstorms
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)his study investigates interactive effects from the Beijing urban area on temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation by use of hourly automatic weather station data from June to August 2008?12. ... -
Fuzzy Logic Classification of S-Band Polarimetric Radar Echoes to Identify Three-Body Scattering and Improve Data Quality
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he three-body scatter signature (TBSS) is a radar artifact that appears downrange from a high-radar-reflectivity core in a thunderstorm as a result of the presence of hailstones. It is useful to identify the TBSS artifact ...