Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Comparison of Convective Boundary Layer Velocity Spectra Retrieved from Large- Eddy-Simulation and Weather Research and Forecasting Model Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)s computing capabilities expand, operational and research environments are moving toward the use of finescale atmospheric numerical models. These models are attractive for users who seek an accurate description of small-scale ... -
Assessing the Uncertainty in Projecting Local Mean Sea Level from Global Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he process of moving from an ensemble of global climate model temperature projections to local sea level projections requires several steps. Sea level was estimated in Olympia, Washington (a city that is very concerned ... -
Stratiform and Convective Precipitation Observed by Multiple Radars during the DYNAMO/AMIE Experiment
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)n this study, methods of convective/stratiform precipitation classification and surface rain-rate estimation based on the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) cloud radar measurements were developed and evaluated. ... -
The Improvement to the Environmental Wind and Tropical Cyclone Circulation Retrievals with the Modified GBVTD (MGBVTD) Technique
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he ground-based velocity track display (GBVTD) was developed to deduce a three-dimensional primary circulation of landfalling tropical cyclones from single-Doppler radar data. However, the cross-beam component of the mean ... -
High-Resolution Polarimetric Radar Observations of Snow-Generating Cells
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)igh-resolution X-band polarimetric radar data were collected in 19 snowstorms over northern Colorado in early 2013 as part of the Front Range Orographic Storms (FROST) project. In each case, small, vertically erect convective ... -
Evaluation of Single-Doppler Radar Wind Retrievals in Flat and Complex Terrain
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he accuracy of winds derived from Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) level-II data is assessed by comparison with independent observations from 915-MHz radar wind profilers. The evaluation is carried out at two locations ... -
Gamma Distribution Parameters for Cloud Drop Distributions from Multicylinder Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he liquid water content and drop diameters in supercooled clouds have been measured since the 1940s at the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire using a rotating multicylinder. Many of the cloud microphysics models ... -
The Impact of Ground-Based Glaciogenic Seeding on Orographic Clouds and Precipitation: A Multisensor Case Study
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)case study is presented from the 2012 AgI Seeding Cloud Impact Investigation, an experiment conducted over the Sierra Madre in southern Wyoming to study the impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on precipitation. In ... -
Comparison of Probabilistic Statistical Forecast and Trend Adjustment Methods for North American Seasonal Temperatures
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he three multivariate statistical methods of canonical correlation analysis, maximum covariance analysis, and redundancy analysis are compared with respect to their probabilistic accuracy for seasonal forecasts of gridded ... -
Reply to “Comments on ‘Effect of Electric Charge on Collisions between Cloud Droplets’”
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Spatial Accuracy of Climate Networks: A Case Study in Nebraska
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)limate data are increasingly scrutinized for accuracy because of the need for reliable input for climate-related decision making and assessments of climate change. Over the last 30 years, vast improvements to U.S. ... -
An Observation-Based Investigation of Nudging in WRF for Downscaling Surface Climate Information to 12-km Grid Spacing
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)revious research has demonstrated the ability to use the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) and contemporary dynamical downscaling methods to refine global climate modeling results to a horizontal grid spacing ... -
Influence of Subfacet Heterogeneity and Material Properties on the Urban Surface Energy Budget
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)rban facets?the walls, roofs, and ground in built-up terrain?are often conceptualized as homogeneous surfaces, despite the obvious variability in the composition and material properties of the urban fabric at the subfacet ... -
Inhomogeneous Background Error Modeling for WRF-Var Using the NMC Method
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ackground error modeling plays a key role in a variational data assimilation system. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) method has been widely used in variational data assimilation systems to generate a forecast error ... -
Characterizing the Radar Backscatter-Cross-Section Sensitivities of Ice-Phase Hydrometeor Size Distributions via a Simple Scaling of the Clausius–Mossotti Factor
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ne of the challenges that limit the amount of information that can be inferred from radar measurements of ice and mixed-phase precipitating clouds is the variability in ice mass within hydrometeors. The variable amount of ... -
Characterizing Spatiotemporal Variations of Hourly Rainfall by Gauge and Radar in the Mountainous Three Gorges Region
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)nderstanding spatiotemporal rainfall patterns in mountainous areas is of great importance for prevention of natural disasters such as flash floods and landslides. There is little knowledge about rainfall variability over ... -
Characteristics of Cold Season Rainfall over the Yungui Plateau
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he climatic features of the distinctive cold season precipitation over the Yungui Plateau of China and the corresponding circulation background are investigated. From daily rainfall data observed with a high-density station ... -
Combining the Perspective of Satellite- and Ground-Based Observations to Analyze Cloud Frontal Systems
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)method is presented to analyze the cloud life cycle of frontal systems passing over European supersites. It combines information on the vertical profiles of cloud properties derived from ground-based observations with cloud ... -
A Method to Linearly Evaluate Rainfall Frequency–Intensity Distribution
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)his study presents a method to linearly evaluate the rainfall frequency?intensity distribution, which is an important component of climatological rainfall characteristics. To grasp and represent the key information of the ... -
A Global Land Cover Climatology Using MODIS Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)lobal land cover data are widely used in weather, climate, and hydrometeorological models. The Collection 5.1 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Cover Type (MCD12Q1) product is found to have a ...