Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Assimilation of GPS Radio Occultation Refractivity Data with WRF 3DVAR and Its Impact on the Prediction of a Heavy Rainfall Event
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)o accommodate accurate analyses and forecasts of a heavy rainfall event over the Korean Peninsula, the authors assimilated the GPS radio occultation (RO) data by using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) and ... -
The Estimation of Base Temperature for Heating and Cooling Degree-Days for South Korea
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)n South Korea, heating degree-days (HDD) and cooling degree-days (CDD) have been widely used as climatic indicators for the assessment of the impact of climate change, but arbitrary or customary base temperatures have been ... -
A Field Experiment on the Small-Scale Variability of Rainfall Based on a Network of Micro Rain Radars and Rain Gauges
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)mall-scale summer rainfall variability in a semiarid zone was studied by deploying five vertically pointing Micro Rain Radars (MRRs) along a nearly straight line and by using 12 rain gauges in the study area of the Xilin ... -
Absorption Properties of Supercooled Liquid Water between 31 and 225 GHz: Evaluation of Absorption Models Using Ground-Based Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)icrowave radiometers (MWR) are commonly used to quantify the amount of supercooled liquid water (SLW) in clouds; however, the accuracy of the SLW retrievals is limited by the poor knowledge of the SLW dielectric properties ... -
The Impact of Plantations on Weather and Climate in Coastal Desert Regions
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ecent advances in technology permit the irrigation of dry, coastal areas, avoiding the use of fossil water and conflicts with other land use (e.g., for food production). Consequently, it becomes reasonable to consider ... -
Radiative and Microphysical Properties of Cirrus Cloud Inferred from Infrared Measurements Made by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Part I: Retrieval Method
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)n optimal estimation?based algorithm is developed to infer the global-scale distribution of cirrus cloud radiative and microphysical properties from the measurements made by the Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ... -
Subkilometer Numerical Weather Prediction in an Urban Coastal Area: A Case Study over the Vancouver Metropolitan Area
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)umerical weather prediction is moving toward the representation of finescale processes such as the interactions between the sea-breeze flow and urban processes. This study investigates the ability and necessity of using ... -
Seasonal Forecasting of North China Summer Rainfall Using a Statistical Downscaling Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)statistical downscaling model was developed with reanalysis data and applied to forecast northern China summer rainfall (NCSR) using the outputs of the real-time seasonal Climate Forecast System, version 2 (CFSv2). Large-scale ... -
Synergistic Interactions between Urban Heat Islands and Heat Waves: The Impact in Cities Is Larger than the Sum of Its Parts
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)ities are well known to be hotter than the rural areas that surround them; this phenomenon is called the urban heat island. Heat waves are excessively hot periods during which the air temperatures of both urban and rural ... -
Frequency Analysis of Nonidentically Distributed Hydrometeorological Extremes Associated with Large-Scale Climate Variability Applied to South Korea
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)n the frequency analyses of extreme hydrometeorological events, the restriction of statistical independence and identical distribution (iid) from year to year ensures that all observations are from the same population. In ... -
Estimation of X-Band Polarimetric Radar Attenuation and Measurement Uncertainty Using a Variational Method
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)variational algorithm for estimating measurement error covariance and the attenuation of X-band polarimetric radar measurements is described. It concurrently uses both the differential reflectivity ZDR and propagation phase ... -
Contrasting the Use of Single-Realization versus Ensemble-Average Atmospheric Dispersion Solutions for Chemical and Biological Defense Analyses
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)hemical and biological (CB) defense systems require significant testing and evaluation before they are deployed for real-time use. Because it is not feasible to evaluate these systems with open-air testing alone, researchers ... -
Moderation of Summertime Heat Island Phenomena via Modification of the Urban Form in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)his study investigated the moderation of the urban heat island via changes in the urban form in the Tokyo metropolitan area (TMA). Two urban scenarios with the same population as that of the current urban form were used ... -
First Observations of Tracking Clouds Using Scanning ARM Cloud Radars
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)racking clouds using scanning cloud radars can help to document the temporal evolution of cloud properties well before large-drop formation (weather radar ?first echo?). These measurements also complement cloud and ... -
Application of Statistical Models to the Prediction of Seasonal Rainfall Anomalies over the Sahel
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)ainfall in the Sahel region of Africa is prone to large interannual variability, and it has exhibited a recent multidecadal drying trend. The well-documented social impacts of this variability have motivated numerous efforts ... -
Estimation of Uncertainty in Temperature Observations Made at Meteorological Stations Using a Probabilistic Spatiotemporal Approach
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)probabilistic spatiotemporal approach based on a spatial regression test (SRT-PS) is proposed for the quality control of climate data. It provides a quantitative probability that represents the uncertainty in each temperature ... -
Dual-Wavelength Polarimetric Radar Analyses of Tornadic Debris Signatures
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)tatistical properties of tornado debris signatures (TDSs) are investigated using S- and C-band polarimetric radar data with comparisons to damage surveys and satellite imagery. Close proximity of the radars to the 10 May ... -
Probability of Convectively Induced Turbulence Associated with Geostationary Satellite–Inferred Cloud-Top Cooling
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)he probability of turbulence in the region of identified cloud-top cooling (CTC) from a satellite-based algorithm is calculated. It is found that the overall turbulence probability is low, with only 3.93% of 738 Boeing ... -
Low-Level Wind Maxima and Structure of the Stably Stratified Boundary Layer in the Coastal Zone
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)Rutan Aircraft Factory Long-EZ aircraft flew numerous low-level slant soundings on two summer days in 2001 off the northeastern coast of the United States. The soundings are analyzed here to study the nonstationary vertical ... -
Empirical Relationships for Estimating Liquid Water Fraction of Melting Snowflakes
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he liquid water fraction of individual snowflakes f is an important parameter when calculating the radar reflectivity of a melting layer. A ground-based observation of f at Nagaoka, Japan, was conducted by using dye-treated ...