Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Statistical and Physical Analysis of the Vertical Structure of Precipitation in the Mountainous West Region of the United States Using 11+ Years of Spaceborne Observations from TRMM Precipitation Radar
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)his study presents a statistical analysis of the vertical structure of precipitation measured by NASA?Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency?s (JAXA) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) in the ... -
Effect of Electric Charge on Collisions between Cloud Droplets
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)simple model is presented for the calculation of the effect of electric charges on the collision and coalescence of cloud droplets, a topic that is of importance for coalescence-induced natural rainfall and for the possible ... -
Upper-Troposphere MM5 and WRF Temperature Error and Vertical Velocity Coupling
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University?National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) and the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) have been employed to predict troposphere temperatures ... -
Regional Changes in Wind Energy Potential over Europe Using Regional Climate Model Ensemble Projections
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he impact of climate change on wind power generation potentials over Europe is investigated by considering ensemble projections from two regional climate models (RCMs) driven by a global climate model (GCM). Wind energy ... -
Drop Shapes and Fall Speeds in Rain: Two Contrasting Examples
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)wo rain events are analyzed using two collocated 2D-video disdrometers (2DVD) and a C-band polarimetric radar at 15-km distance. Both events had moderate-to-intense rainfall rates, but the second event had an embedded ... -
Monthly Weather Forecasts in a Pest Forecasting Context: Downscaling, Recalibration, and Skill Improvement
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)onthly weather forecasts (MOFCs) were shown to have skill in extratropical continental regions for lead times up to 3 weeks, in particular for temperature and if weekly averaged. This skill could be exploited in practical ... -
Calculation of Air Temperatures above the Urban Canopy Layer from Measurements at a Rural Operational Weather Station
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)rban canopy models (UCMs) are being used as urban-climate prediction tools for different applications including outdoor thermal comfort and building energy consumption. To take advantage of their low computational cost, ... -
Contributions of Lake-Effect Periods to the Cool-Season Hydroclimate of the Great Salt Lake Basin
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)lthough smaller lakes are known to produce lake-effect precipitation, their influence on the precipitation climatology of lake-effect regions remains poorly documented. This study examines the contribution of lake-effect ... -
Statistical Characteristics of Convective Storms in Belgium Derived from Volumetric Weather Radar Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)igh-resolution volumetric reflectivity measurements from a C-band weather radar are used to study the characteristics of convective storms in Belgium. After clutter filtering, the data are processed by the storm-tracking ... -
Application of Lidar Data to Assist Airmass Discrimination at the Whistler Mountaintop Observatory
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)ground-based lidar system that has been deployed in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, since the spring of 2010 provides a means of evaluating vertical aerosol structure in a mountainous environment. This information is ... -
Improvement of TMI Rain Retrievals in Mountainous Areas
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)eavy rainfall associated with shallow orographic rainfall systems has been underestimated by passive microwave radiometer algorithms owing to weak ice scattering signatures. The authors improve the performance of estimates ... -
Episodic Dust Events of Utah’s Wasatch Front and Adjoining Region
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)pisodic dust events cause hazardous air quality along Utah?s Wasatch Front and dust loading of the snowpack in the adjacent Wasatch Mountains. This paper presents a climatology of episodic dust events of the Wasatch Front ... -
Weather Pattern Classification to Represent the Urban Heat Island in Present and Future Climate
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)classification of weather patterns (WP) is derived that is tailored to best represent situations relevant for the urban heat island (UHI). Three different types of k-means-based cluster methods are conducted. The explained ... -
Comments on “A Relationship between Reflectivity and Snow Rate for a High-Altitude S-Band Radar”
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Trend Reversal in Lake Michigan Contribution to Snowfall
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)ne of the most notable ways the Laurentian Great Lakes impact the region?s climate is by augmenting snowfall in downwind locations during autumn and winter months. Among many negative consequences, this surplus of snow can ... -
Determining the Flight Icing Threat to Aircraft with Single-Layer Cloud Parameters Derived from Operational Satellite Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)n algorithm is developed to determine the flight icing threat to aircraft utilizing quantitative information on clouds derived from meteorological satellite data as input. Algorithm inputs include the satellite-derived ... -
A Three-Step Method for Estimating the Mixing Height Using Ceilometer Data from the Helsinki Testbed
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)new three-step idealized-profile method to estimate the mixing height from vertical profiles of ceilometer backscattering coefficient is developed to address the weaknesses found with such estimates that are based on the ... -
WRF Simulations of the Urban Circulation in the Salt Lake City Area for CO2 Modeling
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)recent National Research Council report highlighted the potential utility of atmospheric observations and models for detecting trends in concentrated emissions from localized regions, such as urban areas. The Salt Lake ... -
Seasonal Prediction of Killing-Frost Frequency in South-Central Canada during the Cool/Overwintering-Crop Growing Season
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)easonal killing-frost frequency (KFF) during the cool/overwintering-crop growing season is important for the Canadian agricultural sector to prepare and respond to such extreme agrometeorological events. On the basis of ... -
Characterization of the Thermal Structure inside an Urban Canyon: Field Measurements and Validation of a Simple Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he results of measurement campaigns are analyzed to investigate the thermal structure in an urban canyon and to validate a simplified model simulating the air and surface temperatures from surface energy budgets. Starting ...