Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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A Spatiotemporal Correlation Technique to Improve Satellite Rainfall Accumulation
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)spatiotemporal correlation technique has been developed to combine satellite rainfall measurements using the spatial and temporal correlation of the rainfall fields to overcome problems of limited and infrequent measurements ... -
Driftsonde Observations to Evaluate Numerical Weather Prediction of the Late 2006 African Monsoon
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)uring the international African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) project, stratospheric balloons carrying gondolas called driftsondes capable of dropping meteorological sondes were deployed over West Africa and ... -
Numerical Experiments of an Advanced Radiative Transfer Model in the U.S. Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)high-order accurate radiative transfer (RT) model developed by Fu and Liou has been implemented into the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS) to improve the energy budget and forecast skill. The ... -
An Approach for Improving Cirrus Cloud-Top Pressure/Height Estimation by Merging High-Spatial-Resolution Infrared-Window Imager Data with High-Spectral-Resolution Sounder Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he next-generation Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) offers infrared (IR)-window measurements with a horizontal spatial resolution of at least 1 km, but it lacks IR spectral bands that are sensitive to ... -
Dual-Regression Retrieval Algorithm for Real-Time Processing of Satellite Ultraspectral Radiances
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)fast physically based dual-regression (DR) method is developed to produce, in real time, accurate profile and surface- and cloud-property retrievals from satellite ultraspectral radiances observed for both clear- and ... -
The Influence of Topography and Ambient Stability on the Characteristics of Cold-Air Pools: A Numerical Investigation
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)high-resolution numerical investigation of a cold-air pooling process (under quiescent conditions) is carried out that systematically highlights the relations between the characteristics of the cold-air pools (e.g., slope ... -
Quantification of the Impact of Nauru Island on ARM Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)auru Island at times generates low clouds that impact low-level cloud statistics and downwelling shortwave radiation measurements made at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) site. This study uses five years ... -
A Climatology of the Mesoscale Environment Associated with Heavily Precipitating Events over a Northwestern Mediterranean Area
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)climatological approach is developed to characterize the mesoscale environment in which heavily precipitating events (HPEs) grow over a mountainous Mediterranean area. This climatology that is based on three-dimensional ... -
Atmospheric Dispersion of Wheat Rust Spores: A New Theoretical Framework to Interpret Field Data and Estimate Downwind Dispersion
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)heoretical predictions for dispersion of heavy particles above an area source are used to formulate a new framework to interpret measurements of spore concentration above an infected field. Experimental measurements of ... -
Objective Tropical Cyclone Center Tracking Using Single-Doppler Radar
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)his study presents an extension of the ground-based velocity track display (GBVTD)-simplex tropical cyclone (TC) circulation center?finding algorithm to further improve the accuracy and consistency of TC center estimates ... -
Observations of Urban Heat Island Influence on Lake-Breeze Frontal Movement
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)redictions of lake and sea breezes are particularly important in large coastal population centers because of the circulations? influence on heat-wave relief, energy use, precipitation, and dispersion of pollutants. While ... -
Regional Climate Variability Impacts on the Annual Grape Yield in Mendoza, Argentina
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)endoza Province is the major Argentinian vitivinicultural region, and its grape production is fundamental for the national vintage. The 1979?2009 climate?annual grape yield relationships are analyzed, and total grape yield ... -
Climate Divisions for Alaska Based on Objective Methods
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)laska encompasses several climate types because of its vast size, high-latitude location, proximity to oceans, and complex topography. There is a great need to understand how climate varies regionally for climatic research ... -
Impact Assessment of Daily Satellite-Derived Surface Albedo in a Limited-Area NWP Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)his study examines the impact of daily satellite-derived albedos on short-range forecasts in a limited-area numerical weather prediction (NWP) model over Europe. Contrary to previous studies in which satellite products ... -
A New Approach to Modeling Vehicle-Induced Heat and Its Thermal Effects on Road Surface Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he distribution of vehicle-induced wind velocity in the transversal direction of roads is measured. A statistical analysis is also performed to find the vehicle stopping time and stopping position at traffic signals. These ... -
Seasonal Variation of Surface Temperature–Modulating Factors in the Sonoran Desert in Northwestern Mexico
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he authors explore a new approach to monitoring of desertification that is based on use of results on the relation between albedo and surface temperature for the Sonoran Desert in northwestern Mexico. The criteria of ... -
Evaluation and Bias Correction of Regional Climate Model Results Using Model Evaluation Measures
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)or the assessment of regional climate change the reliability of the regional climate models needs to be known. The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the quality of climate model data that are used for impact research. ... -
A Robust Error-Based Rain Estimation Method for Polarimetric Radar. Part II: Case Study
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)ainfall estimation using polarimetric radar involves the combination of a number of estimators with differing error characteristics to optimize rainfall estimates at all rain rates. In Part I of this paper, a new technique ... -
Warm-Air Intrusions in Arizona’s Meteor Crater
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)pisodic nighttime intrusions of warm air, accompanied by strong winds, enter the enclosed near-circular Meteor Crater basin on clear, synoptically undisturbed nights. Data analysis is used to document these events and to ... -
Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Drought Occurrences over Japan
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he drought climate of Japan from 1902 to 2009 was analyzed using an effective drought index (EDI). Drought regions were identified by hierarchical cluster analysis using drought characteristics (duration, severity, and ...