Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Background Stratospheric Aerosol Variations Deduced from Satellite Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) aerosol products from 1998 to 2004 have been analyzed for the tendency of changes in background stratospheric aerosol properties. The aerosol extinction coefficient ... -
Regression-Guided Clustering: A Semisupervised Method for Circulation-to-Environment Synoptic Classification
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)egression-guided clustering is introduced as a means of constructing circulation-to-environment synoptic climatological classifications. Rather than applying an unsupervised clustering algorithm to synoptic-scale atmospheric ... -
Transport of Stratospheric Air Masses to the Nepal Climate Observatory–Pyramid (Himalaya; 5079 m MSL): A Synoptic-Scale Investigation
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)his work analyzes and classifies stratospheric airmass transport events (ST) detected at the Nepal Climate Observatory?Pyramid (NCO-P; 27°57?N, 86°48?E, 5079 m MSL) Global Atmospheric Watch?World Meteorological Organization ... -
Bias Correction of Regional Climate Model Simulations in a Region of Complex Orography
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)his study presents a method to correct regional climate model (RCM) outputs using observations from automatic weather stations. The correction applies a nonlinear procedure, which recently appeared in the literature, to ... -
Urban Turbulence in Space and in Time
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he utility of aggregating data from near-surface meteorological networks for initiating dispersion models is examined by using data from the ?WeatherBug? network that is operated by Earth Networks, Inc. WeatherBug instruments ... -
Wet-Bulb Temperature from Relative Humidity and Air Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)n equation is presented for wet-bulb temperature as a function of air temperature and relative humidity at standard sea level pressure. It was found as an empirical fit using gene-expression programming. This equation is ... -
Infrared Continental Surface Emissivity Spectra and Skin Temperature Retrieved from IASI Observations over the Tropics
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)and surface temperature and emissivity spectra are essential variables for improving models of the earth surface?atmosphere interaction or retrievals of atmospheric variables such as thermodynamic profiles, chemical ... -
Long-Term Trends in Air Temperature Distribution and Extremes, Growing Degree‐Days, and Spring and Fall Frosts for Climate Impact Assessments on Agricultural Practices in Nebraska
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)ir temperature influences agricultural practices and production outcomes, making detailed quantifications of temperature changes necessary for potential positive and negative effects on agricultural management practices ... -
Optimal Rainfall Estimation by Considering Elevation in the Han River Basin, South Korea
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)ore than 70% of South Korea has mountainous terrain, which leads to significant spatiotemporal variability of rainfall. The country is exposed to the risk of flash floods owing to orographic rainfall. Rainfall observations ... -
Rain Rate and Water Content in Hurricanes Compared with Summer Rain in Miami, Florida
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)iquid water content (g m?3), precipitation rate (mm h?1), and radar reflectivity (dBZ) are inferred from cross sections of particle images obtained by aircraft. Each dataset is presented in a probability format to display ... -
Synoptic-Scale Environments Conducive to Orographic Impacts on Cold-Season Surface Wind Regimes at Montreal, Quebec
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)rographic wind channeling, defined as dynamically and thermally induced processes that force wind to blow along the axis of a valley, is a common occurrence along the St. Lawrence River Valley (SLRV) in Quebec, Canada, and ... -
A Numerical Simulation of Convectively Induced Turbulence above Deep Convection
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)t 1034 UTC 2 September 2007, a commercial aircraft flying from Jeju, South Korea, to Osaka, Japan, at an altitude of approximately 11.2 km encountered severe turbulence above deep convection. To investigate the characteristics ... -
Comparison of the Impact of Global Climate Changes and Urbanization on Summertime Future Climate in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)n this study, the impact of global climate change and anticipated urbanization over the next 70 years is estimated with regard to the summertime local climate in the Tokyo metropolitan area (TMA), whose population is already ... -
Quantification of the Small-Scale Spatial Structure of the Raindrop Size Distribution from a Network of Disdrometers
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he spatial structure of the raindrop size distribution (DSD) conveys crucial information for reliable quantitative estimation of rainfall using remote sensing techniques. To investigate this question, a network of 16 optical ... -
Evaluation of Various Methods for Estimating Global Solar Radiation in the Southeastern United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)lobal solar radiation Rg is an important input for crop models to simulate crop responses. Because the scarcity of long and continuous records of Rg is a serious limitation in many countries, Rg is estimated using models. ... -
Microwave Properties of Ice-Phase Hydrometeors for Radar and Radiometers: Sensitivity to Model Assumptions
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)simplified framework is presented for assessing the qualitative sensitivities of computed microwave properties, satellite brightness temperatures, and radar reflectivities to assumptions concerning the physical properties ... -
Validation of Satellite-Based Objective Overshooting Cloud-Top Detection Methods Using CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)wo satellite infrared-based overshooting convective cloud-top (OT) detection methods have recently been described in the literature: 1) the 11-?m infrared window channel texture (IRW texture) method, which uses IRW channel ... -
Baseline Probabilities for the Seasonal Prediction of Meteorological Drought
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)he inherent persistence characteristics of various drought indicators are quantified to extract predictive information that can improve drought early warning. Predictive skill is evaluated as a function of the seasonal ... -
Evaluation of Forecast Potential with GCM-Driven Fields for Pollution over an Urban Air Basin
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)pecies like suspended particulate matter (SPM), respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) not only act as atmospheric pollutants but also affect long-term climate ... -
Estimating the Urban Heat Island in Residential Areas in the Netherlands Using Observations by Weather Amateurs
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)better quantification of the urban heat islands (UHIs) in the Netherlands is urgently needed given the heat stress?related problems in the recent past combined with the expected temperature rise for the coming decades. ...