Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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TRMM Calibration of SSM/I Algorithm for Overland Rainfall Estimation
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)This paper extends the work of Dinku and Anagnostou overland rain retrieval algorithm for use with Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) observations. In Dinku and Anagnostou, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) ... -
Rapid Temporal Changes of Boundary Layer Winds
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The statistical distribution of the magnitude of the vector wind change over 0.25-, 0.5-, 1-, and 2-h periods based on central Florida data from November 1999 through August 2001 is presented. The distributions of the 2-h ... -
Evidence of Orographic Precipitation Suppression by Air Pollution–Induced Aerosols in the Western United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Analyses of trends of the orographic winter precipitation enhancement factor Ro along the coastal mountain ranges of the west coast of the United States show a pattern of decreasing Ro during the last century by as much ... -
On the Time Scale of Nocturnal Boundary Layer Cooling in Valleys and Basins and over Plains
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Sequences of vertical temperature soundings over flat plains and in a variety of valleys and basins of different sizes and shapes were used to determine cooling-time-scale characteristics in the nocturnal stable boundary ... -
Quantifying Aerial Concentrations of Maize Pollen in the Atmospheric Surface Layer Using Remote-Piloted Airplanes and Lagrangian Stochastic Modeling
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The extensive adoption of genetically modified crops has led to a need to understand better the dispersal of pollen in the atmosphere because of the potential for unwanted movement of genetic traits via pollen flow in the ... -
Sea Ice Concentration Analyses for the Baltic Sea and Their Impact on Numerical Weather Prediction
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Sea ice concentration plays a fundamental role in the exchange of water and energy between the ocean and the atmosphere. Global real-time datasets of sea ice concentration are based on satellite observations, which do not ... -
Inconsistencies in the “New” Windchill Chart at Low Wind Speeds
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)An apparent error was detected in the calculation of windchill equivalent temperatures (WCETs) in the ?new? chart and corresponding equation that were adopted in 2001 by the weather services in the United States and Canada. ... -
Dispersion of Perfluorocarbon Tracers within the Salt Lake Valley during VTMX 2000
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Six perfluorocarbon tracer experiments were conducted in Salt Lake City, Utah, during October 2000 as part of the Vertical Transport and Mixing (VTMX) field campaign. Four tracers were released at different sites to obtain ... -
Precipitation and Latent Heating Distributions from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometry. Part II: Evaluation of Estimates Using Independent Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Rainfall rate estimates from spaceborne microwave radiometers are generally accepted as reliable by a majority of the atmospheric science community. One of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) facility rain-rate ... -
Vertical Velocity and Buoyancy Characteristics of Coherent Echo Plumes in the Convective Boundary Layer, Detected by a Profiling Airborne Radar
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Aircraft and airborne millimeter-wave radar observations are used to interpret the dynamics of radar echoes and radar-inferred updrafts within the well-developed, weakly sheared continental convective boundary layer. ... -
Impact of Cloud Model Microphysics on Passive Microwave Retrievals of Cloud Properties. Part I: Model Comparison Using EOF Analyses
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The impact of model microphysics on the relationships among hydrometeor profiles, latent heating, and derived satellite microwave brightness temperatures TB have been examined using a nonhydrostatic, adaptive-grid cloud ... -
Impact of Cloud Model Microphysics on Passive Microwave Retrievals of Cloud Properties. Part II: Uncertainty in Rain, Hydrometeor Structure, and Latent Heating Retrievals
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The impact of model microphysics on the retrieval of cloud properties based on passive microwave observations was examined using a three-dimensional, nonhydrostatic, adaptive-grid cloud model to simulate a mesoscale ... -
Nocturnal Low-Level Jet in a Mountain Basin Complex. Part II: Transport and Diffusion of Tracer under Stable Conditions
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Differences in nighttime transport and diffusion of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer in an urban complex-terrain setting (Salt Lake City, Utah) are investigated using surface and Doppler lidar wind data and large-scale ... -
Precipitation and Latent Heating Distributions from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometry. Part I: Improved Method and Uncertainties
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)A revised Bayesian algorithm for estimating surface rain rate, convective rain proportion, and latent heating profiles from satellite-borne passive microwave radiometer observations over ocean backgrounds is described. The ... -
Measurements of Boundary Layer Profiles in an Urban Environment
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Boundary layer profiles of mean temperature, velocity, and small-scale turbulence from in situ sensors, Doppler lidar, sodar, and rawinsondes are intercompared for an urban environment. A new Doppler lidar algorithm is ... -
Parameterization of the Urban Water Budget with the Submesoscale Soil Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)This paper presents the hydrological component of the Submesoscale Soil Model, urbanized version (SM2-U). This model is an extension of the rural Interactions between Soil, Biosphere, and Atmosphere (ISBA) soil model to ... -
Area-Averaged Surface Fluxes in a Semiarid Region with Partly Irrigated Land: Lessons Learned from EFEDA
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The European Field Experiment in a Desertification-Threatened Area (EFEDA) provides a comprehensive land surface dataset for a semiarid Mediterranean environment with natural vegetation and cultivated dry and irrigated ... -
Rain Initiation Time in Turbulent Warm Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)A mean field model is presented that describes droplet growth resulting from condensation and collisions and droplet loss resulting from fallout. The model allows for an effective numerical simulation. The numerical scheme ... -
The Role of an Advanced Land Model in Seasonal Dynamical Downscaling for Crop Model Application
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)An advanced land model [the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Land Model, version 2 (CLM2)] is coupled to the Florida State University (FSU) regional spectral model to improve seasonal surface climate ... -
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