Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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The Role of Climate Forecasts in Western U.S. Power Planning
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The benefits of potential electric power transfers between the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and California (CA) are evaluated using a linked set of hydrologic, reservoir, and power demand simulation models for the Columbia River ... -
Bayesian Estimation of Precipitation from Satellite Passive Microwave Observations Using Combined Radar–Radiometer Retrievals
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Precipitation estimation from satellite passive microwave radiometer observations is a problem that does not have a unique solution that is insensitive to errors in the input data. Traditionally, to make this problem well ... -
Bridge Frost Prediction by Heat and Mass Transfer Methods
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Frost on roadways and bridges can present hazardous conditions to motorists, particularly when it occurs in patches or on bridges when adjacent roadways are clear of frost. To minimize materials costs, vehicle corrosion, ... -
Validation of a Receptor–Dispersion Model Coupled with a Genetic Algorithm Using Synthetic Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)A methodology for characterizing emission sources is presented that couples a dispersion and transport model with a pollution receptor model. This coupling allows the use of the backward (receptor) model to calibrate the ... -
Correcting Active Scatterometer Data for the Effects of Rain Using Passive Radiometer Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)A model for the effects of rain on scatterometer data is proposed. Data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) and the SeaWinds scatterometer, both on the Midori-II satellite, are used. The model includes ... -
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Dual Lidar Observations at 10.6 μm and 532 nm for Retrieving Semitransparent Cirrus Cloud Properties
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)To improve the estimation of the infrared radiances in cirrus clouds, one needs to consider the vertical inhomogeneities of the cloud properties. The position of the maximum of absorption within an ice cloud is potentially ... -
Parameterization of Inversion Breakup in Idealized Valleys. Part I: The Adjustable Model Parameters
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The factors that affect the atmospheric energy budget approach used in the thermodynamic valley inversion destruction model of Whiteman and McKee are investigated theoretically. The height at which the sinking inversion ... -
Parameterization of Inversion Breakup in Idealized Valleys. Part II: Thermodynamic Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)A simple thermodynamic parameterization based on a modified version of the Whiteman and McKee inversion destruction model is presented to simulate the evolution of vertical temperature structure during the inversion breakup ... -
The Antalya 5 December 2002 Storm: Observations and Model Analysis
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)In the frame of this work, the storm that occurred on 5 December 2002 in Antalya, located on the southwestern Mediterranean Sea coast of Turkey, is analyzed. More than 230 mm of 24-h-accumulated rainfall have been reported ... -
Plotting Positions in Extreme Value Analysis
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Plotting order-ranked data is a standard technique that is used in estimating the probability of extreme weather events. Typically, observations, say, annual extremes of a period of N years, are ranked in order of magnitude ... -
A Coupled Model to Simulate Snow Behavior on Roads
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)To develop a decision-making tool for road management in winter, a numerical model resulting from the coupling of a soil model and a snow model was developed and validated using experimental results from a comprehensive ... -
On the Decay of Tropical Cyclone Winds Crossing Narrow Landmasses
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)A method is developed to adjust the Kaplan and DeMaria tropical cyclone inland wind decay model for storms that move over narrow landmasses. The basic assumption that the wind speed decay rate after landfall is proportional ... -
Tropical Cyclone Wind Retrievals from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit: Application to Surface Wind Analysis
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Horizontal winds at 850 hPa from tropical cyclones retrieved using the nonlinear balance equation, where the mass field was determined from Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) temperature soundings, are compared with ... -
Cirrus Classification at Midlatitude from Systematic Lidar Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)Systematic cirrus lidar measurements performed in the south of France during 2000 are analyzed statistically to search for cloud classes. The classes are based on cloud characteristics (cloud thickness, light backscattering ... -
On Improving 4-km Mesoscale Model Simulations
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)A previous study showed that use of analysis-nudging four-dimensional data assimilation (FDDA) and improved physics in the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University?National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale ... -
Rain Retrieval from TMI Brightness Temperature Measurements Using a TRMM PR–Based Database
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)This study focuses on improving the retrieval of rain from measured microwave brightness temperatures and the capability of the retrieved field to represent the mesoscale structure of a small intense hurricane. For this ... -
To What Extent Can Raindrop Size Be Determined by a Multiple-Frequency Radar?
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)In this paper, an analytical treatment of the atmospheric remote sensing problem of determining the raindrop size distribution (DSD) with a spaceborne multifrequency microwave nadir-looking radar system is presented. It ... -
Impact of New Solar Radiation Parameterization in the Eta Model on the Simulation of Summer Climate over South America
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The regional Eta workstation (WS) model with horizontal resolution of 40 km has been integrated over South America for January 2003. The NCEP?DOE Reanalysis II was used for initial and lateral boundary conditions. The ... -
Water Vapor Structure Displacements from Cloud-Free Meteosat Scenes and Their Interpretation for the Wind Field
(American Meteorological Society, 2006)The evaluation of water vapor (WV) images taken by satellite-borne radiometers has become an essential source of data in modern meteorology. The analysis of structure displacements within sections of WV images is an effective ...