Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Dynamical Downscaling of Wind Speed in Complex Terrain Prone To Bora-Type Flows
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he results of numerically modeled wind speed climate, a primary component of wind energy resource assessment in the complex terrain of Croatia, are given. For that purpose, dynamical downscaling of 10 yr (1992?2001) of the ... -
Do Biometeorological Indices Improve Modeling Outcomes of Heat-Related Mortality?
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)arious biometeorological indices and temperature measures have been used to assess heat-related health risks. Composite indices are expected to assess human comfort more accurately than do temperature measures alone. The ... -
Effects of Model Resolution and Statistical Postprocessing on Shelter Temperature and Wind Forecasts
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)helter temperature and wind forecasts from numerical weather prediction models are subject to large systematic errors. Kalman filtering and model output statistics (MOS) are commonly used postprocessing methods, but how ... -
A Statistical Model of Tropical Cyclone Tracks in the Western North Pacific with ENSO-Dependent Cyclogenesis
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)new statistical model for western North Pacific Ocean tropical cyclone genesis and tracks is developed and applied to estimate regionally resolved tropical cyclone landfall rates along the coasts of the Asian mainland, ... -
Carbon Dioxide Exchange in an Irrigated Agricultural Field within an Oasis, Northwest China
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)ontinuous eddy covariance measurements of CO2, water vapor, and heat fluxes were obtained from a maize field within an oasis in northwest China from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009. The experimental setup used was shown to ... -
Climatology of a Summer Coastal Boundary Layer with 1290-MHz Wind Profiler Radar and a WRF Simulation
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)study of the Israeli summer coastal boundary layer (BL) with a 1290-MHz wind profiler located 3.5 km from the coastline has revealed four main features associated with the sea-breeze onset: 1) by midday the boundary layer ... -
Using MSG-SEVIRI Cloud Physical Properties and Weather Radar Observations for the Detection of Cb/TCu Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)new automated daytime cumulonimbus/towering cumulus (Cb/TCu) cloud detection method for the months of May?September is presented that combines information on cloud physical properties retrieved from the Spinning Enhanced ... -
Observed Characteristics of the Afternoon–Evening Boundary Layer Transition Based on Sodar and Surface Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he early-evening boundary layer transition has been defined in the past using a variety of criteria, the most popular of which is the onset of a negative surface heat flux. According to this definition, the transition is ... -
A High-Resolution Topographic Correction Method for Clear-Sky Solar Irradiance Derived with a Numerical Weather Prediction Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)ugged terrain is a source of variability in the incoming solar radiation field, but the influence of terrain is still not properly included by most current numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. In this work, a downscaling ... -
LES Analysis of the Aerodynamic Surface Properties for Turbulent Flows over Building Arrays with Various Geometries
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)his paper describes aerodynamic roughness properties for turbulent flows over various building arrays that represent realistic urban surface geometries. First, building morphological characteristics such as roughness density ... -
Artificial Cloud Seeding Using Liquid Carbon Dioxide: Comparisons of Experimental Data and Numerical Analyses
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)n artificial seeding experiment was carried out over the Genkai Sea, Japan, using liquid carbon dioxide. The seeded cloud was followed by an aircraft and radar at Kyushu University. A radar-echo intensity of 19 dBZ was ... -
Changing Temperature Inversion Characteristics in the U.S. Southwest and Relationships to Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)ontinental temperature inversions significantly influence air quality, yet little is known about their variability in frequency and intensity with time or sensitivity to dynamical changes with climate. Inversion statistics ... -
Improving High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Downslope Winds in the Las Vegas Valley
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)umerical simulations for severe downslope winds as well as trapped lee waves in Nevada?s Las Vegas Valley were performed in this study. The goal of this study was to improve model forecasts of downslope-wind-event intensities. ... -
Climate Hazard Assessment for Stakeholder Adaptation Planning in New York City
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)his paper describes a time-sensitive approach to climate change projections that was developed as part of New York City?s climate change adaptation process and that has provided decision support to stakeholders from 40 ... -
Spatial and Microphysical Characteristics of Low-Ceiling, Temperature-Inverted Clouds in Warm Overrunning and Freezing-Rain Conditions: A Case Study
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)n-flight microphysical measurements in classical freezing-rain conditions were used to study the vertical and horizontal characteristics of the precipitation and associated low-ceiling, stratiform clouds, which are usually ... -
Boundary Layer Characteristics over Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Surfaces Simulated by MM5 and DALES
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he multiple-single-column approach is proposed as a new concept to study the boundary layer parameterization scheme in the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University?National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale ... -
Tropopause Characteristics and Variability from 11 yr of SHADOZ Observations in the Southern Tropics and Subtropics
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)n this paper, tropopause characteristics observed from tropical to subtropical Southern Hemisphere stations using Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesonde (SHADOZ) data are presented for the 11-yr period of 1998?2008. ... -
A Real-Time Gridded Crop Model for Assessing Spatial Drought Stress on Crops in the Southeastern United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)he severity of drought has many implications for society. Its impacts on rain-fed agriculture are especially direct, however. The southeastern United States, with substantial rain-fed agriculture and large variability in ... -
A Square Prism Urban Canopy Scheme for the NHM and Its Evaluation on Summer Conditions in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Japan
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)single-layered square prism urban canopy (SPUC) scheme for the Japan Meteorological Agency nonhydrostatic model (NHM) was developed. This scheme considers the urban canopy layer with square prism?shaped buildings. The basic ... -
Urban Energy Fluxes in Built-Up Downtown Areas and Variations across the Urban Area, for Use in Dispersion Models
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)urface energy fluxes, at averaging times from 10 min to 1 h, are needed as inputs to most state-of-the-art dispersion models. The sensible heat flux is a major priority, because it is combined with the momentum flux to ...