Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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A New Definition of the Virtual Temperature, Valid for the Atmosphere and the CO2-Rich Air of the Vadose Zone
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)In speleological environments, partial pressures of carbon dioxide (CO2) are often large enough to affect overall air density. Excluding this gas when defining the gas constant for air, a new definition is proposed for the ... -
Accurate Quantification of Seasonal Rainfall and Associated Climate–Wildfire Relationships
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Wildfires are often governed by rapid changes in seasonal rainfall. Therefore, measuring seasonal rainfall on a temporally finescale should facilitate the prediction of wildfire regimes. To explore this hypothesis, daily ... -
On the Temporal Characteristics of Radar Coherent Structures in Snow and Rain
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Previous work showed that the magnitudes of the radar-backscattered amplitudes have statistically significant periodic components of frequencies (?f?) in excess of those arising from the Doppler velocity fluctuations of ... -
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(American Meteorological Society, 2010)This reply addresses the use of order statistics in extreme value analysis. The author has previously proposed in this journal that the distribution-dependent estimators of plotting position in extreme value analysis should ... -
Performance of Observation-Based Prediction Algorithms for Very Short-Range, Probabilistic Clear-Sky Condition Forecasting
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Very short-range sky condition forecasts are produced to support a variety of military, civil, and commercial activities. In this investigation, six advanced, observation (obs)-based prediction algorithms were developed ... -
Using Satellite-Derived Snow Cover Data to Implement a Snow Analysis in the Met Office Global NWP Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)now cover and amount are important components in the interaction between the land surface and atmosphere, but until recently there has been no observational snow information incorporated into the Met Office global numerical ... -
Radiative Flux Estimation from a Broadband Radiometer Using Synthetic Angular Models in the EarthCARE Mission Framework. Part I: Methodology
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)he forthcoming broadband radiometer (BBR) on board the Earth Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) will provide quasi-instantaneous top-of-atmosphere radiance measurements for three different viewing angles. ... -
Flow and Turbulence in an Urban Canyon
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)A better understanding of the interaction between the built environment and the atmosphere is required to more effectively manage urban airsheds. This paper reports an analysis of data from an atmospheric measurement ... -
The Influence of Downstream Diurnal Heating on the Descent of Flow across the Sierras
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)The potential for a stably stratified air mass upstream of the Sierra Nevada (California) to descend as foehn into the nearly 3-km-deep Owens Valley was studied for the 2 March 2006 case with observations from sondes, ... -
Estimation of the Upper-Layer Rotation and Maximum Wind Speed of Tropical Cyclones via Satellite Imagery
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)The movement of convective rainbands embedded in a tropical cyclone (TC) is usually derived from satellite images via the atmospheric motion vector (AMV) method or through the calculation of a radar?s echo track. In ... -
Diurnal Cycle of Thermally Driven Cross-Basin Winds in Arizona’s Meteor Crater
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Cross-basin winds produced by asymmetric insolation of the crater sidewalls occur in Arizona?s Meteor Crater on days with weak background winds. The diurnal cycle of the cross-basin winds is analyzed together with radiation, ... -
Influence of Mesoscale Dynamics and Turbulence on Fine Dust Transport in Owens Valley
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Fine dust particles emitted from Owens (dry) Lake in California documented during the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) of 2006 have been examined using surface observations and a mesoscale aerosol model. Air quality ... -
Wind Class Sampling of Satellite SAR Imagery for Offshore Wind Resource Mapping
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)High-resolution wind fields retrieved from satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery are combined for mapping of wind resources offshore where site measurements are costly and sparse. A new sampling strategy for the ... -
Evaluation of Budget Analyses during MISMO
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Results of sounding-derived heat and moisture budgets for the Mirai Indian Ocean Cruise for the Study of the MJO Onset (MISMO) project in 2006 are evaluated using observational and simulated datasets. Estimated rainfall ... -
Relating Passive 37-GHz Scattering to Radar Profiles in Strong Convection
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager and precipitation radar measurements are examined for strong convective systems. Storms having similar values of minimum 37-GHz polarization-corrected temperature ... -
An Analysis of Near-Surface Winds, Air Temperature, and Cyclone Activity in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, from 1993 to 2009
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)In September 2009, the first unmanned aerial vehicles were flown over Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, to collect information regarding air?sea interactions. Prior to the field season, wind and temperature data from a local ... -
Lagrangian Coherent Structure Analysis of Terminal Winds Detected by Lidar. Part I: Turbulence Structures
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)The accurate real-time detection of turbulent airflow patterns near airports is important for safety and comfort in commercial aviation. In this paper, a method is developed to identify Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) ... -
Seasonal Climate Trends, the North Atlantic Oscillation, and Salamander Abundance in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a large-scale climate teleconnection that coincides with worldwide changes in weather. Its impacts have been documented at large scales, particularly in Europe, but not as much at ... -
Impacts of Urban Processes and Urbanization on Summer Precipitation: A Case Study of Heavy Rainfall in Beijing on 1 August 2006
(American Meteorological Society, 2011)inescale simulations (with 500-m grid spacing) using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) were used to investigate impacts of urban processes and urbanization on a localized, summer, heavy rainfall in Beijing. ... -
A Study on the Feasibility of Dual-Wavelength Radar for Identification of Hydrometeor Phases
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)An important objective for the dual-wavelength Ku-/Ka-band precipitation radar (DPR) that will be on board the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core satellite is to identify the phase state of hydrometeors along the ...