Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Comparing Satellite and Surface Rainfall Products over West Africa at Meteorologically Relevant Scales during the AMMA Campaign Using Error Estimates
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)Monsoon rainfall is central to the climate of West Africa, and understanding its variability is a challenge for which satellite rainfall products could be well suited to contribute to. Their quality in this region has ... -
The Distribution of Rainfall over Oceans from Spaceborne Radars
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)A combination of rainfall estimates from the 13.8-GHz Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) and the 94-GHz CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) is used to assess the distribution of rainfall ... -
Proposing the Simplification of the Multilayer Urban Canopy Model: Intercomparison Study of Four Models
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)The study proposes the simplification of the multilayer urban canopy model. Four types of multilayer urban canopy models?level 4, level 3, level 2, and level 1?are developed to reduce the computational load of the heat ... -
Verification of the First 11 Years of IRI’s Seasonal Climate Forecasts
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)This paper examines the quality of seasonal probabilistic forecasts of near-global temperature and precipitation issued by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) from late 1997 through 2008, ... -
Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite Precipitation Products over Very Complex Terrain in Ethiopia
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)This study focuses on the evaluation of 3-hourly, 0.25° ? 0.25°, satellite-based precipitation products: the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) 3B42RT, the NOAA/Climate ... -
An Extended and Improved Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Period of Record
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center has served as the archive of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) data from the F-8, F-10, ... -
Assessing Maize and Peanut Yield Simulations with Various Seasonal Climate Data in the Southeastern United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)A comprehensive evaluation of crop yield simulations with various seasonal climate data is performed to improve the current practice of crop yield projections. The El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-based historical data ... -
Intercomparison of Rainfall Estimates from Radar, Satellite, Gauge, and Combinations for a Season of Record Rainfall
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)Rainfall products from radar, satellite, rain gauges, and combinations have been evaluated for a season of record rainfall in a heavily instrumented study domain in Oklahoma. Algorithm performance is evaluated in terms of ... -
Three-Body Scattering and Hail Size
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)The three-body scattering signature is an appendage seen on weather radar displays of reflectivity behind strong storm cells. It is caused by multiple scattering between hydrometeors and the ground. The radar equation for ... -
Improved Global Rainfall Retrieval Using the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)Global monthly rainfall estimates have been produced from more than 20 years of measurements from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program series of Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I). This is the longest passive ... -
Optimally Merging Precipitation to Minimize Land Surface Modeling Errors
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)This paper introduces a new method to improve land surface model skill by merging different available precipitation datasets, given that an accurate land surface parameter ground truth is available. Precipitation datasets ... -
Daytime Precipitation Estimation Using Bispectral Cloud Classification System
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)Two previously developed Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks (PERSIANN) algorithms that incorporate cloud classification system (PERSIANN-CCS) and multispectral analysis ... -
Objective Satellite-Based Detection of Overshooting Tops Using Infrared Window Channel Brightness Temperature Gradients
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Deep convective storms with overshooting tops (OTs) are capable of producing hazardous weather conditions such as aviation turbulence, frequent lightning, heavy rainfall, large hail, damaging wind, and tornadoes. This paper ... -
Estimation of N*0 for the Two-Scale Gamma Raindrop Size Distribution Model and Its Statistical Properties at Several Locations in Asia
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)An automatic estimation method is developed to detect stepwise changes in the amplitude parameter of the normalized raindrop size distribution (DSD) N*0. To estimate N*0, it is also assumed that the variation of three DSD ... -
A Rain-Rate Retrieval Algorithm for Attenuated Radar Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)A dynamic regularization scheme for rain-rate retrievals from attenuated radar measurements is presented. Most regularization techniques, including the optimal estimation method, use the state-space parameters to regularize ... -
Validation of Satellite-Based High-Resolution Rainfall Products over the Korean Peninsula Using Data from a Dense Rain Gauge Network
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)Four independently developed high-resolution precipitation products [HRPPs; the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA), the Climate Prediction Center Morphing Method (CMORPH), ... -
Discrimination of Mixed- versus Ice-Phase Clouds Using Dual-Polarization Radar with Application to Detection of Aircraft Icing Regions
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)Dual-polarization radar measurements and in situ measurements of supercooled liquid water and ice particles within orographic cloud systems are used to develop probabilistic criteria for identifying mixed-phase versus ... -
Evaluation of TRMM Ground-Validation Radar-Rain Errors Using Rain Gauge Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2010)Ground-validation (GV) radar-rain products are often utilized for validation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) space-based rain estimates, and, hence, quantitative evaluation of the GV radar-rain product ... -
Observed Long-Term Trends for Agroclimatic Conditions in Canada
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)A set of agroclimatic indices representing Canadian climatic conditions for field crop production are analyzed for long-term trends during 1895?2007. The indices are categorized for three crop types: cool season, warm ... -
A Technique to Censor Biological Echoes in Radar Reflectivity Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2009)Existing techniques of quality control of radar reflectivity data rely on local texture and vertical profiles to discriminate between precipitating echoes and nonprecipitating echoes. Nonprecipitating echoes may be due to ...