Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Comments on “A Simple Model for Simulating Tornado Damage in Forests”
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Rainy-Season Duration Estimated from OLR versus Rain Gauge Data and the 2001 Drought in Southeast Brazil
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Large precipitation deficits observed during the 2001 austral summer over the southeast region of Brazil contributed to the worsening of the energy crisis that was occurring in the country, with unprecedented social and ... -
Assessing the Errors in Shortwave Radiative Fluxes Inferred from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) Instrument in the Presence of Dust Aerosol
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instruments flying on the Meteosat Second Generation series of satellites provide a unique tool with which to monitor the diurnal evolution of top-of-atmosphere broadband ... -
Effects of Moisture Released during Forest Burning on Fog Formation and Implications for Visibility
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Smoke from wildland burning in association with fog has been implicated as a visibility hazard over roadways in the United States. Visibilities at accident sites have been estimated in the range from 1 to 3 m (extinction ... -
Comparison of Local and Basinwide Methods for Risk Assessment of Tropical Cyclone Landfall
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Two statistical methods for predicting the number of tropical cyclones (TCs) making landfall on sections of the North American coastline are compared. The first method?the ?local model??is derived exclusively from historical ... -
Polarimetric Radar Observations at Low Levels during Tornado Life Cycles in a Small Sample of Classic Southern Plains Supercells
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Preliminary schematics of polarimetric signatures at low levels in southern plains classic supercells are developed for pretornado, tornado, and tornado demise times from a small collection of cases, most of which are ... -
Comparison of Synthetic Aperture Radar–Derived Wind Speeds with Buoy Wind Speeds along the Mountainous Alaskan Coast
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) offers the potential for remotely sensing surface wind speed both over the open sea and in close proximity to the coast. The resolution improvement of SAR over scatterometers ... -
On the Magnitude of the Electric Field near Thunderstorm-Associated Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Electric-field measurements made in and near clouds during two airborne field programs are presented. Aircraft equipped with multiple electric-field mills and cloud physics sensors were flown near active convection and ... -
Toward a Fully Parametric Retrieval of the Nonraining Parameters over the Global Oceans
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)In light of the upcoming launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a parametric retrieval algorithm of the nonraining parameters over the global oceans is developed with the ability to accommodate all ... -
On the Estimation of Trends in Annual Rainfall Using Paired Gauge Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)A method was recently proposed for evaluating the impact of a perturbation, such as air pollution or urbanization, on the precipitation at a location by calculating the ratio between the precipitation at the perturbed ... -
Strategies for Evaluating Quality Assurance Procedures
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)The evaluation strategies outlined in this paper constitute a set of tools beneficial to the development and documentation of robust automated quality assurance (QA) procedures. Traditionally, thresholds for the QA of ... -
Climatological Hurricane Landfall Probability for the United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)This study examines the historical record of hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean basin to determine the eventual landfall probability for the U.S. coastline based on the complete tracks of those storms. ... -
MODIS Global Cloud-Top Pressure and Amount Estimation: Algorithm Description and Results
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua platforms provides unique measurements for deriving global and regional cloud properties. MODIS has spectral ... -
Combined Observational and Model Investigations of the Z–LWC Relationship in Stratocumulus Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)In situ measurements indicate the complexity and nonunique character of radar reflectivity?liquid water content (Z?LWC) relationships in stratocumulus and cumulus clouds. Parameters of empirical (statistical) Z?LWC dependences ... -
Evaluation of Limited-Area Models for the Representation of the Diurnal Cycle and Contrasting Nights in CASES-99
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)This study evaluates the ability of three limited-area models [the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University?National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5), the Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere Mesoscale ... -
Asymptotic Analysis of Equilibrium in Radiation Fog
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)A vertical distribution formulation of liquid water content (LWC) for steady radiation fog was obtained and examined through the singular perturbation method. The asymptotic LWC distribution is a consequential balance among ... -
Basis for a Rainfall Estimation Technique Using IR–VIS Cloud Classification and Parameters over the Life Cycle of Mesoscale Convective Systems
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)This paper discusses the basis for a new rainfall estimation method using geostationary infrared and visible data. The precipitation radar on board the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite is used to train the ... -
Dewpoint Temperature Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Dewpoint temperature, the temperature at which water vapor in the air will condense into liquid, can be useful in estimating frost, fog, snow, dew, evapotranspiration, and other meteorological variables. The goal of this ... -
An Evaluation of Scatterometer-Derived Oceanic Surface Pressure Fields
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Oceanic surface pressure fields are derived from the NASA Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) surface wind vector measurements using a two-layer similarity planetary boundary layer model in the midlatitudes and a mixed layer ... -
Comparison of Hurricane Return Levels Using Historical and Geological Records
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)Hurricane return levels estimated using historical and geological information are quantitatively compared for Lake Shelby, Alabama. The minimum return level of overwash events recorded in sediment cores is estimated using ...