Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Estimation of Snowfall Properties at a Mountainous Site in Norway Using Combined Radar and In Situ Microphysical Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe ability of in situ snowflake microphysical observations to constrain estimates of surface snowfall accumulations derived from coincident, ground-based radar observations is explored. As part of the High-Latitude ... -
Local-Scale Urban Energy Balance Observation under Various Sky Conditions in a Humid Subtropical Region
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe present study presents local-scale urban energy balance observations under various sky conditions in a humid subtropical region. The study site is a typical urban residential area in Guangzhou in which building ... -
The Observed Effects of Utility-Scale Photovoltaics on Near-Surface Air Temperature and Energy Balance
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractUtility-scale solar power plants are a rapidly growing component of the renewable energy sector. While most agree that solar power can decrease greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of photovoltaic (PV) systems on ... -
A Description and Evaluation of U.S. Climate Reference Network Standardized Soil Moisture Dataset
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe interpretation of in situ or remotely sensed soil moisture data for drought monitoring is challenged by the sensitivity of these observations to local soil characteristics and seasonal precipitation patterns. ... -
Past and Projected Freezing/Thawing Indices in the Northern Hemisphere
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractFreezing/thawing indices are useful for assessments of climate change, surface and subsurface hydrology, energy balance, moisture balance, carbon exchange, ecosystem diversity and productivity. Current freezing/thawing ... -
Global Warming Will Aggravate Ozone Pollution in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on air quality, in particular on ozone, during the summer in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region. First, we establish a connection between ... -
A Global Analysis of Land Surface Temperature Diurnal Cycle Using MODIS Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractDiurnal variations of land surface temperature (LST) play a vital role in a wide range of applications such as climate change assessment, land?atmosphere interactions, and heat-related health issues in urban regions. ... -
An Analog Approach for Weather Estimation Using Climate Projections and Reanalysis Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractGeneral circulation models (GCMs) are essential for projecting future climate; however, despite the rapid advances in their ability to simulate the climate system at increasing spatial resolution, GCMs cannot capture ... -
ENSO Normals: A New U.S. Climate Normals Product Conditioned by ENSO Phase and Intensity and Accounting for Secular Trends
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractClimate normals are traditionally calculated every decade as the average values over a period of time, often 30 years. Such an approach assumes a stationary climate, with several alternatives recently introduced ... -
CMIP5 Models’ Ability to Capture Observed Trends under the Influence of Shifts and Persistence: An In-Depth Study on the Colorado River Basin
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThis study evaluated the ability of phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) to capture observed trends under the influence of shifts and persistence in their data distributions. A total of 41 ... -
Severe Hail Fall and Hailstorm Detection Using Remote Sensing Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractSevere hail days account for the vast majority of severe weather?induced property losses in the United States each year. In the United States, real-time detection of severe storms is largely conducted using ... -
Verification of Heat Stress Thresholds for a Health-Based Heat-Wave Definition
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractHeat waves represent a threat to human health and excess mortality is one of the associated negative effects. A health-based definition for heat waves is therefore relevant, especially for early warning purposes, ... -
Spatial Variability of Winds and HRRR–NCEP Model Error Statistics at Three Doppler-Lidar Sites in the Wind-Energy Generation Region of the Columbia River Basin
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractAnnually and seasonally averaged wind profiles from three Doppler lidars were obtained from sites in the Columbia River basin of east-central Oregon and Washington, a major region of wind-energy production, for the ... -
Developing a Department of Transportation Winter Severity Index
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractAdverse weather conditions are responsible for millions of vehicular crashes, thousands of deaths, and billions of dollars per year in economic and congestion costs. Many transportation agencies utilize a performance ... -
A Modified Framework for Quantifying Land–Atmosphere Covariability during Hydrometeorological and Soil Wetness Extremes in Oklahoma
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractGlobal ?hot spots? for land?atmosphere coupling have been identified through various modeling studies?both local and global in scope. One hot spot that is common to many of these analyses is the U.S. southern Great ... -
Dynamically Downscaled Climate Simulations of the Indian Monsoon in the Instrumental Era: Physics Parameterization Impacts and Precipitation Extremes
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe complex orography of South Asia, including both the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, renders the regional climate complex. How this climate, especially the monsoon circulations, will respond to the global ... -
Variations in Surface Albedo Arising from Flooding and Desiccation Cycles on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractDesert playas, such as those in northern Utah, form a landscape often in stark contrast to surrounding mountain ranges due to their minimal topographic relief, lack of vegetation, and saline soils. Dry highly ... -
Expanding the Goddard CSH Algorithm for GPM: New Extratropical Retrievals
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe Goddard convective?stratiform heating (CSH) algorithm has been used to retrieve latent heating (LH) associated with clouds and cloud systems in support of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and Global ... -
On the Influence of Swell Propagation Angle on Surface Drag
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractA combination of turbulence-resolving large-eddy simulations and observations are used to examine the influence of swell amplitude and swell propagation angle on surface drag. Based on the analysis a new surface ... -
A Comparative Verification of Raw and Bias-Corrected ECMWF Seasonal Ensemble Precipitation Reforecasts in Java (Indonesia)
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractDynamical seasonal forecasts are afflicted with biases, including seasonal ensemble precipitation forecasts from the new ECMWF seasonal forecast system 5 (SEAS5). In this study, biases have been corrected using ...