Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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Cross-Scale Precipitation Variability in a Semiarid Catchment Area on the Western Slopes of the Central Andes
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractSpatiotemporal precipitation patterns were investigated on the western slopes of the central Andes Mountains by applying EOF and cluster analysis as well as the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. In the ... -
Sea-Effect Precipitation over the Shandong Peninsula, Northern China
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractSea-effect precipitation (SEP) over the Shandong Peninsula is a unique climatological phenomenon in mainland China, and it exerts a considerable impact on the southern shore of the Bohai Sea. From observed data ... -
Clouds over the Southern Ocean as Observed from the R/V Investigator during CAPRICORN. Part II: The Properties of Nonprecipitating Stratocumulus
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe properties of clouds derived from measurements collected using a suite of remote sensors on board the Australian R/V Investigator during a 5-week voyage into the Southern Ocean during March and April 2016 are ... -
Polarimetric Observations of Chaff Using the WSR-88D Network
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractChaff is a radar countermeasure typically used by military branches in training exercises around the United States. Chaff within view of the S-band WSR-88D beam can appear prominently on radar users? displays. ... -
Clouds over the Southern Ocean as Observed from the R/V Investigator during CAPRICORN. Part I: Cloud Occurrence and Phase Partitioning
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe properties of clouds derived using a suite of remote sensors on board the Australian research vessel (R/V) Investigator during the 5-week Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, Radiation, and Atmospheric Composition ... -
Thunderstorm Characteristics during the Ontario Winter Lake-Effect Systems Project
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe Ontario Winter Lake-Effect Systems (OWLeS) field campaign during the winter season of 2013/14 provided unprecedented data with regard to the structure and behavior of long-lake-axis-parallel (LLAP) lake-effect ... -
A Characterization of the Delaware Sea Breeze Using Observations and Modeling
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractSea-breeze circulations are a prominent source of diurnal wind variability along coastlines throughout the world. For Delaware, the sea breeze is the largest source of variability in the coastal wind field. We ... -
Improvement and Validation of the Common Land Model on Cropland Covered by Plastic Film in the Arid Region of China
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractPlastic mulch is a technology used worldwide to inhibit soil evaporation and increase crop yield. The properties of plastic film are significantly different from those of the soil. Plastic mulch not only significantly ... -
Position of the South Atlantic Anticyclone and Its Impact on Surface Conditions across Brazil
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThis study examines the surface wind characteristics of Brazil on the basis of the location of the maximum high pressure center in the South Atlantic basin (SAB), known as the South Atlantic anticyclone (SAA), from ... -
Is the Awareness of the Aerosol State Useful in Predicting Enhanced Lightning for Lightning-Producing Storms over Northern Alabama?
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals from the Terra and Aqua satellites currently provide the largest satellite aerosol dataset for investigating relationships ... -
Evaluation and Postprocessing of Ensemble Fire Weather Predictions over the Northeast United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe Short-Range Ensemble Forecast (SREF) system is verified and bias corrected for fire weather days (FWDs) defined as having an elevated probability of wildfire occurrence using a statistical Fire Weather Index ... -
Out-of-Cloud Convective Turbulence: Estimation Method and Impacts of Model Resolution
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractConvectively induced turbulence (CIT) poses both a serious threat to aviation operations and a challenge to forecasting applications. CIT generation and propagation processes occur on scales between 10 and 1000 m ... -
Validation of GMI Snowfall Observations by Using a Combination of Weather Radar and Surface Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractCurrently, there are several spaceborne microwave instruments suitable for the detection and quantitative estimation of snowfall. To test and improve retrieval snowfall algorithms, ground validation datasets that ... -
Two Types of Physical Inconsistency to Avoid with Univariate Quantile Mapping: A Case Study over North America Concerning Relative Humidity and Its Parent Variables
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractUnivariate quantile mapping (QM), a technique often used to statistically postprocess climate simulations, may generate physical inconsistency. This issue is investigated here by classifying physical inconsistency ... -
Simulating Extreme Etesians over the Aegean and Implications for Wind Energy Production in Southeastern Europe
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractEpisodes of extremely strong northerly winds (known as etesians) during boreal summer can cause hazardous conditions over the Aegean Archipelago (Greece) and represent a threat for the safe design, construction, ... -
Climatological Variability of Fire Weather in Australia
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractLong-term variations in fire weather conditions are examined throughout Australia from gridded daily data from 1950 to 2016. The McArthur forest fire danger index is used to represent fire weather conditions ... -
Characteristics of Sundowner Winds near Santa Barbara, California, from a Dynamically Downscaled Climatology: Environment and Effects near the Surface
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)Abstract Sundowners are downslope windstorms that occur over the southern slopes of the east?west-trending Santa Ynez range in Santa Barbara County, California. In the past, many extreme fires in the area, including the ... -
Toward Improving Ice Water Content and Snow-Rate Retrievals from Radars. Part II: Results from Three Wavelength Radar–Collocated In Situ Measurements and CloudSat–GPM–TRMM Radar Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractTwo methods for deriving relationships between the equivalent radar reflectivity factor Ze and the snowfall rate S at three radar wavelengths are described. The first method uses collocations of in situ aircraft ... -
The Nocturnal Evolution of Atmospheric Structure in a Basin as a Larger-Scale Katabatic Flow Is Lifted over Its Rim
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe successive stages of nocturnal atmospheric structure inside a small isolated basin are investigated when a katabatically driven flow on an adjacent tilted plain advects cold air over the basin rim. Data came ... -
High-Resolution Historical Climate Simulations over Alaska
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractWeather and climate variability strongly influence the people, infrastructure, and economy of Alaska. However, the sparse observational network in Alaska limits our understanding of meteorological variability, ...