Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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A Case Study on Power Outage Impacts from Future Hurricane Sandy Scenarios
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractHurricane Sandy (2012, referred to as Current Sandy) was among the most devastating storms to impact Connecticut?s overhead electric distribution network, resulting in over 15 000 outage locations that affected ... -
Real-Time Determination of Earth Radiation Budget Spectral Signatures for Nonlinear Unfiltering of Results from MERBE
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractAmong the best ways to gain more certainty in climate model prediction is to compare and constrain simulations with worldwide satellite measurements of the Earth radiation budget (ERB) short- and longwave radiant ... -
Mechanism of Daytime Strong Winds on the Northern Slopes of Himalayas, near Mount Everest: Observation and Simulation
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThe seasonal variability of strong afternoon winds in a northern Himalayan valley and their relationship with the synoptic circulation were examined using in situ meteorological data from March 2006 to February ... -
A 65-yr Climatology of Unusual Tracks of Tropical Cyclones in the Vicinity of China’s Coastal Waters during 1949–2013
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractDespite steady improvements in tropical cyclone (TC) track forecasts, it still remains challenging to predict unusual TC tracks (UNTKs), such as the tracks of sharp turning or looping TCs, especially after they ... -
Contrasting Polarimetric Observations of Stratiform Riming and Nonriming Events
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThis study investigates the how riming in stratiform precipitation impacts polarimetric signatures. Using a vertically pointing Doppler X-band radar, cases can be separated into one of three groups: unrimed to ... -
Effects of City Size on Thunderstorm Evolution Revealed through a Multiradar Climatology of the Central United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractFive years of 0.01° latitude ? 0.01° longitude multiradar multisensor grids of composite reflectivity and vertically integrated signals from the maximum expected size of hail (MESH) and vertically integrated liquid ... -
Atmospheric Turbulence Observations in the Vicinity of Surface Fires in Forested Environments
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractAmbient and fire-induced atmospheric turbulence in the vicinity of wildland fires can affect the behavior of those fires and the dispersion of smoke. The presence of forest overstory vegetation can further complicate ... -
Gust Factors: Meteorologically Stratified Climatology, Data Artifacts, and Utility in Forecasting Peak Gusts
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractGust factors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are investigated using Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) wind measurements from 2007 to 2014. Wind and gust observations reported in the standard hourly ASOS dataset ... -
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(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThe Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) team provides food insecurity outlooks for several developing countries in Africa, central Asia, and Central America. This study describes development of a new ... -
Relative Role of Turbulent and Radiative Flux on the Near-Surface Temperature in a Single-Layer Urban Canopy Model over Houston
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractNumerical simulations without hydrological processes tend to overestimate the near-surface temperatures over urban areas. This is presumably due to underestimation of surface latent heat flux. To test this hypothesis, ... -
Using Climate Models to Estimate Urban Vulnerability to Flash Floods
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)Abstract Climate change will impact urban infrastructure networks by changing precipitation patterns in a region. This study presents a novel vulnerability assessment framework for infrastructure networks against extreme ... -
Coastal Wind and Turbulence Observations during the Morning and Evening Transitions over Tropical Terrain
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractData collected during a multiyear, wind-resource assessment over a multi-land-use coastal environment in Belize are used to study the development and decay of wind and turbulence through the morning and evening ... -
Empirical Relations between Size Parameters of Ice Hydrometeor Populations and Radar Reflectivity
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractEmpirical power-law relations between the equivalent radar reflectivity factor Ze and the slope parameter of the gamma function ? (i.e., ? = c; used to describe ice hydrometeor size distributions) are derived. The ... -
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(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThe European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) MetOp-A and MetOp-B satellites fly in the same polar orbit with a 180° phase difference, which enables the global retrieval of ... -
Microclimate Variation among Urban Land Covers: The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Structure in Air and Land Surface Temperature Relationships
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractAir and land surface warming effects from urbanization are of increasing concern because of expanding heat-related impacts on human health. Many studies have investigated land-cover effects on air temperature Ta ... -
Spatial Coverage of Monitoring Networks: A Climate Observing System Simulation Experiment
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractObserving systems consisting of a finite number of in situ monitoring stations can provide high-quality measurements with the ability to quality assure both the instruments and the data but offer limited information ... -
Quantifying the Accuracy and Uncertainty of Diurnal Thermodynamic Profiles and Convection Indices Derived from the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractWhile radiosondes have provided atmospheric scientists an accurate high-vertical-resolution profile of the troposphere for decades, they are unable to provide high-temporal-resolution observations without significant ... -
Defining and Predicting Heat Waves in Bangladesh
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThis paper proposes a heat-wave definition for Bangladesh that could be used to trigger preparedness measures in a heat early warning system (HEWS) and explores the climate mechanisms associated with heat waves. A ... -
Statistical Prediction of Winter Haze Days in the North China Plain Using the Generalized Additive Model
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractWinter (December?February) haze days in the North China Plain (WHDNCP) have recently dramatically increased. In addition to human activities, climate change and variability also contributed to the severe situation ... -
The Best of Both Worlds: A Decision-Making Framework for Combining Traditional and Contemporary Forecast Systems
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractIn most countries, national meteorological services either generate or have access to seasonal climate forecasts. However, in a number of regions, the uptake of these forecasts by local communities can be limited, ...