Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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A Long-Term WRF Meteorological Archive for Dispersion Simulations: Application to Controlled Tracer Experiments
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractA long-term archive of meteorological data using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model was created to provide data that are compatible with the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory ... -
Evaluation of the AMPS Boundary Layer Simulations on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, with Unmanned Aircraft Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractAccurately predicting moisture and stability in the Antarctic planetary boundary layer (PBL) is essential for low-cloud forecasts, especially when Antarctic forecasters often use relative humidity as a proxy for ... -
Temporal–Spatial Patterns of Relative Humidity and the Urban Dryness Island Effect in Beijing City
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractHourly datasets obtained by automatic weather stations in Beijing, China, are developed and employed to analyze the spatial and temporal characteristics of relative humidity (RH) and urban dryness island intensity ... -
Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall Associated with Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in China from Rain Gauge Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThe diurnal variation of rainfall over China associated with landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) is investigated using hourly rain gauge observations obtained from 2425 conventional meteorological stations in China. ... -
Further Improvement of the Heavy Orographic Rainfall Retrievals in the GSMaP Algorithm for Microwave Radiometers
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractAn orographic/nonorographic rainfall classification scheme has been introduced for the operational algorithm of the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) for passive microwave radiometers. However, ... -
Characteristics of Explosive Cyclones over the Northern Pacific
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractExplosive cyclones (ECs) over the northern Pacific Ocean during the cold season (October?April) over a 15-yr (2000?15) period are analyzed by using the Final (FNL) Analysis data provided by the National Centers for ... -
Vernov Satellite Data of Transient Atmospheric Events
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractData on transient atmospheric events (TAEs) were obtained from the Vernov satellite and are presented in this paper. The data are considered in conjunction with previous data obtained by the Universitetsky-Tatiana-1 ... -
High-Resolution Statistical Downscaling in Southwestern British Columbia
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractKnowledge from high-resolution daily climatological parameters is frequently sought after for increasingly local climate change assessments. This research investigates whether applying a simple postprocessing ... -
Evolution of the Distribution of Upper-Tropospheric Humidity over the Indian Ocean: Connection with Large-Scale Advection and Local Cloudiness
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractThe spatial and temporal distribution of upper-tropospheric humidity (UTH) observed by the Sounder for Atmospheric Profiling of Humidity in the Intertropics by Radiometry (SAPHIR)/Megha-Tropiques radiometer is ... -
Simulations of Polarimetric, X-Band Radar Signatures in Supercells. Part I: Description of Experiment and Simulated ρhv Rings
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractWith the development of multimoment bulk microphysical schemes and polarimetric radar forward operators, one can better examine convective storms simulated in high-resolution numerical models from a simulated ... -
An Improved QPE over Complex Terrain Employing Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Occurrences
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractA lightning?precipitation relationship (LPR) is studied at high temporal and spatial resolution (5 min and 5 km). As a proof of concept of these methods, precipitation data are retrieved from the National Severe ... -
The Role of Mesoscale-Convective Processes in Explaining the 21 November 2016 Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma Event in Melbourne, Australia
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)major thunderstorm asthma epidemic struck Melbourne and surrounding Victoria, Australia, on 21 November 2016, which led to multiple deaths, a flood of residents seeking medical attention for respiratory problems, and an ... -
Climatology of Tropical Overshooting Tops in North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)rganized tropical convection, often characterized by overshooting tops, is a distinguishing quality of tropical cyclones (TCs). In this study, the climatology of tropical overshooting tops (TOTs) in North Atlantic Ocean ... -
Contribution of Urban Surface Expansion to Regional Warming in Beijing, China
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)he contribution of urban surface expansion to regional warming based on meteorological observational station data may vary with significant uncertainty because of its spatial heterogeneity, which promotes a requirement for ... -
Journals Embargo Period Reduced to One Year
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Gradients of Atmospheric Temperature and Humidity Controlled by Local Urban Land-Use Intensity in Boston
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)ities are home to the majority of humanity. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms that control urban climates has substantial societal importance to a variety of sectors, including public health and energy management. ... -
A Case Study of Cloud Radar Observations and Large-Eddy Simulations of a Shallow Stratiform Orographic Cloud, and the Impact of Glaciogenic Seeding
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)he impact of glaciogenic seeding on precipitation remains uncertain, mainly because of the noisy nature of precipitation. Operational seeding programs often target cold-season orographic clouds because of their abundance ... -
Microphysical properties of snow and their link to Ze–S relation during BAECC 2014
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)his study investigates the connection between properties of snow and radar observations. The general hydrodynamic theory is applied to video-disdrometer measurements to retrieve masses of falling ice particles. Errors ... -
Determining Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Speed Structure and Intensity with the CYGNSS Satellite Constellation
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)YGNSS?the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System?consists of a constellation of eight microsatellites which will provide observations of surface wind speed in all precipitating conditions. A method for estimating ... -
Statistics and meteorology of air pollution episodes over the South African Highveld based on satellite-model datasets
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)he meteorology of air pollution episodes on South Africa?s Highveld was studied using OMI and AIRS satellite estimates, MERRA2 reanalysis model products and in-situ weather data. Surface-layer SO2 and NO2 display high ...