Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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A Comparison of Equilibrium and Time-Evolving Approaches to Modeling the Wind Profile under Stable Stratification
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)n this study, the authors contrast the modeling of the wind profile under stable stratification considering both equilibrium (i.e., constant in time) and time-evolving frameworks, as well as one-dimensional (1D) and 3D ... -
Toward Completing the Raindrop Size Spectrum: Case Studies Involving 2D-Video Disdrometer, Droplet Spectrometer, and Polarimetric Radar Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)nalysis of drop size distributions (DSD) measured by collocated Meteorological Particle Spectrometer (MPS) and a third-generation, low-profile, 2D-video disdrometer (2DVD) are presented. Two events from two different regions ... -
Prediction of Energy Dissipation Rates for Aviation Turbulence. Part II: Nowcasting Convective and Nonconvective Turbulence
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)n addition to turbulence forecasts, which can be used for strategic planning for turbulence avoidance, short-term nowcasts can augment longer-term forecasts by providing much more timely and accurate turbulence locations ... -
Modeling Urban Precipitation Modification by Spatially Heterogeneous Aerosols
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)his study introduces a methodology to simulate how spatially heterogeneous urban aerosols modify a precipitating thunderstorm in a numerical weather model. An air quality model (Simple Photochemical Model, SPM) was coupled ... -
Invariance of the double-moment normalized raindrop size distribution through 3D spatial displacement in stratiform rain
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)ouble-moment normalization of the raindrop size distribution (DSD) summarizes the DSD in a compact way, using two of its statistical moments and a ?generic? double-moment normalized DSD function. We present results of an ... -
The Ice Water Paths of Small and Large Ice Species in Hurricanes Arthur (2014) and Irene (2011)
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)ual-polarization scanning radar measurements, air temperature soundings, and a polarimetric radar-based particle identification scheme are used to generate maps and probability density functions (PDFs) of the ice water ... -
A post-processing methodology for direct normal irradiance forecasting using cloud information and aerosol load forecasts
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)method for Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) forecasting for specific sites is proposed. It is based on the combination of a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model, which provides cloud information, with radiative transfer ... -
Impacts of stratospheric sulfate geoengineering on global solar photovoltaic and concentrating solar power resource
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)n recent years, the idea of geoengineering, artificially modifying the climate to reduce global temperatures, has received increasing attention due to the lack of progress in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. ... -
Reduced Order Modeling of Stratospheric Winds and its Application in High Altitude Balloon Trajectory Simulations
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)he knowledge of weather conditions at the stratosphere is important for planning and execution of high altitude balloon flights, which require an accurate modeling of weather data over a period of time. Various methods ... -
Satellite-based characterization of convective growth and glaciation and its relationship to precipitation formation over Central Europe
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)he growth phase of convective storms and their transition to maturity is investigated based on more than one hundred cases selected from the years 2012 to 2014 over Central Europe. Dynamical growth properties as well as ... -
NFLUX Satellite-Based Surface Radiative Heat Fluxes. Part II: Gridded Products
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)he Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) ocean surface flux (NFLUX) system provides near-real-time satellite-based gridded surface heat flux fields over the global ocean within hours of the observed satellite measurements. NFLUX ... -
Multimodel Ensemble Sea Level Forecasts for Tropical Pacific Islands
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)ea level anomaly extremes impact tropical Pacific Ocean islands, often with too little warning to mitigate risks. With El Niño, such as the strong 2015/16 event, comes weaker trade winds and mean sea level drops exceeding ... -
Comparison of Turbulence Indicators Obtained from in situ Flight Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)wo indicators of turbulence?the eddy dissipation rate (EDR) and derived equivalent vertical gust velocity (DEVG)?are calculated using aircraft observations from Hong Kong-based airlines, whose aircraft included Boeing and ... -
Mesoscale Modeling of the Meteorological Impacts of Irrigation during the 2012 Central Plains Drought
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)n the summer of 2012, the central plains of the United States experienced one of its most severe droughts on record. This study examines the meteorological impacts of irrigation during this drought through observations and ... -
Climatological Characterization of Puelche Winds down the Western Slope of the Extratropical Andes Mountains Using the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)he existence of strong easterly winds down the western slope of the south-central Andes in Chile, locally known as Puelche winds, has been known by the meteorological community since at least the mid-twentieth century. ... -
Monthly Extreme Temperature Trends in CMIP5 Hindcast/Prediction Simulations, 1981–2010 and 2006–35
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)simple index of extreme surface (2 m) monthly temperature was analyzed over the conterminous United States for 13 models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) hindcast (1981?2010) and prediction ... -
NFLUX Satellite-Based Surface Radiative Heat Fluxes. Part I: Swath-Level Products
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)he Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) ocean surface flux (NFLUX) system originally provided operational near-real-time satellite-based surface state parameter and turbulent heat flux fields over the global ocean. This study ... -
Non-Gaussian analysis of observations from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder compared with ERA and MERRA reanalyses
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)tatistical relationships between higher order moments of probability density functions (PDFs) are used to analyze top of the atmosphere (TOA) radiance measurements made by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), and ... -
Discerning “Flavors” of Drought Using Climate Extremes Indices
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)onitoring drought conditions in arid and semiarid regions characterized by high levels of intra- and interannual hydroclimatic variability is a challenging task. Typical drought-monitoring indices that are based on ... -
Classification of Australian Thunderstorms using Multivariate Analyses of Large-Scale Atmospheric Variables
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)ightning accompanied by inconsequential rainfall (i.e. ?dry? lightning) is the primary natural ignition source for wildfires globally. This paper presents a machine-learning and statistical-classification analysis of ?dry? ...