Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Recent submissions
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A Climatological Study of Extreme Cold Surges along the African Highlands
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)quatorward moving cold surges occur along the lee of high terrain during the cold season. Even though the east coast of Africa features high terrain, little research exists on cold surges along the African Highlands despite ... -
Tropopause-Penetrating Convection from Three-Dimensional Gridded NEXRAD Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)new method that combines radar reflectivities from individual Next Generation Weather Radars (NEXRAD) into a three-dimensional composite with high horizontal and vertical resolution is used to estimate storm-top altitudes ... -
The Estimation of Convective Mass Flux from Radar Reflectivities
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)umulus parameterizations in general circulation models (GCMs) frequently apply mass-flux schemes in their description of tropical convection. Mass flux constitutes the product of the fractional area covered by cumulus ... -
Satellite Air–Sea Enthalpy Flux and Intensity Change of Tropical Cyclones over the Western North Pacific
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)n improved high-resolution satellite enthalpy flux dataset is employed to study the composites of initial (i.e., t = 0 h) latent heat flux (LHF), sensible heat flux (SHF), and their bulk variables associated with four ... -
A Method for Calculating the Height of Overshooting Convective Cloud Tops Using Satellite-Based IR Imager and CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ssigning accurate heights to convective cloud tops that penetrate into the upper troposphere?lower stratosphere (UTLS) region using infrared (IR) satellite imagery has been an unresolved issue for the satellite research ... -
Shortwave Radiative Fluxes on Slopes
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)now-covered mountain ranges are a major source of water supply for runoff and groundwater recharge. Snowmelt supplies as much as 75% of the surface water in basins of the western United States. Net radiative fluxes make ... -
Regional Variability of Rain Clouds in the Amazon Basin as Seen by a Network of Weather Radars
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)new dataset based on 5 yr of operational meteorological weather radars from the Amazon Protection System has enabled new knowledge in relation to rainfall in the Amazon basin. The rainy features are analyzed for 10 different ... -
Long-Term Winter Inversion Properties in a Mountain Valley of the Western United States and Implications on Air Quality
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)ecause of the geography of a narrow valley and surrounding tall mountains, Cache Valley (located in northern Utah and southern Idaho) experiences frequent shallow temperature inversions that are both intense and persistent. ... -
Climate Change Implications for Tropical Islands: Interpolating and Interpreting Statistically Downscaled GCM Projections for Management and Planning
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he potential ecological and economic effects of climate change for tropical islands were studied using output from 12 statistically downscaled general circulation models (GCMs) taking Puerto Rico as a test case. Two model ... -
Use of X-Band Differential Reflectivity Measurements to Study Shallow Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)icrophysical processes in shallow Arctic precipitation clouds are illustrated using measurements of differential reflectivity ZDR from the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program polarimetric ... -
Two-Meter Temperature and Precipitation from Atmospheric Reanalysis Evaluated for Alaska
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)laska is experiencing effects of global climate change that are due, in large part, to the positive feedback mechanisms associated with polar amplification. The major risk factors include loss of sea ice and glaciers, ... -
Modeling of Precipitable Water Vapor Using an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System in the Absence of the GPS Network
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)his paper constructs an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model to estimate precipitable water vapor (PWV) in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Singapore region. The input to ... -
Annual Drought in California: Association with Monthly Precipitation and Climate Phases
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)nnual precipitation in California is more variable than in any other state and is highly influenced by precipitation in winter months. A primary question among stakeholders is whether low precipitation in certain months ... -
Dynamical Downscaling of ERA-Interim Temperature and Precipitation for Alaska
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts interim reanalysis (ERA-Interim) has been downscaled using a regional model covering Alaska at 20-km spatial and hourly temporal resolution for 1979?2013. Stakeholders ... -
Coupled Fire–Atmosphere Simulations of the Rocky River Fire Using WRF-SFIRE
(American Meteorological Society, 2016)he coupled atmosphere?fire spread model ?WRF-SFIRE? has been used to simulate a fire where extreme fire behavior was observed. Tall flames and a dense convective smoke column were features of the fire as it burned rapidly ... -
Characterizing Sierra Nevada Snowpack Using Variable-Resolution CESM
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he location, timing, and intermittency of precipitation in California make the state integrally reliant on winter-season snowpack accumulation to maintain its economic and agricultural livelihood. Of particular concern is ... -
Variability in Severe Coastal Flooding, Associated Storms, and Death Tolls in Southeastern Australia since the Mid–Nineteenth Century
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he variability in the number of severe floods that occurred in coastal catchments in southeastern Australia since the mid?nineteenth century, along with the variability in both the frequency of the weather types that ... -
Quantifying Marine Boundary Layer Water Vapor beneath Low Clouds with Near-Infrared and Microwave Imagery
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)his study investigates the synergy of collocated microwave radiometry and near-infrared imagery to estimate the marine boundary layer water vapor beneath uniform cloud fields. Microwave radiometry provides the total column ... -
A Few GIS Clarifications on Tornado Density Mapping
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)geographical information system (GIS) perspective is taken to examine conceptual and methodological complications present in tornado density and probability mapping. Tornado density is defined as the inverse-distance-weighted ... -
Numerical Study of the Daytime Planetary Boundary Layer over an Idealized Urban Area: Influence of Surface Properties, Anthropogenic Heat Flux, and Geostrophic Wind Intensity
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)arge-eddy simulations of an idealized diurnal urban heat island are performed using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. The surface energy balance over an inhomogeneous terrain is solved considering the anthropogenic ...