Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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The Characteristics and Distribution of Cloud Water over the Mountains of Northern Colorado during Wintertime Storms. Part I: Temporal Variations
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The spatial and temporal evolution of supercooled water fields in ten wintertime storm systems occurring over the northern Colorado Rocky Mountain region have been examined using data collected by the recently developed ... -
The Characteristics and Distribution of Cloud Water over the Mountains of Northern Colorado during Wintertime Storms. Part II: Spatial Distribution and Microphysical Characteristics
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The Physical and microphysical structure of the supercooled water fields in wintertime storms over the Park Range of the northern Colorado Rocky Mountains is examined using aircraft and ground-based measurements. Cloud ... -
Experimental Study of an Artificial Thermal Plume in the Boundary Layer. Part III: Dynamic Structure within the Plume
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)An experimental study of the dynamics within artificial thermal plumes rising in the boundary layer is presented. In this third part, measurements just above the heat source and aircraft investigations in the plume aloft ... -
Experimental Study of an Artificial Thermal Plume in the Boundary Layer. Part I: Flow Characteristics near the Heat Source
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The work reported here describes the environmental impact of emitting about 1000 MW of dry heat from a concentrated source into the atmosphere. It is based on a large field program conducted jointly by the Centre de ... -
Experimental Study of an Artificial Thermal Plume in the Boundary Layer. Part II: Some Aspects of the Plume Thermodynamical Structure
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Some aspects of the mean and turbulent structures of artificial thermal plumes in the boundary layer (BL) are presented. This analysis is based mainly on measurements with an instrumented aircraft. As initial conditions ... -
An Analysis of Mesoscale Transport Phenomena during the Evening Transition Period near Sacramento, California
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)An analytical study of transport phenomena during the evening transition period in the vicinity of Sacramento, California is presented. The study is based on a network of double-theodolite wind stations, aircraft soundings ... -
Additional Confirmation of the Validity of Laboratory Simulation of Cloud Radiances
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The results of a laboratory experiment are presented that provide additional verification of the methodology adapted for simulation of the radiances reflected from fields of optically thick clouds using the Cloud Field ... -
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Methodologies and Comparisons for Lund's Two Methods for Calculating Probability of Cloud-Free Line-of-Sight
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)To help in the implementation of Lund's probability of cloud-free line-of-sight (PCFLOS) calculations (method A and method B) for limited altitudes, a methodology for cumulative cloud cover calculation (required for both ... -
Equivalence Method for Retrieving Stratospheric Constituent Profiles from Infrared Solar Occultation Data
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Mixing ratios of stratospheric constituents can be inferred from satellite- or balloon-based infrared solar occultation measurements. The nonlinear system of equations that relates the measurements to the mixing ratios is ... -
Practical Estimates of Lake Evaporation
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Practical estimates of lake evaporation must rely on data that can be observed in the land environment. This requires the ability to take into account the changes in the temperature and humidity that occur when the air ... -
Recent Heavy Precipitation in the Vicinity of the Great Salt Lake: Just How Unusual?
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)A long time series (1863?1984) of areal average precipitation in the vicinity of the Great Salt Lake is shown to be highly correlated with the Great Salt Lake levels. This time series is used to assess the unusual recent ... -
A Gaussian Plume Model of Atmospheric Dispersion Based on Second-Order Closure
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)A practical model of atmospheric dispersion of a passive tracer based on systematic reduction of the second-order closure transport equations using Gaussian shape assumptions is presented. The model is comparable with ... -
Surface Ozone During the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)During the last few years, increases in tropospheric ozone concentration have been detected and the need for more study has been recognized. There is very little knowledge about surface ozone background concentrations prior ... -
Mesoscale Frequencies and Seasonal Snowfalls for Different Types of Lake Michigan Snow Storms
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Members of the Cloud Physics Laboratory, University of Chicago, have identified three different mesoscale organization patterns of lake-effect snow storms over Lake Michigan: multiple wind-parallel bands, single midlake ... -
Analysis of the Low and List Drop-Breakup Formulation
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)An analysis of the Low and List drop-breakup formulation has uncovered several computational problems that arise in calculating both the fragment distribution function and the Bleck expansion coefficients that appear in ... -
Improving Federal Response to Drought
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Severe and widespread drought occurred over a large portion of the United States between 1974 and 1977. Impacts on agriculture and other industries, as well as local water supplies, were substantial. The federal government ... -
Evapotranspiration over an Agricultural Region Using a Surface Flux/Temperature Model Based on NOAA-AVHRR Data
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The possibility of using infrared surface temperatures from satellites (NOAA, GOES) for inferring daily evaporation and soil moisture distribution over large areas (102 to 105 km2) has been extensively studied during the ... -
Cumulus Cloud Properties Derived Using Landsat Satellite Data
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) digital data are used to remotely sense cumulus cloud properties such as cloud fraction and cloud reflectance, along with the distribution of cloud number and cloud fraction as a function ... -
Computation of Ground Surface Conduction Heat Flux by Fourier Analysis of Surface Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)A method for computing the ground surface heat flux density is tested at two places in West Africa during the rainy season and during the dry season. This method is based upon the Fourier analysis of the experimental ground ...