Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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Crop-Hail Damage in the Midwest Corn Belt
(American Meteorological Society, 1985)Crop-hail damage in the ten Midwest corn belt states is examined during the period 1957?81. Estimates of crop losses due to hail are made from hail insurance data for each state and each significant crop in the region. The ... -
Exploratory Analysis of Precipitation Events with Implications for Stochastic Modeling
(American Meteorological Society, 1985)The use of a concept called a precipitation ?event? to obtain information regarding certain statistical properties of precipitation time series at a particular location and for a specific application (e.g., for modeling ... -
A Universal Scale of Apparent Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Based on the total thermal resistance required by a human model to effect equilibrium, a scale is prepared showing apparent temperature for any combination of dry-bulb temperature, vapor pressure, wind speed and extra ... -
Comments on “Direct Determination of Surface Albedos from Satellite Imagery”
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)No abstract available. -
Complex Principal Component Analysis: Theory and Examples
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Complex principal component (CPC) analysis is shown to be a useful method for identifying traveling and standing waves in geophysical data sets. Combinations of simple progressive and standing oscillations are used to ... -
On the Relationship between Diurnal Mesoscale Circulations and Precipitation in a Mountain Valley
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Diurnal signatures of precipitation at mountain stations in Utah have been studied and precipitation events in the Salt Lake Valley compared with local wind circulations. Results of harmonic analyses of hourly precipitation ... -
Studies of Urban Climates and Air Pollution in Switzerland
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)In addition to an assessment of the factors that are responsible for urban climate change, this paper describes climatological studies and peculiarities of some Swiss cities. Although these cities are small, urban air ... -
Albedo of a Dissipating Snow Cover
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Albedos of surfaces covered with 50 cm of fresh dry snow following a major U.S. East Coast storm on 11?12 February 1983 ranged from 0.20 over a mixed coniferous forest to 0.80 over open farmland. As the snow cover dissipated, ... -
Assessment of Wind Power Potential for Two Contrasting Coastlines of South Africa Using a Numerical Model
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)A two-dimensional numerical model is used to predict near surface wind velocities, and consequently wind power, for five distinct synoptic regimes for contrasting east and west coasts of South Africa. The model results ... -
Some Surprising Results from Simulated Seeding of Stratiform-Type Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Studies have been conducted to determine the cloud seeding potential of stratiform type clouds using a two-dimensional, time-dependent cloud model. An atmospheric sounding from Villanubla, Spain, in February 1980, was used ... -
Meteorological Patterns Associated with Maximum 3-Hour Average Concentrations Predicted by the CRSTER Model for a Tall Stack Source
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Regional meteorological patterns associated with maximum 3-hour average concentrations predicted by the U.S. EPA CRSTER model for emissions from a tall stack were examined for a limited sample. Causes of predicted peaks ... -
Comments on “Inference of Cloud Temperature and Thickness by Microwave Radiometry from Space”
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)No abstract available. -
Extreme High-Temperature Events: Changes in their probabilities with Changes in Mean Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Most climate impact studies rely on changes in means of meteorological variables, such as temperature, to estimate potential climate impacts, including effects on agricultural production. However, extreme meteorological ... -
A Radiative Model of the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer with Application to the Polar Night
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)A graybody, longwave, radiative transfer model based on revised estimates of the absorption characteristics of CO2 and H2O is proposed. The model is computationally efficient and is designed for use within larger mesoscale ... -
Satellite Passive Microwave Rain Rate Measurement over Croplands during Spring, Summer and Fall
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Rain rate algorithms for spring, summer and fall that have been developed from comparisons between the brightness temperatures measured by the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) and rain rates derived ... -
Decreasing Diurnal Temperature Range in the United States and Canada from 1941 through 1980
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)An appreciable number of nonurban stations in the United States and Canada have been identified with statistically significant (at the 90% level) decreasing trends in the monthly mean diurnal temperature range between ... -
A Numerical Investigation of Mechanisms Linking Glaciation of the Ice-Phase to the Boundary Layer
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Nine clouds are simulated by perturbing Florida Area Cumulus Experiment (FACE) field soundings employing the Colorado State University cloud model. After a cloud similar in size to the one observed is initiated, glaciation ... -
A Statistical Evaluation of the Predictive Abilities of Climatic Averages
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)The predictive abilities of NOAA normals and running means of 2?30 years length are tested statistically. Heating degree-day (HDD) data from six northern United States sites are tested using root-mean-square error of ... -
Temporal and Spatial Variations in Hail in the Upper Great Plains and Midwest
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)The distribution of hail days during 1961?80 in the northern Great Plains-Midwest was evaluated on a temporal and spatial basis to help interpret crop-hail losses. Comparisons with earlier (1901?60) hail day data revealed ... -
Urban Influences on Surface Temperatures in the Southwestern United States during Recent Decades
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Trends of surface temperature at rapidly growing urban sites during the last three to five decades are compared to those at non-urban sites, temperatures at 70 kPa, and sea surface temperature at a coastal Pacific station. ...