Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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A Climatological Estimate of Precipitation for the World Ocean
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Climatological estimates of mean annual precipitation over the world ocean are presented and discussed. We obtained a value for mean annual oceanic precipitation (between 65°N and 60°S) of 93 cm, which is smaller than some ... -
Satellite Determinations of the Relationship between Total Longwave Radiation Flux and Infrared Window Radiance
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Nimbus-7 satellite observations are used to determine the relationship between the total longwave radiation flux and the radiance in the 10-12 ?m infrared window. The total longwave fluxes are obtained from the earth ... -
Contemporaneous Relationships between Global Radiation and Heating Degree Days during Severe Winters in the United States
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)The global radiation climate associated with anomalously cold winter months and cold winters is analyzed for the contiguous United States. The radiation data consist of rehabilitated measured and modeled monthly values of ... -
On the Use of GOES Thermal Data to Study Effects of Land Use on Diurnal Temperature Fluctuation
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) infrared data were used to study the effect of land use on the diurnal surface temperature fluctuation. Five major land use types in southern Florida: the sandy soil ... -
Comments on “Production of Ice Particles in Clouds due to Aircraft Penetrations”
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)No abstract available. -
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Development of Efficient, Dynamical Ocean-Atmosphere Models for Climatic Studies
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Three ocean-atmosphere models are constructed and evaluated for further studies of climatic variability and climatic sensitivity. All the models are based on the two-layer, highly truncated spectral atmospheric model of ... -
Determining Soil Moisture from Geosynchronous Satellite Infrared Data: A Feasibility Study
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)In the absence of a current capability for global routine daily soil moisture observation, an infrared technique using existing instrumentation is sought. Numerical modeling results are reported from a pilot study, the ... -
Simulation of the Earth' Monthly Average Regional Radiation Balance Derived from Satellite Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Computer simulations of satellite-derived Earth radiation parameters are examined to determine the source and size of errors arising from averaging parameters over 1 month on a 2.5°?2.5° longitude-latitude grid. November ... -
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Reply to Comments by M. R. Weber, C. B. Bekeris and T. A. Cerni on the Ratio of Diffuse to Direct Solar Irradiance
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Comments on “An Apparent Relationship between Eurasian Spring Snow Cover and the Advance Period of the Indian Summer Monsoon”
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Albedo of a Forest Modeled as a Plane with Dense Protrusions
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)A model is developed that treats, in a simplified way, the reflection of the direct solar radiation by a surface consisting of a soil-plane and protruding vertical plant elements, such as needles of pine trees or stalks ... -
Determination of Total Ozone Amount from TIROS Radiance Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Total ozone amounts are determined from atmospheric radiances measured by the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS). The retrieval procedure is one of linear regression where total ozone amounts derived from Dobson ... -
Frost-Free Record Reconstruction for Eastern Massachusetts, 1733–1980
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)A reconstruction methodology utilizing such varied documents as diaries, agricultural journals, U.S. Weather Bureau killing frost records and instrumental records is discussed. A resultant 248-year frost record for eastern ... -
The Comparative Environment of Beijing and Topeka during the Thunderstorm Season
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Beijing, People's Republic of China, and Topeka, Kansas, United States of America, are located at approximately the same latitude and are affected by similar synoptic weather patterns. However, their thunderstorm climatology ... -
Sea Surface Temperatures from Nimbus-7 SMMR Radiances
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Global displays of sea surface temperatures (SST's) from the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) are obtained with spatial sampling intervals as small as 50 km rather than the 150 km spacing normally ... -
The Determination of View-Factors in Urban Canyons
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)An important aspect of longwave radiation exchange within urban canopies is the degree to which the sky is obscured by surrounding buildings, a concept which may be described by the sky view-factor (?s). Hitherto, expressions ... -
Thunderstorm Cloud Height–Rainfall Rate Relations for Use with Satellite Rainfall Estimation Techniques
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)Observational studies of thunderstorm cloud height-rainfall rate and cloud height-volume rainfall rate relations are reviewed with significant variations being noted among climatological regimes. Analysis of the Florida ... -
The Importance of Cloud Top Lifetime in the Description of Natural Cloud Characteristics
(American Meteorological Society, 1984)The microphysical and dynamical characteristics of 156 natural summer cumulus clouds have been documented for three locations in North America: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; Thunder Bay, Ontario; and Miles City, ...