Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • “Virtual” Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation in the Earth Simulator 

      Ohfuchi, Wataru; Sasaki, Hideharu; Masumoto, Yukio; Nakamura, Hisashi (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      High-resolution simulations of the atmospheric and oceanic general circulations on the Earth Simulator are briefly introduced to a wider research and educational community. Some early results have been published and are ...

    • NOAA THORPEX Science Workshop 

      Toth, Zoltan; Majumdar, Sharanya J. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.

    • The Rapid Growth of Publications by Atmospheric and Oceanic Scientists of Chinese Origin 

      Li, Zhanqing; Zhang, Da-Lin; Jin, Menglin; Chiu, Long; Weng, Steve; Du, Jun; Huang, Joseph; Juang, Henry; Lu, Sarah; Yang, Song; Ko, Fung-Chi; Yuan, Dongliang (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.

    • Accurate Monitoring of Terrestrial Aerosols and Total Solar Irradiance: Introducing the Glory Mission 

      Mishchenko, Michael I.; Cairns, Brian; Hansen, James E.; Travis, Larry D.; Kopp, Greg; Schueler, Carl F.; Fafaul, Bryan A.; Hooker, Ronald J.; Maring, Hal B.; Itchkawich, Tom (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      The NASA Glory mission is intended to facilitate and improve upon long-term monitoring of two key forcings influencing global climate. One of the mission's principal objectives is to determine the global distribution of ...

    • A Sinkhole Field Experiment in the Eastern Alps 

      Steinacker, R.; Dorninger, M.; Pospichal, B.; Eisenbach, S.; Holzer, A. M.; Whiteman, C. D.; Weihs, P.; Mursch-Radlgruber, E.; Baumann, K. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      Because sinkholes are an excellent natural laboratory for studying processes leading to the formation, maintenance, and dissipation of temperature inversions, an extended set of meteorological field experiments was conducted ...

    • 50th Anniversary of Operational Numerical Weather Prediction 

      Harper, Kristine; Uccellini, Louis W.; Morone, Lauren; Kalnay, Eugenia; Carey, Kenneth (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC), National Weather Association, and American Meteorological Society (AMS) ...

    • Misinterpretations of the “Cone of Uncertainty” in Florida during the 2004 Hurricane Season 

      Broad, Kenneth; Leiserowitz, Anthony; Weinkle, Jessica; Steketee, Marissa (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      This article reviews the evolution, communication, and differing interpretations of the National Hurricane Center's ?cone of uncertainty? hurricane forecast graphic. It concludes with a discussion of this graphic from the ...

    • Enhancing Water Cycle Measurements for Future Hydrologic Research 

      Loescher, H. W.; Jacobs, J. M.; Wendroth, O.; Robinson, D. A.; Poulos, G. S.; Mcguire, K.; Reed, P.; Mohanty, B. P.; Shanley, J. B.; Krajewski, W. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc., established the Hydrologic Measurement Facility to transform watershed-scale hydrologic research by facilitating access to advanced instrumentation ...

    • Early Observations of Rotor Clouds by Andrija Mohorovičić 

      Grubišić, Vanda; Orlić, Mirko (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      This article delivers a short history of the early quantitative documentation of a rotor-type circulation in the bora-type flow on the northern Adriatic by Andrija Mohorovi?i?, an all-around geophysicist and the father of ...

    • Advances in the Use of Historical Marine Climate Data 

      Kent, Elizabeth; Woodruff, Scott; Rayner, Nick; Folland, Chris; Parker, David; Arbetter, Todd; Koek, Frits; Reynolds, Richard; Saunders, Roger; Smolyanitsky, Vasily; Worley, Steven; Yoshida, Takashi (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.

    • Developing Positive Team Collaborations 

      Ackerman, Steven A. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.

    • The Future of Medium–Extended-Range Weather Prediction: Challenges and a Vision 

      Morgan, Michael C.; Houghton, David D.; Keller, Linda M. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.

    • Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation 

      Zhang, Fuqing; Snyder, Chris (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.

    • The Future of Medium–Extended-Range Weather Prediction: User Perspectives 

      Keller, Linda M.; Houghton, David D.; Morgan, Michael C. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.

    • Objectively Analyzed Air–Sea Heat Fluxes for the Global Ice-Free Oceans (1981–2005) 

      Yu, Lisan; Weller, Robert A. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      A 25-yr (1981?2005) time series of daily latent and sensible heat fluxes over the global ice-free oceans has been produced by synthesizing surface meteorology obtained from satellite remote sensing and atmospheric model ...

    • Hydrologic Verification: A Call for Action and Collaboration 

      Welles, Edwin; Sorooshian, Soroosh; Carter, Gary; Olsen, Billy (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      Traditionally, little attention has been focused on the systematic verification of operational hydrologic forecasts. This paper summarizes the results of forecast verification from 15 river basins in the United States. The ...

    • Can Ice-Nucleating Aerosols Affect Arctic Seasonal Climate? 

      Prenni, Anthony J.; DeMott, Paul J.; Kreidenweis, Sonia M.; Harrington, Jerry Y.; Avramov, Alexander; Verlinde, Johannes; Tjernström, Michael; Long, Charles N.; Olsson, Peter Q. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      Mixed-phase stratus clouds are ubiquitous in the Arctic and play an important role in climate in this region. However, climate and regional models have generally proven unsuccessful at simulating Arctic cloudiness, ...

    • Tropical Cyclone Destructive Potential by Integrated Kinetic Energy 

      Powell, Mark D.; Reinhold, Timothy A. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      Tropical cyclone damage potential, as currently defined by the Saffir?Simpson scale and the maximum sustained surface wind speed in the storm, fails to consider the area impact of winds likely to force surge and waves or ...

    • Wakasa Bay: An AMSR Precipitation Validation Campaign 

      Lobl, Elena S.; Aonashi, Kazumasa; Murakami, Masataka; Griffith, Brian; Kummerow, Christian; Liu, Guosheng; Wilheit, Thomas (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      The ?Wakasa Bay Experiment? was conducted in order to refine error models for oceanic precipitation from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) measurements and to develop algorithms for ...

    • The Need for a Dynamical Climate Reanalysis 

      Bengtsson, Lennart; Haines, Keith; Hodges, Kevin I.; Arkin, Phil; Berrisford, Paul; Bougeault, Philippe; Kallberg, Per; Simmons, Adrian J.; Uppala, Sakari; Folland, Chris K.; Gordon, Chris; Rayner, Nick; Thorne, Peter W.; Jones, Phil; Stammer, Detlef; Vose, Russell S. (American Meteorological Society, 2007)
      No abstract available.