Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • The Summertime Arctic Atmosphere: Meteorological Measurements during the Arctic Ocean Experiment 2001 

      Tjernström, Michael; Leck, Caroline; Persson, P. Ola G.; Jensen, Michael L.; Oncley, Steven P.; Targino, Admir (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      An atmospheric boundary layer experiment into the high Arctic was carried out on the Swedish ice-breaker Oden during the summer of 2001, with the primary boundary layer observations obtained while the icebreaker drifted ...

    • ESSAY: Cloud Stamps 

      Mogil, H. Michael (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      No Abstract Available.

    • Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Meteorological Observers in the American West 

      Solomon, Susan; Daniel, John S. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The technical achievements of Lewis and Clark have been celebrated in fields ranging from cartography to zoology. As America commemorates the bicentennial of their historic journey across the continent, this paper shows ...

    • Hydroclimatic Factors of the Recent Record Drop in Laurentian Great Lakes Water Levels 

      Assel, Raymond A.; Quinn, Frank H.; Sellinger, Cynthia E. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      An extreme low-water supply episode from 1997 to 2000 resulted in the largest 1-yr drop in Lakes Michigan?Huron and Lake Erie water levels (0.92 and 1.03 m, respectively) recorded since measurements began in the early ...

    • Aztec Drought and the “Curse of One Rabbit” 

      Therrell, Matthew D.; Stahle, David W.; Soto, Rodolfo Acuña (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Sixteenth-century Aztec codices preserve a record of at least 13 drought years in central Mexico during the prehispanic and early colonial period. Climate-sensitive tree-ring records recently developed for Mexico confirm ...

    • The Bow Echo and MCV Experiment: Observations and Opportunities 

      Davis, Christopher; Atkins, Nolan; Bartels, Diana; Bosart, Lance; Coniglio, Michael; Bryan, George; Cotton, William; Dowell, David; Jewett, Brian; Johns, Robert; Jorgensen, David; Knievel, Jason; Knupp, Kevin; Lee, Wen-Chau; Mcfarquhar, Gregory; Moore, James; Przybylinski, Ron; Rauber, Robert; Smull, Bradley; Trapp, Robert; Trier, Stanley; Wakimoto, Roger; Weisman, Morris; Ziegler, Conrad (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment (BAMEX) is a research investigation using highly mobile platforms to examine the life cycles of mesoscale convective systems. It represents a combination of two related ...

    • The Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study 

      Lang, Timothy J.; Miller, L. Jay; Weisman, Morris; Rutledge, Steven A.; Barker, Llyle J.; Bringi, V. N.; Chandrasekar, V.; Detwiler, Andrew; Doesken, Nolan; Helsdon, John; Knight, Charles; Krehbiel, Paul; Lyons, Walter A.; Macgorman, Don; Rasmussen, Erik; Rison, William; Rust, W. David; Thomas, Ronald J. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      During May?July 2000, the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS) occurred in the High Plains, near the Colorado?Kansas border. STEPS aimed to achieve a better understanding of the interactions ...

    • Historical Research in the Atmospheric Sciences: The Value of Literature Reviews, Libraries, and Librarians 

      Schultz, David M. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Based on a talk given at the sixth annual meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International, this paper explores the author's experiences performing reviews of the scientific literature as a tool to advancing ...

    • Heat Watch/Warning Systems Save Lives: Estimated Costs and Benefits for Philadelphia 1995–98 

      Ebi, Kristie L.; Teisberg, Thomas J.; Kalkstein, Laurence S.; Robinson, Lawrence; Weiher, Rodney F. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hot Weather?Health Watch/Warning System was initiated in 1995 to alert the city's population to take precautionary actions when hot weather posed risks to health. The number of lives saved ...

    • The Superior, Nebraska, Supercell During BAMEX 

      Wakimoto, Roger M.; Cai, Huaqing; Murphey, Hanne V. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Two remarkable supercell storms developed on 22 June 2003 in eastern Nebraska. One of the thunderstorms, located near the town of Aurora, Nebraska, produced the largest known hailstone on record. Receiving far less attention ...

    • Sierra Wave Project Revisited: 50 Years Later 

      Grubišić, Vanda; Lewis, John M. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The Sierra Wave Project was the first post?World War II (WWII) mountain meteorology field experiment in the United States designed to study mountain lee-wave phenomena. In its concept, design, organization, and execution, ...

    • The Epic 2001 Stratocumulus Study 

      Bretherton, Christopher S.; Uttal, Taneil; Fairall, Christopher W.; Yuter, Sandra E.; Weller, Robert A.; Baumgardner, Darrel; Comstock, Kimberly; Wood, Robert; Raga, Graciela B. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Overlaying the cool southeast Pacific Ocean is the most persistent subtropical stratocumulus cloud deck in the world. It produces a profound affect on tropical climate by shading the underlying ocean and radiatively cooling ...

    • Improving Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts in the Warm Season: A USWRP Research and Development Strategy 

      Fritsch, J. Michael; Carbone, R. E. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Warm-season quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) are the poorest performance area of forecast systems worldwide. They stubbornly fall further behind while other aspects of weather prediction steadily improve. Unless ...

    • State of the Climate in 2003 

      LEVINSON, D. H.; WAPLE, A. M. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The earth's climate was influenced by a moderate El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean at the beginning of 2003. This ENSO warm event developed during October?November of 2002, and eventually dissipated during March?April ...

    • THE MAP ROOM: The Impact of a Split-Front Rainband on Appalachian Cold-Air Damming Erosion 

      Brennan, Michael J.; Lackmann, Gary M.; Koch, Steven E. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      No Abstract Available.

    • CONSIDERATIONS ON DAYLIGHT OPERATION OF 1.6-VERSUS 3.7-µm CHANNEL ON NOAA AND METOP SATELLITES 

      Rosenfeld, Daniel; Cattani, Elsa; Melani, Samantha; Levizzani, Vincenzo (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The transition from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)/2 to AVHRR/3 on NOAA polar orbiters was associated with a switching from daylight operations of the 3.7- to 1.6-µm wave band, while retaining 3.7 µm ...

    • The Role of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau Within the Asian Monsoon System 

      Bollasina, Massimo; Benedict, Sam (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP) and Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) workshop on the role of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau within the Asian ...

    • In Situ–Based Pseudo–Wind Stress Products for the Tropical Oceans 

      Smith, Shawn R.; Servain, Jacques; Legler, David M.; Stricherz, James N.; Bourassa, Mark A.; O'Brien, James J. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Quality wind stress fields are desired for a wide range of oceanographic and atmospheric studies. An overview is presented of the monthly quick-look and research-quality tropical ocean wind (pseudostress) products produced ...

    • The Data Integration for Model Evaluation Web Site: A One-Stop Shop for Model Evaluation 

      Tselioudis, George; Rossow, William B.; Gentilcore, Anastasia N.; Katzfey, Jack (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      This paper introduces the contents of the Global Energy and Water Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud System Study (GCSS) Data Integration for Model Evaluation (DIME) Web site. The Web site is a resource created for atmospheric ...

    • TROPICAL CYCLONE WINDS AT LANDFALL: The ASOS–C-MAN Wind Exposure Documentation Project 

      Powell, Mark; Bowman, David; Gilhousen, David; Murillo, Shirley; Carrasco, Nick; St. Fleur, Russell (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Photographs describing the wind exposure at automatic weather stations susceptible to tropical cyclones are now available on Web pages at the National Climatic Data Center and the National Data Buoy Center. Given the ...