Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • SERVICES: A Modern Applied Climate Information System 

      Hubbard, Kenneth G.; DeGaetano, Arthur T.; Robbins, Kevin D. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      No Abstract Available.

    • TORNADO-WARNING PERFORMANCE IN THE PAST AND FUTURE: A Perspective from Signal Detection Theory 

      Brooks, Harold E. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Changes over the years in tornado-warning performance in the United States can be modeled from the perspective of signal detection theory. From this view, it can be seen that there have been distinct periods of change in ...

    • Atmospheric Laser Communication 

      Fischer*, Kenneth W.; Witiw, Michael R.; Baars+, Jeffrey A.; Oke, T. R. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Atmospheric laser communication, often referred to as free-space optics (FSO) or free-space laser (FSL) communication, is similar to fiber optic cable in terms of carrier wavelength and bandwidth capability, but data are ...

    • Finger Cooling During Cold Air Exposure 

      Tikuisis, Peter (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      This paper presents a method for predicting the onset of finger freezing. It is an extension of a tissue-cooling model originally developed to predict the onset of cheek freezing. The extension to the finger is presented ...

    • DEVELOPMENT OF A EUROPEAN MULTIMODEL ENSEMBLE SYSTEM FOR SEASONAL-TO-INTERANNUAL PREDICTION (DEMETER) 

      Palmer, T. N.; Doblas-Reyes, F. J.; Hagedorn, R.; Alessandri, A.; Gualdi, S.; Andersen, U.; Feddersen, H.; Cantelaube, P.; Terres, J-M.; Davey, M.; Graham, R.; Délécluse, P.; Lazar, A.; Déqué,, M.; Guérémy, J-F.; Díez, E.; Orfila, B.; Hoshen, M.; Morse, A. P.; Keenlyside, N.; Latif, M.; Maisonnave, E.; Rogel, P.; Marletto, V.; Thomson, M. C. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      A multi-model ensemble-based system for seasonal-to-interannual prediction has been developed in a joint European project known as DEMETER (Development of a European Multimodel Ensemble Prediction System for Seasonal to ...

    • VISIT: Bringing Training to Weather Service Forecasters Using a New Distance-Learning Tool 

      Mostek, Anthony; Weaver, John; Bikos, Dan; Lindsey, Dan; Zajac, Bard; Bachmeier, Scott; Whittaker, Tom; Motta, Brian; Grant, Brad; LaDue, Jim; Ferree, John (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      What is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service doing in these times of rapidly changing technology and falling budgets to maintain high training standards? One solution used by ...

    • Supplement to Improving Outreach in Atmospheric Sciences: Assessment of Users of Climate Products 

      Changnon, David (American Meteorological Society, 2004)

    • Evolution of the 2002/03 El Niño* 

      McPhaden, Michael J. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      An El Niño of moderate intensity developed in the tropical Pacific in 2002/03. This event, though not as strong as the 1997/98 El Niño, had significant impacts on patterns of weather variability worldwide. The evolution ...

    • A Rapidly Deployable Operational Mesoscale Modeling System for Emergency-Response Applications 

      Warner, Thomas T.; Bowers, James F.; Swerdlin, Scott P.; Beitler, Brian A. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      An operational mesoscale model?based forecasting system has been developed for use by U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command meteorologists in their support of test-range operations. This paper reports on the adaptation of ...

    • Climate Research and Reinsurance* 

      Murnane, Richard J. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Extreme weather events produce some of the most deadly and costly natural disasters and are a major concern of the catastrophe reinsurance industry. For example, in 1992 Hurricane Andrew caused over $20 billion (in 2002 ...

    • Improving Outreach in Atmospheric Sciences: Assessment of Users of Climate Products 

      Changnon, David (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Over the past six years, 27 projects were conducted involving weather?climate product development by students working with weather-sensitive decision makers in various institutions. Thirteen of these decision makers were ...

    • Analysis of Land Skin Temperature Using AVHRR Observations 

      Jin, Menglin (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      Using satellite remote sensing techniques to take quantitative observations of the climate system will advance our knowledge and ability to model the climate system and its changes. Polar-orbiting satellite records of ...

    • A Real-Time Eulerian Photochemical Model Forecast System: Overview and Initial Ozone Forecast Performance in the Northeast U.S. Corridor 

      McHenry, John N.; Ryan, William F.; Seaman, Nelson L.; Coats, Carlie J.; Pudykiewicz, Janusz; Arunachalam, Sarav; Vukovich, Jeffery M. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      This article reports on the first implementation of a real-time Eulerian photochemical model forecast system in the United States. The forecast system consists of a tripartite set of one-way coupled models that run routinely ...

    • A Numerical Daily Air Quality Forecast System for The Pacific Northwest 

      Vaughan, Joseph; Lamb, Brian; Frei, Chris; Wilson, Rob; Bowman, Clint; Figueroa-Kaminsky, Cristiana; Otterson, Sally; Boyer, Mike; Mass, Cliff; Albright, Mark; Koenig, Jane; Collingwood, Alice; Gilroy, Mike; Maykut, Naydene (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      A real-time photochemical air quality forecast system has been implemented for the Puget Sound region to support public awareness of air quality issues. The Air Indicator Report for Public Access and Community Tracking ...

    • Meteorological Research Needs for Improved Air Quality Forecasting: Report of the 11th Prospectus Development Team of the U.S. Weather Research Program* 

      Dabberdt, Walter F.; Carroll, Mary Anne; Baumgardner, Darrel; Carmichael, Gregory; Cohen, Ronald; Dye, Tim; Ellis, James; Grell, Georg; Grimmond, Sue; Hanna, Steven; Irwin, John; Lamb, Brian; Madronich, Sasha; McQueen, Jeff; Meagher, James; Odman, Talat; Pleim, Jonathan; Schmid, Hans Peter; Westphal, Douglas L. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The U.S. Weather Research Program convenes expert working groups on a one-time basis to identify critical research needs in various problem areas. The most recent expert working group was charged to ?identify and delineate ...

    • RISE: Undergraduates Find That Regime Changes in Lorenz's Model are Predictable 

      Evans, Erin; Bhatti, Nadia; Pann, Lisa; Kinney, Jacki; Peña, Malaquias; Yang, Shu-Chih; Kalnay, Eugenia; Hansen, James (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      No Abstract Available. Note from the BAMS editors: This article was originally reviewed and submitted to BAMS before the student section editorial board was formed, but is included here as an outstanding example of educational ...

    • DENSE FOG CLIMATOLOGY 

      Friedlein, Matthew T. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      No Abstract Available.

    • 11TH AMS Education Symposium 

      Pandya, R. E.; Smith, D. R.; Ramamurthy, M. K.; Croft, P. J.; Hayes, M. J.; Murphy, K. A.; Mcdonnell, J. D.; Johnson, R. M.; Friedman, H. A. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      The 11th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Education Symposium was held from 13 to 15 January 2002 in Orlando, Florida, as part of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the AMS. The theme of the symposium was ?creating opportunities ...

    • GRAD SCHOOL ADVICE 

      Proud, Jessica (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      No Abstract Available.

    • SEAFLUX 

      Curry, J. A.; Bentamy, A.; Bourassa, M. A.; Bourras, D.; Bradley, E. F.; Brunke, M.; Castro, S.; Chou, S. H.; Clayson, C. A.; Emery, W. J.; Eymard, L.; Fairall, C. W.; Kubota, M.; Lin, B.; Perrie, W.; Reeder, R. A.; Renfrew, I. A.; Rossow, W. B.; Schulz, J.; Smith, S. R.; Webster, P. J.; Wick, G. A.; Zeng, X. (American Meteorological Society, 2004)
      High-resolution surface fluxes over the global ocean are needed to evaluate coupled atmosphere?ocean models and weather forecasting models, provide surface forcing for ocean models, understand the regional and temporal ...