Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • Paleoclimatic Analogs to Twentieth-Century Moisture Regimes Across the United States 

      Fye, Falko K.; Stahle, David W.; Cook, Edward R. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      Instrumental Palmer Drought Severity Indexes (PDSI) averaged over the western United States and Great Plains document three major decadal moisture regimes during the twentieth century: the early twentieth-century pluvial, ...

    • This Just in … The Equator Passes Through Florida! 

      Lyons, Walter A. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      No Abstract Available.

    • The Workshop on Applications of Adjoint Models in Dynamic Meteorology 

      Errico, Ronald M. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      The Fifth International Workshop on the Applications of Adjoint Models in Dynamic Meteorology was convened in Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania, 21?26 April 2002. There were 62 participants from 12 countries. Topics included ...

    • State of the Climate in 2002 

      Waple, A. M.; Lawrimore, J. H. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      Neutral ENSO conditions at the beginning of 2002 gave way to a strengthening El Niño episode during boreal summer. Weather patterns in many areas of the world reflected the warm phase conditions. The average global temperature ...

    • Value-Added Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts: How Valuable is the Forecaster? 

      Reynolds, David (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      No Abstract Available.

    • The CERES S'COOL Project 

      Chambers, Lin H.; Young, David F.; Costulis, P. Kay; Detweiler, Pauline T.; Fischer, Joyce D.; Sepulveda, Roberto; Stoddard, Douglas B.; Falcone, Amanda (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      In recent years, an education plan has been a required part of most proposals for new scientific research funding from NASA. Likewise, the National Science Foundation considers ?integration of research and education? as ...

    • A Review of Positive and Bipolar Lightning Discharges 

      Rakov, V. A. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      Characteristics of lightning discharges that transport either positive charge or both positive and negative charges to the ground are reviewed. These are termed positive and bipolar lightning discharges, respectively. ...

    • Forecasting for a Remote Island: A Class Exercise 

      Riordan, Allen J. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      Students enrolled in a satellite meteorology course at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, recently had an unusual opportunity to apply their forecast skills to predict wind and weather conditions for a remote site ...

    • Supplement to Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus—DYCOMS-II 

      Stevens, Bjorn; Lenschow, Donald H.; Vali, Gabor; Gerber, Hermann; Bandy, A.; Blomquist, B.; Brenguier, J-L.; Bretherton, C. S.; Burnet, F.; Campos, T.; Chai, S.; Faloona, I.; Friesen, D.; Haimov, S.; Laursen, K.; Lilly, D. K.; Loehrer, S. M.; Malinowski, Szymon P.; Morley, B.; Petters, M. D.; Rogers, D. C.; Russell, L.; Savic-Jovcic, V.; Snider, J. R.; Straub, D.; Szumowski, Marcin J.; Takagi, H.; Thornton, D. C.; Tschudi, M.; Twohy, C.; Wetzel, M.; van Zanten, M. C. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)

    • The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Pathfinder Atmosphere (PATMOS) Climate Dataset: A Resource for Climate Research 

      Jacobowitz, Herbert; Stowe, Larry L.; Ohring, George; Heidinger, Andrew; Knapp, Kenneth; Nalli, Nicholas R. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      As part of the joint National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Pathfinder program, the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information ...

    • Short-Range Ensemble Forecasts and Initial Conditions: The 6–7 January 2002 Northeast Snowstorm 

      Bua, Bill (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      No Abstract Available.

    • Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus—DYCOMS-II 

      Stevens, Bjorn; Lenschow, Donald H.; Vali, Gabor; Gerber, Hermann; Bandy, A.; Blomquist, B.; Brenguier, J-L.; Bretherton, C. S.; Burnet, F.; Campos, T.; Chai, S.; Faloona, I.; Friesen, D.; Haimov, S.; Laursen, K.; Lilly, D. K.; Loehrer, S. M.; Malinowski, Szymon P.; Morley, B.; Petters, M. D.; Rogers, D. C.; Russell, L.; Savic-Jovcic, V.; Snider, J. R.; Straub, D.; Szumowski, Marcin J.; Takagi, H.; Thornton, D. C.; Tschudi, M.; Twohy, C.; Wetzel, M.; van Zanten, M. C. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      The second Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus (DYCOMS-II) field study is described. The field program consisted of nine flights in marine stratocumulus west-southwest of San Diego, California. The objective of ...

    • A New High-Resolution Blended Real-Time Global Sea Surface Temperature Analysis 

      Thiébaux, Jean; Rogers, Eric; Wang, Wanqiu; Katz, Bert (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      A new blended high-resolution real-time global sea surface temperature analysis (RTG_SST), developed specifically for use in operational numerical weather forecasting models, was implemented in NCEP's operational job stream ...

    • Climate and Wildfire in the Western United States 

      Westerling, A. L.; Gershunov, A.; Brown, T. J.; Cayan, D. R.; Dettinger, M. D. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      A 21-yr gridded monthly fire-starts and acres-burned dataset from U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs fire reports recreates the seasonality and interannual ...

    • Resonant Rossby Wave Triads and the Swinging Spring 

      Lynch, Peter (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      The wave solutions discovered by Rossby are of fundamental importance for atmospheric dynamics. The nonlinear interactions between these waves determine the primary characteristics of the energy spectrum. These interactions ...

    • Supplement to Resonant Rossby Wave Triads and the Swinging Spring 

      Lynch, Peter (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      The wave solutions discovered by Rossby are of fundamental importance for atmospheric dynamics. The nonlinear interactions between these waves determine the primary characteristics of the energy spectrum. These interactions ...

    • Potential Feedbacks Between Pacific Ocean Ecosystems and Interdecadal Climate Variations 

      Miller, Arthur J.; Alexander, Michael A.; Boer, George J.; Chai, Fei; Denman, Ken; Erickson, David J.; Frouin, Robert; Gabric, Albert J.; Laws, Edward A.; Lewis, Marlon R.; Liu, Zhengyu; Murtugudde, Ragu; Nakamoto, Shoichiro; Neilson, Douglas J.; Norris, Joel R.; Ohlmann, J. Carter; Perry, R. Ian; Schneider, Niklas; Shell, Karen M.; Timmermann, Axel (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      No Abstract Available.

    • Trends in Tropical Cyclone Impact: A Study in Andhra Pradesh, India 

      Raghavan, S.; Rajesh, S. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      Contrary to the common perception that tropical cyclones are on the increase, due perhaps to global warming, studies all over the world show that, although there are decadal variations, there is no definite long-term trend ...

    • Confronting Models with Data: The GEWEX Cloud Systems Study 

      Randall, David; Krueger, Steven; Bretherton, Christopher; Curry, Judith; Duynkerke, Peter; Moncrieff, Mitchell; Ryan, Brian; Starr, David; Miller, Martin; Rossow, William; Tselioudis, George; Wielicki, Bruce (American Meteorological Society, 2003)
      The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud System Study (GCSS) was organized to promote the development of improved parameterizations of cloud systems for use in climate and numerical weather prediction ...

    • Supplement to the Lake Tekapo Experiment (LTEX): An Investigation of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes in Complex Terrain 

      Sturman, A. P.; Drummond, P.; Kossmann, M.; Oliphant, A.; Owens, I. F.; Spronken-Smith, R.; Zawar-Reza, P.; Bradley, S.; Grant, K.; Gudiksen, P.; McGowan, H. A.; Powell, S. (American Meteorological Society, 2003)