Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • A Unified Modeling Approach to Climate System Prediction 

      Hurrell, James; Meehl, Gerald A.; Bader, David; Delworth, Thomas L.; Kirtman, Ben; Wielicki, Bruce (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      There is a new perspective of a continuum of prediction problems, with a blurring of the distinction between short-term predictions and long-term climate projections. At the heart of this new perspective is the realization ...

    • Toward Seamless Prediction: Calibration of Climate Change Projections Using Seasonal Forecasts 

      Scaife, Adam A.; Buontempo, Carlo; Ringer, Mark; Sanderson, Mike; Gordon, Chris; Mitchell, John F. B. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      No Abstract available.

    • Overview of the Cumulus Humilis Aerosol Processing Study 

      Berg, Larry K.; Berkowitz, Carl M.; Hubbe, John M.; Ogren, John A.; Hostetler, Chris A.; Ferrare, Richard A.; Hair, Johnathan W.; Dubey, Manvendra K.; Mazzoleni, Claudio; Andrews, Elisabeth; Coulter, Richard L.; Lee, Yin-Nan; Olfert, Jasono; Springston, Stephen R. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      The primary goal of the Cumulus Humilis Aerosol Processing Study (CHAPS) was to characterize and contrast freshly emitted aerosols below, within, and above fields of cumuli, and to study changes to the cloud microphysical ...

    • The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) 

      Knapp, Kenneth R.; Kruk, Michael C.; Levinson, David H.; Diamond, Howard J.; Neumann, Charles J. (American Meteorological Society, 2010)
      The goal of the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) project is to collect the historical tropical cyclone best-track data from all available Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers (RSMCs) ...

    • A Mainland China Homogenized Historical Temperature Dataset of 1951–2004 

      Li, Qingxiang; Zhang, Hongzheng; Liu, Xiaoning; Chen, Ji; Li, Wei; Jones, Phil (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      No Abstract available.

    • A Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Investigation Of Ecosystem–Atmosphere CO2 Exchange Over the Rocky Mountains of Colorado 

      Sun, Jielun; Oncley, Steven P.; Burns, Sean P.; Stephens, Britton B.; Lenschow, Donald H.; Campos, Teresa; Watt, Andrew S.; Monson, Russell K.; Moore, David J. P.; Hu, Jia; Tschudi, Mark; Schimel, David S.; Aulenbach, Steven; Sacks, William J.; De Wekker, Stephan F. J.; Lai, Chun-Ta; Lamb, Brian; Allwine, Eugene; Coons, Teresa; Ojima, Dennis; Ellsworth, Patrick Z.; Sternberg, Leonel S. L.; Zhong, Sharon; Clements, Craig; Anderson, Dean E. (American Meteorological Society, 2010)
      A significant fraction of Earth consists of mountainous terrain. However, the question of how to monitor the surface?atmosphere carbon exchange over complex terrain has not been fully explored. This article reports on ...

    • Using National Air Quality Forecast Guidance to Develop Local Air Quality Index Forecasts 

      Eder, Brian; Kang, Daiwen; Rao, S. Trivikrama; Mathur, Rohit; Yu, Shaocai; Otte, Tanya; Schere, Ken; Wayland, Richard; Jackson, Scott; Davidson, Paula; McQueen, Jeff; Bridgers, George (American Meteorological Society, 2010)
      The National Air Quality Forecast Capability (NAQFC) currently provides next-day forecasts of ozone concentrations over the contiguous United States. It was developed collaboratively by NOAA and Environmental Protection ...

    • MODELING: The Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes (CIRC) 

      Oreopoulos, Lazaros; Mlawer, Eli (American Meteorological Society, 2010)
      No Abstract available.

    • Aviation Weather Observations vs. LAMP Forecasts with the Onset of Precipitation 

      Rudack, David E. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      No Abstract available.

    • The Saharan Air Layer and the Fate of African Easterly Waves—NASA's AMMA Field Study of Tropical Cyclogenesis 

      Zipser, Edward J.; Twohy, Cynthia H.; Tsay, Si-Chee; Hsu, N. Christina; Heymsfield, Gerald M.; Thornhill, K. Lee; Tanelli, Simone; Ross, Robert; Krishnamurti, T. N.; Ji, Q.; Jenkins, Gregory; Ismail, Syed; Ferrare, Richard; Chen, Gao; Browell, Edward V.; Anderson, Bruce; Hood, Robbie; Goodman, H. Michael; Heymsfield, Andrew; Halverson, Jeffrey; Dunion, Jason P.; Douglas, Michael; Cifelli, Robert (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      In 2006, NASA led a field campaign to investigate the factors that control the fate of African easterly waves (AEWs) moving westward into the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Aircraft and surface-based equipment were based on Cape ...

    • The Climode Field Campaign: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream 

      The Climode Group:; Marshall, J.; Ferrari, R.; Forget, G.; Maze, G.; Andersson, A.; Bates, N.; Dewar, W.; Doney, S.; Fratantoni, D.; Joyce, T.; Straneo, F.; Toole, J.; Weller, R.; Edson, J.; Gregg, M.; Kelly, K.; Lozier, S.; Palter, J.; Lumpkin, R.; Samelson, R.; Skyllingstad, E.; Silverthorne, K.; Talley, L.; Thomas, L. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      A major oceanographic field experiment is described, which is designed to observe, quantify, and understand the creation and dispersal of weakly stratified fluid known as ?mode water? in the region of the Gulf Stream. ...

    • Crucial Experiments in Climate Science 

      Navarra, A.; Kinter, J. L.; Tribbia, J. (American Meteorological Society, 2010)
      This article discusses the interplay between computational experiments and scientific advancement in dynamical meteorology and climate dynamics. In doing so, the emphasis is on the dual role of computations in prediction ...

    • Rainwatch 

      Tarhule, Aondover; Saley-Bana, Zakari; Lamb, Peter J. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      This paper describes Rainwatch, a stand-alone, prototype Geographic Information System (GIS) application that automates and streamlines key aspects of rainfall data management, processing, and visualization for West Africa. ...

    • National Urban Database and Access Portal Tool 

      Ching, Jason; Brown, Michael; McPherson, Timothy; Burian, Steven; Chen, Fei; Cionco, Ron; Hanna, Adel; Hultgren, Torrin; Sailor, David; Taha, Haider; Williams, David (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      Based on the need for advanced treatments of high-resolution urban morphological features (e.g., buildings and trees) in meteorological, dispersion, air quality, and human-exposure modeling systems for future urban ...

    • Storm Studies in the Arctic (STAR) 

      Hanesiak, John; Stewart, Ronald; Barber, David; Liu, George; Gilligan, Justin; Desjardins, Danielle; Dyck, Robyn; Fargey, Shannon; Hochheim, Klaus; Martin, Rebekah; Taylor, Peter; Biswas, Sumita; Gordon, Mark; Melzer, Marna Albarran; Moore, Kent; Field, Robert; Hay, Carling; Zhang, Shunli; McBean, Gordon; Strapp, Walter; Hudak, David; Scott, John; Wolde, Mengistu; Goodson, Ron; Hudson, Edward; Gascon, Gabrielle; Greene, Heather; Henson, William; Laplante, Alex (American Meteorological Society, 2010)
      The Storm Studies in the Arctic (STAR) network (2007?2010) conducted a major meteorological field project from 10 October?30 November 2007 and in February 2008, focused on southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada?a region ...

    • “WEATHER IN A TANK”—Exploiting Laboratory Experiments in the Teaching of Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climate 

      Illari, L.; Marshall, J.; Bannon, P.; Lee, S.; Najjar, R.; Botella, J.; Clark, R.; Kumar, A.; Sikora, T.; Haine, T.; Mackin, K. J.; McKinley, G. A.; Morgan, M.; Tandon, A. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      A collaboration between faculty and students at six universities in a project called Weather in a Tank is described, in which ways of teaching atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics are explored that bring students into ...

    • Global Modeling of the Contrail and Contrail Cirrus Climate Impact 

      Burkhardt, Ulrike; Kärcher, Bernd; Schumann, Ulrich (American Meteorological Society, 2010)
      Despite considerable technological advances, aviation impacts on global climate are significant and may constitute a future constraint on the continued growth of air travel. The most important but least understood component ...

    • PARISFOG: Shedding New Light on Fog Physical Processes 

      Haeffelin, M.; Bergot, T.; Elias, T.; Tardif, R.; Carrer, D.; Chazette, P.; Colomb, M.; Drobinski, P.; Dupont, E.; Dupont, J-C.; Gomes, L.; Musson-Genon, L.; Pietras, C.; Plana-Fattori, A.; Protat, A.; Rangognio, J.; Raut, J-C.; Rémy, S.; Richard, D.; Sciare, J.; Zhang, X. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      Fog is a weather condition with significant socioeconomic impacts associated with increased hazards and constraints in road, maritime, and air traffic. While current numerical weather prediction models are able to forecast ...

    • New Insights on the Chemical Composition of the Siberian Air Shed from the YAK-AEROSIB Aircraft Campaigns 

      Paris, Jean-Daniel; Ciais, Philippe; Nédélec, Philippe; Stohl, Andreas; Belan, Boris D.; Arshinov, Mikhail Yu.; Carouge, Claire; Golitsyn, Georgii S.; Granberg, Igor G. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      There are very few large-scale observations of the chemical composition of the Siberian airshed. The Airborne Extensive Regional Observations in Siberia (YAK-AEROSIB) French?Russian research program aims to fill this gap ...

    • Observations of the Overland Reintensification of Tropical Storm Erin (2007) 

      Arndt, Derek S.; Basara, Jeffrey B.; McPherson, Renee A.; Illston, Bradley G.; McManus, Gary D.; Demko, David B. (American Meteorological Society, 2009)
      Atlantic Tropical Depression Five (2007) briefly strengthened into Tropical Storm Erin over the western Gulf of Mexico shortly before making landfall as a tropical depression near Corpus Christi, Texas, on the morning of ...