Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • The Importance of Educating the Public Regarding NOAA Weather Radio Reception and Placement within a Structure 

      Troutman, Timothy W.; Vannozzi, Lawrence J.; Fleming, John T. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The recent expansion of The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio (NWR) transmitter locations across the United States delivered the NWR signal to previously unserved areas. This paper will ...

    • Otto Jesse and the Investigation of Noctilucent Clouds 115 Years Ago 

      Schröder, Wilfried (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      Extracts from Otto Jesse's papers relating to twilight studies, noctilucent clouds, and atmospheric movements are presented here to illustrate his contribution to the subject during the years 1884?1901. The most important ...

    • Estimating Sea Surface Temperature from Infrared Satellite and In Situ Temperature Data 

      Emery, W. J.; Castro, Sandra; Wick, G. A.; Schluessel, Peter; Donlon, Craig (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      Sea surface temperature (SST) is a critical quantity in the study of both the ocean and the atmosphere as it is directly related to and often dictates the exchanges of heat, momentum, and gases between the ocean and the ...

    • The Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX): A European Contribution to the Investigation of the Energy and Water Cycle over a Large Drainage Basin 

      Raschke, E.; Meywerk, J.; Warrach, K.; Andrea, U.; Bergström, S.; Beyrich, F.; Bosveld, F.; Bumke, K.; Fortelius, C.; Graham, L. P.; Gryning, S-E.; Halldin, S.; Hasse, L.; Heikinheimo, M.; Isemer, H-J.; Jacob, D.; Jauja, I.; Karlsson, K-G.; Keevallik, S.; Koistinen, J.; van Lammeren, A.; Lass, U.; Launianen, J.; Lehmann, A.; Liljebladh, B.; Lobmeyr, M.; Matthäus, W.; Mengelkamp, T.; Michelson, D. B.; Napiórkowski, J.; Omstedt, A.; Piechura, J.; Rockel, B.; Rubel, F.; Ruprecht, E.; Smedman, A-S.; Stigebrandt, A. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX) is one of the five continental?scale experiments of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX). More than 50 research groups from 14 European countries are participating in this ...

    • Atmospheric Circulation Changes in the Tropical Pacific Inferred from the Voyages of the Manila Galleons in the Sixteenth–Eighteenth Centuries 

      Garcia, Rolando R.; Díaz, Henry F.; Herrera, Ricardo García; Eischeid, Jon; Prieto, Maríadel Rosario; Hernández, Emiliano; Gimeno, Luis; Durán, Francisco Rubio; Bascary, Ana María (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      Historical accounts of the voyages of the Manila galleons derived from the Archivo General de Indias (General Archive of the Indies, Seville, Spain) are used to infer past changes in the atmospheric circulation of the ...

    • Ensemble Simulation of Twenty–First Century Climate Changes: Business–as–Usual versus CO2 Stabilization 

      Dai, Aiguo; Meehl, Gerald A.; Washington, Warren M.; Wigley, Tom M. L.; Arblaster, Julie M. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      Natural variability of the climate system imposes a large uncertainty on future climate change signals simulated by a single integration of any coupled ocean?atmosphere model. This is especially true for regional precipitation ...

    • FLUXNET: A New Tool to Study the Temporal and Spatial Variability of Ecosystem–Scale Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, and Energy Flux Densities 

      Baldocchi, Dennis; Falge, Eva; Gu, Lianhong; Olson, Richard; Hollinger, David; Running, Steve; Anthoni, Peter; Bernhofer, Ch; Davis, Kenneth; Evans, Robert; Fuentes, Jose; Goldstein, Allen; Katul, Gabriel; Law, Beverly; Lee, Xuhui; Malhi, Yadvinder; Meyers, Tilden; Munger, William; Oechel, Walt; Paw, K. T.; Pilegaard, Kim; Schmid, H. P.; Valentini, Riccardo; Verma, Shashi; Vesala, Timo; Wilson, Kell; Wofsy, Steve (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      FLUXNET is a global network of micrometeorological flux measurement sites that measure the exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy between the biosphere and atmosphere. At present over 140 sites are operating ...

    • The Community Climate System Model 

      Blackmon, Maurice; Boville, Byron; Bryan, Frank; Dickinson, Robert; Gent, Peter; Kiehl, Jeffrey; Moritz, Richard; Randall, David; Shukla, Jagadish; Solomon, Susan; Bonan, Gordon; Doney, Scott; Fung, Inez; Hack, James; Hunke, Elizabeth; Hurrell, James; Kutzbach, John; Meehl, Jerry; Otto-Bliesner, Bette; Saravanan, R.; Schneider, Edwin K.; Sloan, Lisa; Spall, Michael; Taylor, Karl; Tribbia, Joseph; Washington, Warren (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The Community Climate System Model (CCSM) has been created to represent the principal components of the climate system and their interactions. Development and applications of the model are carried out by the U.S. climate ...

    • Operational Space Technology for Global Vegetation Assessment 

      Kogan, Felix N. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The main goal of global agriculture and the grain sector is to feed 6 billion people. Frequent droughts causing grain shortages, economic disturbances, famine, and losses of life limit the ability to fulfill this goal. To ...

    • commentary and analysis: Carbon Sequestration The Need for an Integrated Climate System Approach 

      Pielke, Roger A. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      No Abstract Available.

    • from headquarters: Collaboration among Organizations 

      Unknown author (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      No Abstract Available

    • The Effects of Marine Winds from Scatterometer Data on Weather Analysis and Forecasting 

      Atlas, R.; Hoffman, R. N.; Leidner, S. M.; Sienkiewicz, J.; Yu, T-W.; Bloom, S. C.; Brin, E.; Ardizzone, J.; Terry, J.; Bungato, D.; Jusem, J. C. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      Satellite scatterometer observations of the ocean surface wind speed and direction improve the depiction of storms at sea. Over the ocean, scatterometer surface winds are deduced from multiple measurements of reflected ...

    • meeting summary: Third COMPARE Workshop: A Model Intercomparison Experiment of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Track Prediction 

      Nagata, Masashi; Leslie, Lance; Kurihara, Yoshio; Elsberry, Russell L.; Yamasaki, Masanori; Kamahori, Hirotaka; Abbey, Robert; Bessho, Kotaro; Calvo, Javier; Chan, Johnny C. L.; Clark, Peter; Desgagne, Michel; Hong, Song-You; Majewski, Detlev; Malguzzi, Piero; McGregor, John; Mino, Hiroshi; Murata, Akihiko; Nachamkin, Jason; Roch, Michel; Wilson, Clive (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The Third Comparison of Mesoscale Prediction and Research Experiment (COMPARE) workshop was held in Tokyo, Japan, on 13?15 December 1999, cosponsored by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Japan Science and Technology ...

    • Trends in Low and High Cloud Boundaries and Errors in Height Determination of Cloud Boundaries 

      Chernykh, Irina V.; Alduchov, Oleg A.; Eskridge, Robert E. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      Clouds are important to climate and climate trends. To determine trends in cloud?base heights and cloud?top heights, the Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set (CARDS) and the method of Chernykh and Eskridge are used ...

    • Summer Upper–Level Vortex over the North Pacific 

      Chen, Tsing-Chang; Yen, Ming-Cheng; Liu, Gin-Rong; Wang, Shu-Yu (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The midocean trough in the North Pacific may form a favorable environment for the genesis of some synoptic disturbances. In contrast, the North Pacific anticyclone may hinder the downward penetration of these disturbances ...

    • from headquarters: Jeff Rosenfeld Selected as Editor-in-Chief of Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 

      Unknown author (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      No abstract Available

    • The Structure and Evolution of Extratropical Cyclones, Fronts, Jet Streams, and the Tropopause in the GEOS General Circulation Model 

      Conaty, A. L.; Jusem, J. C.; Takacs, L.; Keyser, D.; Atlas, R. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The realism of extratropical cyclones, fronts, jet streams, and the tropopause in the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) general circulation model (GCM), implemented in assimilation and simulation modes, is evaluated ...

    • Update from AMS's Congressional Science Fellow 

      Unknown author (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      No abstract Available

    • Thunderstorm Rainfall in the Conterminous United States 

      Changnon, Stanley A. (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      Thunderstorm rainfall amounts during the 1950?94 period were determined for 51 first?order stations distributed across the United States, and these values were assessed for seasonal and annual variations in both space and ...

    • OK–FIRST: A Meteorological Information System for Public Safety 

      Morris, Dale A.; Crawford, Kenneth C.; Kloesel, Kevin A.; Wolfinbarger, J. Michael (American Meteorological Society, 2001)
      The Oklahoma Climatological Survey has supported local public safety agencies (fire departments, law enforcement agencies, and emergency management) through its OK?FIRST program since 1996. OK?FIRST provides real?time use ...