Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions
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A New Database of High Arctic Climate Data from the Polar Continental Shelf Project Archives
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A set of nonstandard climate data from the Canadian High Arctic is made available. This consists of 20 yr (1974?93) of surface?based climate observations gathered at short?term field research camps supported by the Polar ... -
The Comparison of Two Merged Rain Gauge–Satellite Precipitation Datasets
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)Two large?scale precipitation datasets, one produced by the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) and the other by the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service, and called Climate Prediction ... -
meeting summary : Summary of a Symposium on Cloud Systems, Hurricanes, and TRMM: Celebration of Dr. Joanne Simpson's Career—The First Fifty Years
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A symposium celebrating the first fifty years of Dr. Joanne Simpson's career took place at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 1?3 December 1999. This symposium consisted of presentations that focused on historical and ... -
commentary and analysis: Comments on "The Differentiation between Grid Spacing and Resolution and Their Application to Numerical Modeling"
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Comments on "The Differentiation between Grid Spacing and Resolution and Their Application to Numerical Modeling"
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The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX): Overview and Some Results
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A description is given of the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment held over the Tiwi Islands (12°S, 130°E) during the period November?December 1995. The unique nature of regularly occurring storms over these islands ... -
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NOAA–NASA–DoD Workshop on Satellite Data Assimilation
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A workshop on the assimilation of satellite sounding information using global forecast and climate models was held at College Park, Maryland, 23?25 August 1999. Topics discussed included comparisons of assimilations of ... -
SURFRAD—A National Surface Radiation Budget Network for Atmospheric Research
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A surface radiation budget observing network (SURFRAD) has been established for the United States to support satellite retrieval validation, modeling, and climate, hydrology, and weather research. The primary measurements ... -
Two Floods in Fort Collins, Colorado: Learning from a Natural Disaster
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A flash flood in Fort Collins, Colorado, on 28 July 1997 resulted in 5 deaths, 62 injuries, and more than $250 million in property damage. Following the 1997 flood, a great many changes were made in the city's preparedness ... -
Snow Avalanche Climatology of the Western United States Mountain Ranges
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)The snow avalanche climate of the western United States has long been suspected to consist of three main climate zones that relate with different avalanche characteristics: coastal, intermountain, and continental. The ... -
Typhoon Forecasting, 1944, or, The Making of a Cynic
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Mapping a Wind–Modified Urban Heat Island in Tucson, Arizona (with Comments on Integrating Research and Undergraduate Learning)
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)Tucson, Arizona, is an example of the many cities in the southwestern United States experiencing rapid growth and urban sprawl over the last several decades. The accompanying extensive modification of land use and land ... -
Introductory Atmospheric Sciences at a Liberal Arts University (1995–99)
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)Ulanski surveyed various atmospheric sciences faculty, on a national basis, to define the extent to which specific liberal arts approaches and techniques were used in their classes. This study used Ulanski's questionnaire ... -
A Blended Satellite–In Situ Near–Global Surface Temperature Dataset
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A near?global surface temperature dataset was produced by blending several sources of information. For the oceans, these include in situ and infrared satellite?derived sea surface temperatures that were already processed ... -
A Terminal Area PBL Prediction System at Dallas–Fort Worth and Its Application in Simulating Diurnal PBL Jets
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A state?of?the?science meso?b?scale numerical weather prediction model is being employed in a prototype forecast system for potential operational use at the Dallas?Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The numerical model ... -
Comparison of Tropospheric Temperatures from Radiosondes and Satellites: 1979–98
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)A comprehensive comparison is made between two tropospheric temperature datasets over the period 1979?98: the most recent and substantially revised (version d) microwave sounding unit (MSU) channel 2 data retrievals, and ... -
Calibration and Verification of Land Surface Temperature Anomalies Derived from the SSM/I
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)The current network of internationally exchanged in situ station data is not distributed evenly nor densely around the globe. Consequently, the in situ data contain insufficient information to identify fine spatial structure ... -
10th AMS Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)The American Meteorological Society held its 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography in conjunction with the 80th Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California. For the second consecutive conference, a format ... -
An Interactive Severe Weather Activity to Motivate Student Learning
(American Meteorological Society, 2000)An interactive web?based severe weather activity has been developed at Iowa State University with broad applications to motivate student learning. The exercise uses an extensive archive of weather data emphasizing warm?season ...