Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • Mesovortex Circulations Seen by Airborne Doppler Radar within a Bow-Echo Mesoscale Convective System 

      Jorgensen, David P.; Smull, Bradley F. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      During the spring of 1991, scientists from the National Severe Storms Laboratory conducted a field observational program to obtain a better understanding of the processes responsible for organizing and maintaining the ...

    • Investigation of the Dryline and Convective Storms Initiated along the Dryline: Field Experiments during COPS–91 

      Hane, Carl E.; Ziegler, Conrad L.; Bluestein, Howard B. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      The dryline is recognized as a major factor in the initiation of severe thunderstorms in the central and southern plains of the United States during the spring. Although severe thunderstorm forecasters often use the strength ...

    • Forecasting in Meteorology 

      Ramage, C. S. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      Public weather forecasting heralded the beginning of modern meteorology less than 150 years ago. Since then, meteorology has been largely a forecasting discipline. Thus, forecasting could have easily been used to test and ...

    • The Application of Compact Discs (CD-ROM) in the Atmospheric Sciences and Related Fields: An Update 

      Mass, Clifford F. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      This paper describes the current application of compact discs (CD-ROM) to the storage and distribution of datasets for atmospheric sciences and related disciplines. CD-ROM technology is reviewed, currently available discs ...

    • River Outflow of the Conterminous United States, 1939–1988 

      Guetter, Alexandre K.; Georgakakos, Konstantine P. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      A record of 50 years of daily outflows through the boundaries of the continental United States has been assembled based on observations recorded by U.S. Geological Survey streamflow stations. Only stations with continuous ...

    • Historical Developments in Radiosonde Systems in the Former Soviet Union 

      Zaitseva, Nina A. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      The development of radiosonde systems in the former Soviet Union (FSU) over the past 70 years is described, and the extent and organization of the aerological network is discussed. The quality and compatibility of data ...

    • A Comparison of Ground and Satellite Observations of Cloud Cover 

      Schreiner, Anthony J.; Strabala, Kathy I.; Unger, David A.; Menzel, W. Paul; Ellrod, Gary P.; Pellet, Jackson L. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      A processing scheme that determines cloud height and amount based on radiances from the Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) using a CO2 absorption technique has been installed on the National ...

    • Meteorologists from the University of Tokyo: Their Exodus to the United States Following World War II 

      Lewis, John M. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      The emigration of 11 young Japanese meteorologists to the United States following World War II is investigated. Their move is examined with the benefit of a historical backdrop that includes a study of the socioeconomic ...

    • The WSR-88D and the WSR-88D Operational Support Facility 

      Crum, Timothy D.; Alberty, Ron L. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      The Weather Surveillance Radar?1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) System is the product of the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) program, a joint effort of the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Transportation. WSR-88D ...

    • Global Snow Cover Monitoring: An Update 

      Robinson, David A.; Dewey, Kenneth F.; Heim, Richard R. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      Accurate monitoring of the large-scale dimensions of global snow cover is essential for understanding details of climate dynamics and climate change. Presently, such information is gathered individually from ground station ...

    • Potential Impacts of Shifts in Climate on the Crop Insurance Industry 

      Fosse, E. Ray; Changnon, Stanley A. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      Several studies have estimated the possible impacts and adjustments in U.S. agriculture resulting from a future change in climate. This paper examines how these adjustments and shifting climate conditions could affect the ...

    • CLASS for Class 

      Bluestein, Howard B. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      Faculty and students from the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma and staff members from the Atmospheric Technology Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) participated in a special ...

    • Guidelines for Using Color to Depict Meteorological Information: IIPS Subcommittee for Color Guidelines 

      Unknown author (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      Color has a long history of use for visually communicating weather information; however, the mapping of colors to meteorological features has been dictated, for the most part, by common practice and has remained undocumented ...

    • Agriculture and the Recent “Benign Climate” in Minnesota 

      Baker, Donald G.; Ruschy, David L.; Skaggs, Richard H. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      A little noticed but remarkably consistent and agriculturally favorable climatic period existed for approximately 18 years, beginning in the mid-1950s in the U.S. Corn Belt and perhaps even earlier in Minnesota. The full ...

    • Land–Atmosphere Interaction in a Semiarid Region: The Bunny Fence Experiment 

      Lyons, T. J.; Xinmei, Huang; Schwerdtfeger, P.; Hacker, J. M.; Foster, I. J.; Smith, R. C. G. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      Southwestern Australia, with a semiarid Mediterranean climate, has been extensively cleared of native vegetation for winter-growing agricultural species The resultant reduction in evapotranspiration has increased land ...

    • The Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes 

      Henderson-Sellers, A.; Yang, Z-L.; Dickinson, R. E. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      The Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS) is described and the first stage science plan outlined. PILPS is a project designed to improve the parameterization of the continental surface, ...

    • University of Wisconsin Cirrus Remote Sensing Pilot Experiment 

      Ackerman, Steven A.; Smith, William L.; Eloranta, Ed W.; Grund, Chris J.; Knuteson, Robert O.; Revercomb, Henry E.; Wylie, Donald P. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      During the period of 26 October 1989 through 6 December 1989 a unique complement of measurements was made at the University of Wisconsin?Madison to study the radiative properties of cirrus clouds. Simultaneous observations ...

    • A Survey of Employment Opportunities in the Atmospheric Sciences, 1981–1991 

      Hanson, Howard P. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      Results from an analysis of 11 years of the AMS Employment Announcements newsletter are discussed. The strongest signals in the record of various job categories are the annual cycle in advertisements of tenure-track faculty ...

    • A Description of the Initial Set of Analysis Products Available from the NEXRAD WSR-88D System 

      Klazura, Gerard E.; Imy, David A. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      The NEXRAD program is deploying a network of approximately 160 weather radars throughout the United States and at selected overseas sites. The WSR-88D systems provide highly sensitive, fine-resolution measurements of ...

    • A Preliminary Study of the Tropical Water Cycle and its Sensitivity to Surface Warming 

      Lau, K. M.; Sui, C. H.; Tao, W. K. (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      This paper presents the preliminary findings of an investigation of the water budget of tropical cumulus convection using the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble Model (GCEM). Results of an experiment designed to obtain a ?fingerprint? ...