Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • Field Training in Radar Meteorology 

      Hallett, John; Wetzel, Melanie; Rutledge, Steven (American Meteorological Society, 1993)
      The NSF Division of Mesoscale Meteorology and the University of Nevada?Reno (UNR) provided support for a two-week field course at the CSU?CHILL radar during 12?24 May 1991. Ten atmospheric science graduate students and two ...

    • AMIP: The Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project 

      Gates, W. Lawrence (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      The Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) is an international effort to determine the systematic climate errors of atmospheric models under realistic conditions, and calls for the simulation of the climate of ...

    • Reconstruction and Analysis of Spring Rainfall over the Southeastern U.S. for the Past 1000 Years 

      Stahle, David W.; Cleaveland, Malcolm K. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Tree-ring chronologies can provide surprisingly accurate estimates of the natural variability of important climate parameters such as precipitation and temperature during the centuries prior to the Industrial Revolution. ...

    • The Meteorologist as an Expert Witness 

      Huston, Spenser (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Expert witnesses are being used in litgatory proceedings with unparalleled frequency. Traditionally unfamiliar with this role, the meteorologist must address new issues regarding events influenced weather phenomena, or the ...

    • Finding the Site of the First Soviet Nuclear Test in 1949 

      Machta, Lester (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Efforts by the U.S. government to detect the first Soviet atomic test began at least as early as 1946. Interception of radioactive debris from the first test was made by the Air Weather Service B-29 weather reconnaissance ...

    • Simulation of the Arid Climate of the Southern Great Basin Using a Regional Climate Model 

      Giorgi, Filippo; Bates, Gary T.; Nieman, Steven J. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      As part of the development effort of a regional climate model (RCM)for the southern Great Basin, this paper present savalidation analysis of the climatology generated by a high-resolution RCM driven by observations. The ...

    • In Situ Meteorological Sounding Archives for Arctic Studies 

      Kahl, Jonathan D.; Skony, Suzanne M.; Serreze, Mark C.; Shiotani, Spencer; Schnell, Russell C. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Two new databases containing Arctic in situ meteorological soundings have been constructed and are now available for distribution to interested researchers. The Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive is a comprehensive ...

    • Nonclassical Mesoscale Circulations Caused by Surface Sensible Heat-Flux Gradients 

      Segal, M.; Arritt, R. W. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Significant spatial heterogeneities of daytime surface sensible heat flux are common over land within mesoscale domains. Thermally induced circulations, similar to the sea/lake breeze [termed nonclassical mesoscale ...

    • A 70-Year History of Marine Stratocumulus Cloud Field Experiments off the Coast of California 

      Kloesel, Kevin A. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      On 10 September 1923, the first research aircraft flight to investigate marine stratocumulus clouds took place. As we approach the 70th anniversary of this historic flight, it is important to look back at what we have ...

    • First Test of a Shipboard Wind Profiler 

      Carter, D. A.; Ecklund, W. L.; Gage, K. S.; Spowart, M.; Cole, H. L.; Chamberlain, E. F.; Dabberdt, W. F.; Wilson, J. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      The Aeronomy Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Atmospheric Technology Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research are jointly developing Integrated Sounding Systems (ISS) ...

    • The Boardman Regional Flux Experiment 

      Doran, J. C.; Hubbe, J. M.; Kirkham, R. R.; Shaw, W. J.; Whiteman, C. D.; Barnes, F. J.; Cooper, D.; Porch, W.; Coutler, R. L.; Cook, D. R.; Hart, R. L.; Gao, W.; Martin, T. J.; Shannon, J. D.; Crawford, T. L.; Baldocchi, D. D.; Dobosy, R. J.; Meyers, T. P.; Balick, L.; Dugas, W. A.; Hicks, R.; Fritschen, L.; Hipps, L.; Swiatek, E.; Kunkel, K. E. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      A field campaign was carried out near Boardman, Oregon, to study the effects of subgrid-scale variability of sensible-and latent-heat fluxes on surface boundary-layer properties. The experiment involved three U.S. Department ...

    • An Assessment of the Level of Mathematics in Introductory Meteorology Textbooks 

      Ulanski, Stan L. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      A review of introductory meteorology textbooks shows a wide difference in the level of mathematical treatment of atmospheric principles?from virtually none to fairly high. Particular deficiencies include lack of equations ...

    • Global Warming: A Reduced Threat? 

      Michaels, Patrick J.; Stooksbury, David E. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      One popular and apocalyptic vision of the world influenced by increasing concentrations of infrared-absorbing trace gases is that of ecological disaster brought about by rapidly rising temperatures, sea level, and evaporation ...

    • The Atmospheric Sciences in the 1990s: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Imperatives 

      Dutton, John A. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      The atmospheric sciences, along with other disciplines, are today contemplating strong competition for resources, exciting scientific challenges, and the need to assess opportunities and priorities. This review is intended ...

    • The International Station Meteorological Climate Summary CD-ROM 

      Jarrett, Terry (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      The International Station Meteorological Climate Summary (ISMCS)is a Compact Disc-Read Only Memory(CD-ROM)containing climatic records for 640 primary weather-observation sites and over 5800 secondary sites around the world. ...

    • On Differences in Radiosonde Humidity-Reporting Practices and Their Implications for Numerical Weather Prediction and Remote Sensing 

      Garand, Louis; Grassotti, Christopher; Hallé, Jacques; Klein, Gerald L. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Radiosonde humidity distributions over the United States, Canada, and Europe are discussed. Striking dry-end and wet-end differences are caused by the lack of international standards in the transformation of relative ...

    • Carl-Gustaf Rossby: A Study in Mentorship 

      Lewis, John M. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Meteorologist Carl-Gustaf Rossby is examined as a mentor. In order to evaluate him, the mentor-protégé concept is discussed with the benefit of existing literature on the subject and key examples from the recent history ...

    • Atlantic Data Coverage by METEOSAT-3 

      Waard, Johannesde; Schmetz, Johannes; Menzel, W. Paul (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      On 1 August 1991, a European geostationary satellite (METEOSAT-3) started operation from a new position at 50°W. This extends westward the European capability to monitor midlatitude storm tracks and assists the National ...

    • Programs of the National Data Buoy Center 

      Meindl, Eric A.; Hamilton, Glenn D. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      Platforms of the National Data Buoy Center provide vital meteorological and oceanographic observations from data-sparse marine areas worldwide. The data are essential for real-time weather forecasting and research programs. ...

    • Toward Automated Interpretation of Satellite Imagery for Navy Shipboard Applications 

      Peak, James E.; Tag, Paul M. (American Meteorological Society, 1992)
      The U.S. Navy has plans to develop an automated system to analyze satellite imagery aboard its ships at sea. Lack of time for training, in combination with frequent personnel rotations, precludes the building of extensive ...