Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • A Proposed Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite 

      Simpson, Joanne; Adler, Robert F.; North, Gerald R. (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite is planned for an operational duration of at least three years, beginning in the mid-1990's. The main scientific goals for it are to determine the distribution and ...

    • Coordination of Meteorological Services and Supporting Research in the Federal Government 

      Harrison, James B. (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research has a unique role in the meteorological community. It is the only office within the federal government with the responsibility and ...

    • Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE): An Overview 

      Dirks, R. A.; Kuettner, J. P.; Moore, J. A. (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      The field phase of the Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE) was conducted from 15 January to 15 March 1986. The objectives of GALE were to study mesoscale and air-sea interaction processes in East Coast winter storms, ...

    • Mesoscale Forecasts Generated from Operational Numerical Weather-Prediction Model Output 

      Kelley, John G. W.; Russo, Joseph M.; Carlson, Toby N.; Eyton, J. Ronald (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      A technique called Model Output Enhancement (MOE) has been developed for the generation and display of mesoscale weather forecasts. The MOE technique derives mesoscale or high-resolution (order of 1 km) weather forecasts ...

    • The First ISLSCP Field Experiment (FIFE) 

      Sellers, P. J.; Hall, F. G.; Asrar, G.; Strebel, D. E.; Murphy, R. E. (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      No abstract available.

    • The Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment: The Planetary-Boundary-Layer Subprogram of GALE 

      Raman, Sethu; Riordan, Allen J. (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      The Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE), focused an intensive data-gathering effort along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States from 15 January through 15 March 1986. Here, the general objectives and experimental ...

    • A Neglected Water Resource: The Camanchaca of South America 

      Schemenauer, Robert S.; Fuenzalida, Humberto; Cereceda, Pilar (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      Many parts of the world are currently suffering water shortages. Few areas, however, have as little precipitation and groundwater available to alleviate the problem as does the northern coast of Chile. The historical ...

    • More on Early ENSOs: Evidence from Australian Documentary Sources 

      Nicholls, Neville (American Meteorological Society, 1988)
      Early documentary records of the British colony of New South Wales, Australia, have been examined for evidence of droughts. The years of occurrence of these early droughts were compared with the chronologies of El ...

    • Interannual Environmental Variation and North American Fisheries 

      Hamilton, Kevin (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      The problem of formulating optimal-regulation strategies for commercial fisheries is complicated by the large interannual fluctuations often observed in the numbers and locations of various fish populations. Much of the ...

    • The Bulletin Interviews: Dr. Kenneth Spengler 

      Taba, H. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      No abstract available.

    • An Evaluation of Winter Weather Severity in the United States Using the Weather Stress Index 

      Kalkstein, Laurence S.; Valimont, Kathleen M. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      The objective of this study is to provide an evaluation of the magnitude of apparent temperature and the weather stress index (WSI) in winter across the United States. In addition, two extremely cold winters, 1976?77 and ...

    • Tropical-Cyclone Forecasting: A Worldwide Summary of Techniques and Verification Statistics 

      McBride, John L.; Holland, Greg J. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Questionnaire replies from forecasters in 16 tropical-cyclone warming centers are summarized to provide an overview of the current state of the science in tropical-cyclone analysis and forecasting. Information is tabulated ...

    • Climate Fluctuations and Record-High Levels of Lake Michigan 

      Changnon, Stanley A. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Lake Michigan reached record-high levels during 1985 and 1986 just 10 years after attaining its previous record highs of this century. The climate of the basin has become cloudier and cooler over the past 40 years, loading ...

    • The Case for a New NOAA Charter 

      Fleagle, Robert G. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is not adequately equipped to meet the needs of the future for research, services, and information relating to the natural environment. A restructuring of NOAA is ...

    • Meteorological Support of Voyager World Flight, 14–23 December 1986 

      Snellman, Leonard W. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Meteorological support for the record-breaking, nine-day, nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager in the Voyager aircraft 14?23 December 1986 is described. The strict meteorological ...

    • The German Front Experiment 1987 

      Hoinka, Klaus P.; Volkert, Hans (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      The German Front Experiment, 1987 (GFE87) is a field experiment using aircraft, radar, surface, and upper-air observations to determine the influence of the European Alps on cold fronts. Measurements are concentrated in ...

    • The New Zealand Southerly Change Experiment 

      Steiner, J. T.; Revell, C. G.; Ridley, R. N.; Smith, R. K.; Page, M. A.; McInnes, K. L.; Sturman, A. P. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      A feild study of ?southerly? changes on the east coast of New Zealand will be conducted in January 1988. Previous related work is reviewed. The experiment may reveal similarities with east coast southerly busters in Australia ...

    • A Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set 

      Woodruff, Scott D.; Slutz, Ralph J.; Jenne, Roy L.; Steurer, Peter M. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Development is described of a Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS)?the result of a cooperative project to collect global weather observations taken near the ocean's surface since 1854, primarily from merchant ...

    • Hawaiian Hailstones—30 January 1985 

      Takahashi, Tsutomu (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Hailstones fell widely over the eastern side of the island of Hawaii on 30 January 1985. These Hawaiian hailstones were observed to have clear, circular centers that probably started on frozen drops. The average size of ...

    • Interpreting Meteorological Satellite Images Using a Color-Composite Technique 

      d'Entremont, Robert P.; Thomason, Larry W. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      An image-display technique is described that simultaneously combines three meteorological satellite images into a color-image product. The technique reveals many features of meteorological interest. It is frequently noted ...