Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions

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    • An Evaluation of Observations from Satellites for the Study and Prediction of Mesoscale Events and Cyclone Events 

      Shenk, William E.; Vonder Haar, Thomas H.; Smith, William L. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Quantitative observational guidelines have been developed for the study and forecasting of mesoscale events and cyclone events; many of these guidelines have resulted from major meteorological field programs. Increasingly ...

    • Guidelines for the Use of SI units in Technical Writing and Presentations 

      Hillger, Donald W.; Sokol, Louis F. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Beginning in 1975, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) adopted a strong International System of Units (SI) policy for its publications. AMS policy on SI units is explained in the Authors' Guide, published in 1983. ...

    • FIRE—The First ISCCP Regional Experiment 

      Cox, Stephen K.; McDougal, David S.; Randall, David A.; Schiffer, Robert A. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      No abstract available.

    • Mountain Breathing Revisited—the Hyperventilation of a Volcano Cinder Cone 

      Woodcock, Alfred H. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      During 23 hours of fresh to strong winds in December 1975, air flowed rapidly and continuously out of a drill hole in the top of the summit cone of Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii. Measurements made during this outflow indicate ...

    • A Cirrus-Cloud Experiment: Intensive Field Observations Planned for Fire 

      Starr, David O'C. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      Plans for an intensive cirrus-cloud field experiment are described. The Cirrus Intensive Field Observations (Citrus IFO) is a major component of the First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional ...

    • The Social Burden of Weather and Climate Hazards 

      Riebsame, William E.; Price, Martin; Diaz, Henry F.; Moses, Todd (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      Socioeconomic vulnerabilities and impacts associated with weather and climate hazards in the United states are assessed. Trends in deaths and economic losses resulting from tornadoes, tropical storms and hurricanes, and ...

    • The BMRC Australian Monsoon Experiment: AMEX 

      Holland, Greg J.; McBride, John L.; Smith, Roger K.; Jasper, David; Keenan, Thomas D. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      The Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC) willbe conducting a major research effort in the Australian tropics during 1986-1988 including a two-phase field experiment, the Australian Monsoon Experiment (AMEX). This ...

    • Airborne Cloud-Physics Projects From 1974 Through 1984 

      Jeck, Richard K. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      Most of the principal airborne cloud-physics projects during the ten-year period 1974-1984 are documented to provide selected information on the type and quantity of microphysical data that have beencollected. The emphasis ...

    • The Oklahoma-Kansas. Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM-Central 

      Cunning, John B. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      During May and June 1985, the Oklahoma-Kansas Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM-Central (the Oklahoma-KansasPRE-STORM Program) was conducted to investigate the structureand dynamics of mesoscale convective systems ...

    • A Training Program for Weather-Modification Pilots 

      Poellot, Michael R. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      A training program that has been conducted since 1974 to educate pilots in the principles of weather modification is described. The program offers theoretical and practical instruction in cloud seeding, including on-the-job ...

    • The Use of Wind Profilers in a Mesoscale Experiment 

      Augustine, John A.; Zipser, Edward J. (American Meteorological Society, 1987)
      During May and June of 1985, an experiment to study mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) was carried out in central Kansas and Oklahoma, using many of the latest measurement technologies in the atmospheric sciences. Among ...

    • El Niño/Southern Oscillation Events and Their Associated Midlatitude Teleconnections 1531–1841 

      Hamilton, Kevin; Garcia, Rolando R. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      This paper reports on an investigation into the chronology of El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events during the period from the arrival of Europeans in Peru in 1531 until the year 1841 when conventional barometric data ...

    • A Report on the Upper-Level Wind Conditions Preceding and During the Shuttle Challenger (STS 51L) Explosion 

      Uccellini, Louis W.; Petersen, Ralph A.; Keyser, Daniel; Kocin, Paul J.; des Jardins, Mary; Brill, Keith F.; Aune, Robert (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      The synoptic-scale weather conditions preceding and following the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger launch are documented, with particular emphasis on the upper-level winds for central and northern Florida. Operational ...

    • Some Comments on Passive Microwave Measurement of Rain 

      Wilheit, Thomas T. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      It is argued that because microwave radiation interacts much more strongly with hydrometeors than with cloud particles, microwave measurements from space offer a significant chance of making global precipitation estimates. ...

    • On the Design of National, Real-Time Warning Systems with Capability for Site-Specific, Flash-Flood Forecasts 

      Georgakakos, Konstantine P. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      Presented are necessary requirements of a modern-day flash-flood warning system that is capable of site-specific forecasts and that is suitable for national implementation. The requirements are identified based on the ...

    • Dispersion in Complex Terrain: A Summary of the AMS Workshop held in Keystone, Colorado, 17–20 May 1983 

      Egan, Bruce A.; Schiermeier, Francis A. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      This article summarizes a workshop convened under the direction of the AMS Steering Committee for the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Cooperative Agreement on Air Quality Modeling. The purpose of the workshop was to ...

    • Computer-Generated Imagery for 4-D Meteorological Data 

      Hibbard, William L. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      The University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center is developing animated stereo display terminals for use with McIDAS (Man-computer Interactive Data Access System). This paper describes image-generation ...

    • Temperature Trends at San Juan, Puerto Rico 

      Duchon, Claude E. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      Observations at the San Juan, Puerto Rico international airport show that the annual mean temperature has increased by about 2.1°C (3.8°F) from 1956 to 1983. The chief contributors to the increase are an increase in daily ...

    • Fog-82: A Cooperative Field Study of Radiation Fog 

      Meyer, Michael B.; Lala, G. Garland; Jiusto, James E. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      The Cloud Physics Section of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center-State University of New York at Albany conducted a cooperative field study (FOG-82) during the autumn of 1982 as part of an ongoing radiation-fog research ...

    • The Denver Hailstorm of 13 June 1984 

      Blanchard, David O.; Howard, Kenneth W. (American Meteorological Society, 1986)
      A brief overview of the 13 June 1984 Denver hailstorm is presented. This storm produced very large hail in a few locations and copious amounts of small hail over a large area. Documentation of the storm includes data from ...