Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions
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Forecasts for the Community by Students at the University of Lowell
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Students in the meteorology program at the University of Lowell provide weather forecasts for the university community and for the residents of the Lowell area. The forecasting service is organized and run entirely by the ... -
On the Economic Value of Seasonal-Precipitation Forecasts: The Fallowing/Planting Problem
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The so-called fallowing/planting problem is an example of a decision-making situation that is potentially sensitive to meteorological information. In this problem, wheat farmers in the drier, western portions of the northern ... -
An Evaluation of Summer Discomfort in the United State Using a Relative Climatological Index
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)A relative climatological index is developed to evaluate interregional variations in human discomfort and the impacts of weather on a variety of socioeconomic parameters. The ?weather stress index? is designed to assess ... -
First Data From the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The first data obtained from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) are presented. These data include emitted infrared radiation, albedo, and estimated scene types for 15 November 1984, as well as measurements of the ... -
The Joint Agricultural Weather Facility's Operational Assessment Program
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF), a cooperative effort between the Climate Analysis Center, NMC/NWS/NOAA (National Meteorological Center/National Weather Service/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ... -
The 40–50 Day Oscillation and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation: A New Perspective
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The tropical Ocean-atmosphere exhibits two prominent modes of low-frequency oscillations, i.e., the ?40-50? day oscillation and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The two phenomena are viewed in the same perspective ... -
Early Canadian Weather Observers and the “Year Without a Summer”
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The unusual spring and summer weather of the year 1816 in central Canada is discussed using Canadian newspaper accounts together with manuscript records from early amateur weather observers. Many of the spectacular ... -
Transient Medium-Scale Wave Activity in the Summer Stratosphere
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Observations of medium-scale transient wave activity in the middle-latitude Southern Hemisphere summer stratosphere are interpreted using isentropic potential vorticity (IPV) distributions inferred from temperature data ... -
National Data Buoy Center Programs
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The National Data Buoy Center(NDBC) operates ocean and coastal buoys and coastal land stations that report hourly through the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. In addition, NDBC maintains ... -
A Review of the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project (SCPP) is an investigation of cloud seeding as a means of increasing winter precipitation on the Sierra Nevada. It is a concerted effort in the development of a physically sound ... -
The Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center Global Spectral Ocean Wave Model
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The Spectral Ocean Wave Model (SOWM) has been an operational product at Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center since the mid 1970s; the Global Spectral Ocean Wave Model (GSOWM) was developed to replace it. An operational test ... -
Observing-Systems Simulation Experiments: Past, Present, and Future
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)A summary of the history of observing-systems simulation experiments (OSSEs) is presented together with a description of current methodology, its capabilities and limitations, and considerations for the design of future ... -
On Climate Prediction in the Tropics
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)Climatic disasters are common in many tropical regions, and rainfall anomalies in particular have a severe human impact. Accordingly, both the World Climate Programme and the U.S. National Climate Program have identified ... -
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Jet Contrails and Cirrus Cloud: A Feasibility Study Employing High-Resolution Satellite Imagery
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The results of a pilot study to assess the feasibility of documenting the occurrence of jet contrails over the United States from high-resolution Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) imagery are presented. They ... -
HAPEX—MOBLIHY: A Hydrologic Atmospheric Experiment for the Study of Water Budget and Evaporation Flux at the Climatic Scale
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The HAPEX-MOBILHY program is aimed at studying the hydrological budget and evaporation flux at the scale of a GCM (general circulation model) grid square, i.e., 104 km2. Different surface and subsurface networks will be ... -
Erik Palmén: Synthesizer of the Atmospheric General Circulation
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Doppler Lidar Measurements of Winds in a Narrow Mountain Valley
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)During September and October of 1984, the Wave Propagation Laboratory of NOAA used its pulsed infrared Doppler lidar in support of the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain (ASCOT) program. The ... -
Subscribers to the NOAA Monthly and Seasonal Weather Outlook
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)The identity and characteristics of users of existing climate predictions (monthly and seasonal) as inputs to decision making am described. Subscribers to the NOAA Climate Analysis Center's Monthly and Seasonal Weather ... -
A Historical Review of Cumulus Entrainment Studies
(American Meteorological Society, 1986)A review of the history of studies on cumulus entrainment with the emphasis on the most recent developments is presented.