Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Recent submissions
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Typhoon Havens Research Program at the Naval Environmental Prediction Research Facility
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Tropical cyclone research from the operational, applied view-point falls into two categories?forecasting research and decision-making research. One aspect of the latter is the typhoon haven evaluations being done by the ... -
Tornadowise or Otherwise?
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Institutions of higher education commonly function as communities isolated from the larger communities of which they are generally a part. Because institutions furnish duplicate services, such as health and police agencies, ... -
Performance of NMC in Forecasting a Record-Breaking Winter Storm, 6-7 February 1978
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)An intense winter storm deepened rapidly to maturity off the Mid-Atlantic coast and brought record amounts of snow to southeastern New England. The development, which was not the typical development of a Cape Hatteras storm ... -
Nuclear Wastes and the Hydrologic Cycle
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Nuclear wastes now accumulating at power stations in Canada and the United States are spent fuel (which contains fission products and actinides, both intensely radioactive) and reactor wastes (which are the lower grade ... -
Some Observations on Foreign Material in Hailstones
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Several observations illustrate the ease with which particles can contaminate hailstones collected from the ground. There are two modes of penetration: in large hailstones, particles enter through the lobe boundaries, and ... -
Hedging and the Mode of Expression of Weather Forecasts
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)This paper briefly examines the nature of hedging and its role in the formulation of categorical and probabilistic forecasts. Hedging is defined in terms of the difference between a forecaster's judgment and his forecast. ... -
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A Study of the Mesoscale Wind Circulation in a Land-Sea Breeze Regime
(American Meteorological Society, 1977)The mesoscale wind circulation along the central Oregon coast is investigated by use of surface data gathered during the Coastal Upwelling Experiment 2 (CUE-2). A case with prevailing NNW winds, typical of the general ... -
Potential Economic and Social Value of Short-Range Forecasts of Boulder Windstorms
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Severe downslope windstorms are an outstanding feature of the winter weather in Boulder, Colo., and property damage associated with these storms averages about $1 million each year. Recently, efforts to develop a numerical ... -
Improved Display Techniques for Sodar Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Improved quantitative display techniques, including digital false-color systems, for use with sodar or other similar remote probing systems are discussed. With sodar the use of a false-color system greatly facilitates ... -
Chicago Area Program: A Major New Atmospheric Effort
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)A series of mesoscale meteorological research projects have developed since 1975 in the area over and around the south end of Lake Michigan. These regionally focused projects, under the label of the Chicago Area Program ... -
Further Outlook—Hazy
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)The authoritative view has not changed that weather forecasts will soon improve significantly. However, 1976 provided no supporting evidence, and the American Meteorological Society's policy statements suggest, if anything, ... -
Sallplane Flights through Funnel Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)This paper reports on three intentional flights through small south Florida funnel clouds in a sailplane. Two of the penetrations were through vertical funnels, and one was through a sloping funnel cloud. The latter allowed ... -
Turbulent Flow In Two and Three Dimensions
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Three-dimensional turbulence occurs mainly in convective clouds and in the atmospheric boundary layer. Two-dimensional turbulence is a model for the statistical features of large-scale flows in the atmosphere. The differences ... -
Numerical Weather Prediction
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)This article is addressed to the layman with a science education. It is thus not addressed specifically to the meteorologist, but it contains certain information about the weather services, and the impact of numerical ... -
Doppler Radar Application to Severe Thunderstorm Study and Potential Real-Time Warning
(American Meteorological Society, 1977)Significant advances in single-Doppler radar application to severe storm study and identification have been made since 1965. Mesocyclones have been detected by Doppler radar and found to precede severe weather occurrence ... -
An Analysis of Three Weather-Related Aircraft Accidents
(American Meteorological Society, 1977)Two aircraft accidents in 1975, one at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on 24 June and the other at Stapleton International Airport in Denver on 7 August, were examined In detail. A third accident on ... -
Aeronautical Meteorology: Progress and Challenges—Today and Tomorrow
(American Meteorological Society, 1977)Weather strongly affects air carrier and general aviation operations and the air traffic control system. Accidents, flight delays, airport operations, and fuel economy are only a few of the more significant factors in air ... -
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Automation—Some Potential Applications to Aviation Weather
(American Meteorological Society, 1977)During the past decades, the life cycle of a weather observation, from the initial reading and recording of the sensor data to the final dissemination and use of the data, has remained virtually unchanged. It has been a ...