Journal of Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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EDITORIAL BY AMS PRESIDENT AVERY ON UNPAID PAGE CHARGES
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Corrigendum
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Minimum Temperatures, Diurnal Temperature Ranges, and Temperature Inversions in Limestone Sinkholes of Different Sizes and Shapes
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)Air temperature data from five enclosed limestone sinkholes of various sizes and shapes on the Hetzkogel Plateau near Lunz, Austria (1300 m MSL), have been analyzed to determine the effect of sinkhole geometry on temperature ... -
Infrared Imagery of Crown-Fire Dynamics during FROSTFIRE
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)A thorough understanding of crown-fire dynamics requires a clear picture of the three-dimensional winds in and near the fire, including the flaming combustion zone and the convective updrafts produced by the fire. These ... -
Intercomparison of Atmospheric Soundings from the Aerosonde and Radiosonde
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of meteorological measurements made by the Aerosonde (using Vaisala, Inc., RS90 sensors) by comparing them with closely correlated measurements made using traditional balloonborne ... -
Uncertainties in Oceanic Radar Rain Maps at Kwajalein and Implications for Satellite Validation
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)The Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) ground validation radar has provided a multiyear three-dimensional radar dataset at an oceanic site. Extensive rain gauge networks are not feasible ... -
Spectral Retrieval of Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM PR Data. Part I: Development of a Model-Based Algorithm
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)An algorithm, the spectral latent heating (SLH) algorithm, has been developed to estimate latent heating profiles for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission precipitation radar with a cloud-resolving model (CRM). ... -
Oblique, Stratified Winds about a Shelter Fence. Part I: Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)Wind statistics were measured using cup and sonic anemometers, placed upwind and downwind from a porous plastic windbreak fence (height h = 1.25 m, length Y = 114 m, resistance coefficient kr0 = 2.4, and porosity p = 0.45) ... -
Evaluation of Meteorological Models MM5 and HOTMAC Using PAFEX-I Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)Two meteorological models, the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University?National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) and the hydrostatic version of the Higher-Order Turbulence Model for Atmospheric ... -
Representative Air Temperature of Thermally Heterogeneous Urban Areas Using the Measured Pressure Gradient
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)A method to measure an area-averaged ground air temperature based on the hydrostatic equation is shown. The method was devised to overcome the problem of finding the most representative surface air temperature over a wide ... -
Autocorrelation Analysis of Meteorological Data from a RASS Sodar
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)Autocorrelation analysis is necessary in persistence studies and identification of cyclical processes. In this paper, autocorrelations of available wind speed and temperature data from a radio acoustic sounding system ... -
Assessment of the Statistical Characterization of Small-Scale Rainfall Variability from Radar: Analysis of TRMM Ground Validation Datasets
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)The main objective of this study is to assess the ability of radar-derived rainfall products to characterize the small-scale spatial variability of rainfall. The authors use independent datasets from high-quality dense ... -
Numerical Simulation of Strong Wind Situations near the French Mediterranean Coast: Comparison with FETCH Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)A detailed analysis is made of some typical strong wind situations near the French Mediterranean coast. Special attention has been paid to the wind from the north-northwest in the Gulf of Lion, also called the mistral. The ... -
A Simple Empirical Equation to Calculate Cloud Optical Thickness Using Shortwave Broadband Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)In this paper, an empirical equation is presented that can be used to estimate shortwave cloud optical thickness from measurements and analysis of shortwave broadband irradiances. When applied to a time series of broadband ... -
Quantifying Precipitation Suppression Due to Air Pollution
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)Urban air pollution and industrial air pollution have been shown qualitatively to suppress rain and snow. Here, precipitation losses over topographical barriers downwind of major coastal urban areas in California and in ... -
Use of a Principal Components Analysis for the Generation of Daily Time Series
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)A new approach for generating daily time series is considered in response to the weather-derivatives market. This approach consists of performing a principal components analysis to create independent variables, the values ... -
Inversion Breakup in Small Rocky Mountain and Alpine Basins
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)Comparisons are made between the postsunrise breakup of temperature inversions in two similar closed basins in very different climate settings, one in the eastern Alps and one in the Rocky Mountains. The small, high-altitude, ... -
AIRS Subpixel Cloud Characterization Using MODIS Cloud Products
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) measurements from the Earth Observing System's (EOS's) Aqua satellite enable improved global monitoring of the distribution ... -
A Method to Determine the Capping Inversion of the Convective Boundary Layer
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)A simple mathematical algorithm is proposed to decipher the thermal structure of the convective boundary layer by means of best-fit analysis of soundings or airborne measurements with a smooth ideal profile. The latter ... -
A Variational Technique for Dealiasing Doppler Radial Velocity Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2004)Velocity folding, or aliasing, is one of most significant impediments to the use of radial winds from Doppler weather radar. In this note, a variational algorithm is developed in which dealiasing is performed using wind ...