Journal of Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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Spatial and Structural Variation of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer during Summer in Israel—Profiler and Rawinsonde Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)An opportunity to improve understanding related to the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) in Israel along the coastal region environs emerged in April 1997 when the Israel Electric Corporation, Ltd. (IEC), ... -
Radiative Impacts of Anvil Cloud during the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)In this study the radiative impact of three separate cirrus anvil systems that occurred during the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment is investigated. Retrievals of microphysical cloud properties and an independent ... -
An Automated Method to Estimate Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using SSM/I Imagery
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)An automated method to estimate tropical cyclone intensity using Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) data is developed and tested. SSM/I images (512 km ? 512 km) centered on a given tropical cyclone (TC), with a known ... -
Ensemble Simulations with Coupled Atmospheric Dynamic and Dispersion Models: Illustrating Uncertainties in Dosage Simulations
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)Ensemble simulations made using a coupled atmospheric dynamic model and a probabilistic Lagrangian puff dispersion model were employed in a forensic analysis of the transport and dispersion of a toxic gas that may have ... -
LKB-Based Evaporation Duct Model Comparison with Buoy Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)A wave-riding catamaran with a mast-traveling sensor package (profiling buoy) was developed to make fine-scale atmospheric measurements within the first meter above the ocean surface. These measurements are used to generate ... -
Ensemble Cloud Model Applications to Forecasting Thunderstorms
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)A cloud model ensemble forecasting approach is developed to create forecasts that describe the range and distribution of thunderstorm lifetimes that may be expected to occur on a particular day. Such forecasts are crucial ... -
Retrieval of Ice Cloud Parameters Using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)An algorithm is developed to derive cloud ice water path (IWP) and ice particle effective diameters De from the advanced microwave sounding unit (AMSU) measurements. In the algorithm, both IWP and De are related to the ice ... -
Determination of Radiosonde Station Elevation from Observational Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)Correct radiosonde station elevation (balloon release height) is important in quality control of radiosonde soundings. Incorrect heights introduce errors in calculated temperature trends and numerical forecasts. Radiosonde ... -
The Role of Clear-Sky Identification in the Study of Cloud Radiative Effects: Combined Analysis from ISCCP and the Scanner of Radiation Budget
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)Two additional narrowband channels of the Scanner of Radiation Budget (ScaRaB) instrument should improve the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) cloud scene identification. Applying the original International Satellite ... -
Surface Albedo over the Arctic Ocean Derived from AVHRR and Its Validation with SHEBA Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)A method is presented for retrieving the broadband albedo over the Arctic Ocean using advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) data obtained from NOAA polar-orbiting satellites. Visible and near-infrared albedos ... -
Ammonia Emissions from Anaerobic Swine Lagoons: Model Development
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)Concentrated animal production may represent a significant source for ammonia emissions to the environment. Most concentrated animal production systems use anaerobic or liquid/slurry systems for wasteholding; thus, it is ... -
Impact of Using Different Time-Averaged Inputs for Estimating Sensible Heat Flux of Riparian Vegetation Using Radiometric Surface Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)A riparian corridor along the Rio Grande dominated by the Eurasian tamarisk or salt cedar (Tamarix spp.) is being studied to determine water and energy exchange rates using eddy covariance instrumentation mounted on a 12-m ... -
A Numerical Study on the Impact of Hygroscopic Seeding on the Development of Cloud Particle Spectra
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)In a detailed microphysical model embedded into a parcel dynamics, a number of sensitivity studies were effected to test hygroscopic seeding of warm and mixed-phase clouds, varying the size distribution and total number ... -
The Need to Represent Raindrop Size Spectra as Normalized Gamma Distributions for the Interpretation of Polarization Radar Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)Polarization radar techniques essentially rely on detecting the oblateness of raindrops to provide a measure of mean raindrop size and then using this information to give a better estimate of rainfall rate R than is available ... -
Evaluation of Methods to Estimate the Surface Downwelling Longwave Flux during Arctic Winter
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)Surface longwave radiation fluxes dominate the energy budget of nighttime polar regions, yet little is known about the relative accuracy of existing satellite-based techniques to estimate this parameter. We compare eight ... -
An Algorithm for the Calculation of the Time-Dependent Mixing Height in Coastal Sites
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)This paper describes a simple algorithm for the calculation of the time-dependent mixing height h(t) in coastal sites using wind, temperature, momentum flux, and heat flux time series as input data. A stationary expression ... -
MST Radar Observations of Gravity Waves and Turbulence near Thunderstorms
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)The effect of deep convection on the intensities of gravity waves and turbulence during the summer at White Sands, New Mexico, is investigated using 50-MHz mesosphere?stratosphere?troposphere (MST) radar observations and ... -
Cirrus Cloud Microphysical Property Retrieval Using Lidar and Radar Measurements. Part I: Algorithm Description and Comparison with In Situ Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)A retrieval algorithm is described to estimate vertical profiles of cirrus-cloud ice water content (IWC) and general effective size Dge from combined lidar and radar measurements. In the algorithm, the lidar extinction ... -
An Integrated Approach to Estimate Instantaneous Near-Surface Air Temperature and Sensible Heat Flux Fields during the SEMAPHORE Experiment
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)A new technique was developed to retrieve near-surface instantaneous air temperatures and turbulent sensible heat fluxes using satellite data during the Structure des Echanges Mer?Atmosphere, Proprietes des Heterogeneites ... -
The Vertical Error Characteristics of GOES-Derived Winds: Description and Experiments with Numerical Weather Prediction
(American Meteorological Society, 2002)Errors in the height assignment of some satellite-derived winds exist because the satellites sense radiation emitted from a finite layer of the atmosphere rather than a specific level. Problems in data assimilation may ...