Journal of Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 4181-4200 of 6019
-
The Prospect for Remote Sensing of Cirrus Clouds with a Submillimeter-Wave Spectrometer
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)Given the substantial radiative effects of cirrus clouds and the need to validate cirrus cloud mass in climate models, it is important to measure the global distribution of cirrus properties with satellite remote sensing. ... -
-
A Nonlinear Physical Retrieval Algorithm—Its Application to the GOES-8/9 Sounder
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)A nonlinear physical retrieval algorithm is developed and applied to the GOES-8/9 sounder radiance observations. The algorithm utilizes Newtonian iteration in which the maximum probability solution for temperature and water ... -
Modifying a Mesoscale Meteorological Model to Better Incorporate Urban Heat Storage: A Bulk-Parameterization Approach
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)A simple bulk-parameterization scheme is implemented in modifying a mesoscale meteorological model to better incorporate urban heat storage. The objective is to improve the quantification of the fluxes associated with heat ... -
Numerical Simulations of the Meteorological and Dispersion Conditions during an Air Pollution Episode over Athens, Greece
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)In this study a summer air pollution episode from 6 to 8 August 1994 over Athens, Greece, is investigated through advanced atmospheric modeling. This episode was reported from the air quality monitoring network, as well ... -
Urban Heat Island Modeling in Conjunction with Satellite-Derived Surface/Soil Parameters
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)Although it has been studied for over 160 years, the urban heat island (UHI) effect is still not completely understood, yet it is increasingly important. The main purpose of this work is to improve UHI modeling by using ... -
An Improved Parameterization for Estimating Effective Atmospheric Emissivity for Use in Calculating Daytime Downwelling Longwave Radiation
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)An improved parameterization is presented for estimating effective atmospheric emissivity for use in calculating downwelling longwave radiation based on temperature, humidity, pressure, and solar radiation observations. ... -
Estimation of the Latent Heat Flux over Full Canopy Covers from the Radiative Temperature
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)This paper examines the bulk aerodynamic method and proposes an alternative algorithm for estimating evapotranspiration from radiative temperature over unstressed full-canopy cover crops. Both approaches are studied using ... -
Validation Study of the CAPS Model Land Surface Scheme Using the 1987 Cabauw/PILPS Dataset
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)An updated complete and comprehensive description of the land surface parameterization scheme in the Coupled Atmosphere?Plant?Soil (CAPS) model is presented. The CAPS model has been in development at Oregon State University ... -
Instantaneous Spread of Plumes in the Surface Layer
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)Data are presented from two recent tracer campaigns regarding relative diffusion of surface-level plumes. One study consists of tests performed amid flat, rural terrain near Galen, Montana, while other experiments were ... -
The Role of Mineral Aerosol in Tropospheric Chemistry in East Asia—A Model Study
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)A detailed gas-phase chemistry mechanism is combined with dust surface uptake processes to explore possible impacts of mineral dust on tropospheric chemistry. The formations of sulfate and nitrate on dust are studied along ... -
The Use of Routine Weather Observations to Calculate Liquid Water Content in Summertime High-Elevation Fog
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)This paper represents a stage within a larger project to estimate acid ion deposition from cloud impacting on high-elevation forests. Acid ion deposition depends principally on three factors: the liquid water content (LWC), ... -
The Interpretation of Saturated Spectra as Obtained from Atmospheric Balloon Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)Transformations that take into account the characteristics of balloon motion and wave propagation to infer the ?real? vertical wavelengths from the ?apparent? ones measured during soundings were derived in a first paper. ... -
Nonhydrostatic, Mesobeta-Scale Model Simulations of Cloud Ceiling and Visibility for an East Coast Winter Precipitation Event
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)Experiments are described that provide an example of the baseline skill level for the numerical prediction of cloud ceiling and visibility, where application to aviation-system safety and efficiency is emphasized. Model ... -
Tropical Rainfall Associated with Convective and Stratiform Clouds: Intercomparison of Disdrometer and Profiler Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)The motivation for this research is to move in the direction of improved algorithms for the remote sensing of rainfall, which are crucial for meso- and large-scale circulation studies and climate applications through better ... -
Record Flood-Producing Rainstorms of 17–18 July 1996 in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Part III: Impacts and Responses to the Flash Flooding
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)A record-breaking 24-h rainstorm on 17?18 July 1996 was centered on south Chicago and its southern and western suburbs, areas with a population of 3.4 million. The resulting flash flooding in Chicago and 21 suburbs broke ... -
Relationships between Radar Properties at High Elevations and Surface Rain Rate: Potential Use for Spaceborne Rainfall Measurements
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)Ground-based radar data have been used to investigate the relationship between reflectivity at high elevations and surface rain rates. Such relations are useful for rainfall measurements by spaceborne radars at attenuating ... -
Record Flood-Producing Rainstorms of 17–18 July 1996 in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Part II: Hydrometeorological Characteristics of the Rainstorms
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)The rainstorm on 17?18 July 1996 in northern Illinois produced three rainfall records. The 43.0-cm total storm rainfall at Aurora was the greatest point rainfall recorded for storm durations of 24 hours or less in this ... -
The Rain Enhancement Experiment in Puglia, Italy: Statistical Evaluation
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)A randomized rain enhancement experiment was carried out during 1988?94 in the area of Bari and Canosa, Italy, on the Adriatic coast. It was commissioned by the Italian Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the region ... -
Ratio Statistics for Randomized Experiments in Precipitation Stimulation
(American Meteorological Society, 1999)A variety of ratio statistics has been used in the design and evaluation of weather modification experiments and their significance has usually been estimated by rerandomization. These ratios, and especially their logarithms, ...