Journal of Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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Three-Dimensional Aspects of Radiative Transfer in Remote Sensing of Precipitation: Application to the 1986 COHMEX Storm
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)Several multifrequency techniques for passive microwave estimation of precipitation based on the absorption and scattering properties of hydrometeors have been proposed in the literature. In the present study, plane-parallel ... -
Retrieval of Raindrop Size Distributions Using Two Doppler Wind Profilers: Model Sensitivity Testing
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)The behavior of precipitation is of great importance in obtaining a better understanding of heat transport estimates and global processes in the atmosphere. This paper discusses improvements in an earlier raindrop size ... -
Characterizing Multiscale Variability of Zero Intermittency in Spatial Rainfall
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)In this paper the authors study how zero intermittency in spatial rainfall, as described by the fraction of area covered by rainfall, changes with spatial scale of rainfall measurement or representation. A statistical ... -
Predictability of Precipitation Patterns: An Operational Approach
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)Predictability, defined as the ability to forecast precipitation over an area by Lagrangian persistence, is studied for 11 radar precipitation patterns. After a time ranging between 40 and 112 min, depending on individual ... -
Statistical Analysis of Mesoscale Rainfall: Dependence of a Random Cascade Generator on Large-Scale Forcing
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)Under the theory of independent and identically distributed random cascades, the probability distribution of the cascade generator determines the spatial and the ensemble properties of spatial rainfall. Three sets of ... -
Optimal Thresholds for a Mixture of Lognormal Distributions as the Continuous Part of the Mixed Distribution
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)The paper considers a mixture of two and three lognormal distributions as the continuous part of the mixed distribution, which consists of a positive, continuous, skewed distribution with discrete mass at the origin. A ... -
A Method for Estimating Mean Areal Rainfall Using Moving Trend Functions of the Intensities
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)This paper investigates the internal spatial distribution of rain rates inside the rain areas. Moving trend functions are defined for different thresholds τ. They are obtained as conditional mathematical expectations of ... -
Rainfall Variability over the Tropical Pacific from July 1987 through December 1991 as Inferred via Monthly Estimates from SSM/I
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)Estimates of monthly rainfall have been computed over the tropical Pacific using passive microwave satellite observations from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) for the period from July 1987 through December 1991. ... -
A Probability Distribution Model for Rain Rate
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)A systematic approach is suggested for modeling the probability distribution of rain rate. Rain rate, conditional on rain and averaged over a region, is modeled as a temporally homogeneous diffusion process with appropriate ... -
Incorporating Spatial Dependence and Atmospheric Data in a Model of Precipitation
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)Nonhomogeneous hidden Markov models (NHMM) provide a method of relating synoptic atmospheric measurements to precipitation occurrence at a network of rain gauge stations. In previous work it was assumed that, conditional ... -
A General Formulation for Raindrop Size Distribution
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)A general phenomenological formulation for drop size distribution (DSD), written down as a scaling law, is proposed. It accounts for all previous fitted DSDs. As a main implication of the expression proposed, the integral ... -
Seasonal Change of the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over Japan and Malaysia
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)The diurnal cycle of precipitation is investigated using ground-based hourly observations for more than 10 years both in Japan and Malaysia. The diurnal cycle of precipitation in Japan is classified into three clusters. ... -
Canopy Influence on Rainfall Fields' Microscale Structure in Tropical Forests
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)This study of tropical rainfall fields was conducted in French Guyana in the moist tropical forest. Two experimental catchments were monitored. The area of these catchments is about 10 000 m2; one was deforested and is now ... -
The Hydrometeorological Environment of Extreme Rainstorms in the Southern Plains of the United States
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)Convective storms are commonplace in the southern plains of the United States. Occasionally, convective storms produce extreme rainfall accumulations, causing streams and rivers to flood. In this paper, we examine the ... -
Observation and Analysis of Midwestern Rain Rates
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)A prototype meteorological station has been established in Iowa City for the measurement of surface meteorological parameters with accuracy and resolution sufficient to allow for modern dimensional and scaling analyses. ... -
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Impact of Land-Surface Moisture Variability on Local Shallow Convective Cumulus and Precipitation in Large-Scale Models
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)Numerical experiments using a state-of-the-art high-resolution mesoscale cloud model showed that land-surface moisture significantly affects the timing of onset of clouds and the intensity and distribution of precipitation. ... -
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The Space Time Structure of Extreme Storm Rainfall in the Southern Plains
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)The space?time structure of extreme storm rainfall in the southern plains is examined through empirical analyses of radar and rain gauge data. Two networks of rain gauge data are utilized: a collection of more than 200 ... -
Comments On “Coalescence Enhancement in Large Multicell Storms Caused by Emissions from a Kraft Paper Mill”
(American Meteorological Society, 1994)No abstract available