Journal of Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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Comments on “The Effect of Variable Surface Albedo on the Atmospheric Circulation in Desert Regions”
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Urban, Topographic and Diurnal Effects on Rainfall in the St. Louis Region
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Analyses were made of the summer rainfall distribution (June-August) in 17 areas within the METROMEX network in St. Louis region. These were selected to represent areas subject to various types and degrees of inadvertent ... -
The Relationship Between Vertical Sounder Radiances and Mid-Latitude 300 mb Flow Patterns
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)The direct synoptic application of radiances measured in the 695 cm?1 channel of the 15 ?m carbon dioxide band by the vertical sounding instruments aboard the NOAA operational satellites is described. The radiation measured ... -
Computer Processing of Digital Radar Data Gathered during HIPLEX
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Digital radar data are being collected as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's High Plains Cooperative Program (HIPLEX). The radars used in this study are sensitive, narrow-beam, 5 cm wavelength systems which record echo ... -
Error Analysis of an Aircraft-Mounted Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)An experiment has been proposed to measure the zenith sky intensity and directly transmitted solar flux density at several wavelengths in the near ultraviolet from an aircraft platform located at about 15 km. From these ... -
Lidar Backscatter from Horizontal Ice Crystal Plates
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Some unusual lidar returns from an altostratus cloud are interpreted in terms of reflections from hexagonal ice plates falling with their long axes aligned in the horizontal. Such an explanation is consistent with the ... -
Iterative Correction for Attenuation of 5 cm Radar in Rain
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)The attenuation of 5 cm radar in rain is investigated theoretically for stratiform and thunderstorm drop size distributions. An iterative attenuation estimation scheme is presented. The effects of attenuation on radar ... -
The Kinetic Energy of Hailfalls. Part I: Hailstone Spectra
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)The relationship between radar reflectivity and kinetic energy flux (Z-?) is investigated by means of analyses of hailstone size distributions measured with hail spectrometers. Semi-empirical relations assuming monodisperse ... -
Development and Application of a Predicator Control for the Evaluation of a Winter Orographic Cloud Seeding Project
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Evaluation of an operational-type winter cloud seeding project in Utah is made by developing meteorological predictors of target precipitation. Predictors (covariates) are developed by matching 1200 GMT rawinsonde data and ... -
On the Calibration of Hailpads
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)A model of the vertical collision of a sphere with a hailpad predicts that the dent volume is proportional to the impact kinetic energy, and gives a relationship between dent diameter and sphere diameter for ice spheres. ... -
Atmospheric Turbidity Across the Los Angeles Basin
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Atmospheric turbidity (aerosol optical thickness) was measured with sunphotometers across the Los Angeles Basin. Automobiles were used for east-west traverses of the metropolitan area (a distance of ?100 km) on two days ... -
Comments on “Tropical Cyclone Motion and Surrounding Parameter Relationships”
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Wind Shear Fluctuations Downwind of Large Surface Roughness Elements
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Wind measurements in the lowest 50 m of the atmosphere approximately 1 mi downwind of an urban area are examined to provide estimates of the short-term fluctuations of the vertical and lateral shear of the longitudinal ... -
Waterspout Statistics for Nassau, Bahamas
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Nine years of waterspout and funnel observations taken at Nassau, Bahamas, are analyzed, revealing a pattern of activity broadly similar to the behavior in the Key West, Fla., vicinity. -
Automatic Real-Time Quality Control of Surface Synoptic Observations
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)A real-time quality control for surface observations has been developed and tested in the Israel Meteorological Service. Error sources specific to real-time work have been defined and special procedures to deal with them ... -
The Effect of Metropolitan Detroit-Windsor on Precipitation
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Most recent research in urban precipitation has suggested that the presence of the city itself causes increased precipitation. The present paper presents the results of five years of precipitation measurement from an ... -
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Nimbus 3/ATS 3 Observations of the Evolution of Hurricane Camille
(American Meteorological Society, 1978)Three periods within the life cycle of Hurricane Camille (1969) are examined with radiometric and camera measurements from Nimbus 3 and camera information from ATS 3 in conjunction with conventional information. These ...