Journal of Applied Meteorology: Recent submissions
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Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapor and Liquid Water with the Nimbus 5 Microwave Spectrometer
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)The passive microwave spectrometer on the Nimbus 5 satellite has two channels that measure atmospheric water vapor and liquid water abundances over ocean. Observed water vapor abundances range up to 6 g cm?2 and differ ... -
An Omni-Directional Static Pressure Probe
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)A rugged field experiment version of the double-disk static pressure probe is described. The probe consists of two circular disks placed one over the other. Static pressure is sensed through two mutually facing sensing ... -
A Lapse Rate Depiction for Clear-Air Convection
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)Using moisture as a source identifier and as a tracer, a pair of lapse rates were constructed which give the temperatures associated with rising and with descending air. This lapse rate depiction is discussed both in terms ... -
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A General Gaussian Diffusion-Deposition Model for Elevated Point Sources
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)A modification of the Gaussian plume model is proposed for the deposition of fine and heavy particulates and gases. It combines a downward-sloping plume to account for settling and the assumption of constant deposition ... -
Comparison of Two Practical Atmospheric Stability Classification Schemes in an Urban Application
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)Two atmospheric stability classification schemes have been applied using National Weather Service data from Lambert Field in St. Louis. The results are compared with wind direction fluctuation and insolation measurements ... -
The Measurement of 1 min Rain Rates from Weighing Raingage Recordings
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)A method of obtaining accurate 1 min rain rate distributions from weighing raingage records is described. This source of data is of interest because of the large number of weighing raingage recordings available from the ... -
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Comments on “Diffusion in a Canyon within Rough Mountainous Terrain”
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Vertical Air Motions and the Z-R Relation
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)When employing radar for measuring rainfall rate, particularly for use in estimating the attenuation of radio waves, it is essential to take into account vertical air motions. An expression is derived to estimate, knowing ... -
Maximum Rise of Cooling Tower Plumes
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)The application of the maximum plume rise formula for bent-over industrial plumes to visible cooling tower plumes depends on the validity of two assumptions: the neglect of finite source size and the neglect of condensation ... -
The Influence of Subsurface Energy Storage on Seasonal Temperature Variations
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)A heat balance model is used to investigate the modification of the annual temperature cycle by seasonal energy storage in the ocean and land. The neglect of horizontal heat transport in the model precludes realistic ... -
Comparison of the Z-R Relationships for Seeded and Nonseeded Florida Cumuli
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)Raindrop size distributions were measured at cloud base during the 1971?73 Florida Area Cumulus Experiment to study the effect of cloud seeding on the Z-R relationship. The Z-R points derived from the ?seeded? distributions ... -
The Effect of Variable Surface Albedo on the Atmospheric Circulation in Desert Regions
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)A desert circulation model, which includes a vertically parameterized boundary layer, is used to investigate flow in the northern Negev, Israel. An equation is derived relating the vertical velocity at the top of the ... -
Computing Derivatives from Equally Spaced Data
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)The evaluation of derivatives from equally spaced numerical data can lead to very inexact results. This problem arises, for example, in the measurement of 1 min rainfall rates from U. S. Weather Service raingage records ... -
On Markov Chain Modeling to Some Weather Data
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)Using the method of Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), we present a critical discussion on the determination of the order (i.e., ?memory?) of an ergodic Markov chain with a finite number of states. We apply this method ... -
Methods of Computing the Power Spectrum for Equally Spaced Time Series of Finite Length
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)Two conventional methods of computing the power spectrum, via the autocovariance function or via the fast Fourier transform (referred to as the lagged product method and the FFT method respectively for simplicity), have ... -
Adjustment of Measured Precipitation for Gage Undercatch
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)The application of a climatic water balance model is shown to be useful in the estimation of representative regional precipitation. Often the precipitation recording network does not accurately represent the average ... -
Comparison Between Maritime Tropical (GATE and Barbados) and Continental Mid-Latitude (Montreal) Precipitation Lines
(American Meteorological Society, 1976)Radar and synoptic data for precipitation lines from GATE, Barbados and Montreal are compared. The Montreal and Barbados lines have similar orientation but travel from opposite directions. The GATE lines have orientations ... -