Tallahassee, Florida, Minimum Temperature Anomaly: Description and SpeculationsSource: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;1996:;volume( 077 ):;issue: 004::page 721Author:Elsner, J. B.
,
Fuelberg, H. E.
,
Deal, R. L.
,
Orrock, J. A.
,
Lehmiller, G. S.
,
Ruscher, P. H.
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0721:TFMTAD>2.0.CO;2Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Tallahassee Regional Airport, on the city's southwest side, has a minimum temperature that is colder than minima of neighboring towns and other parts of Tallahassee when clear and calm conditions prevail over the area. The anomaly is described in detail with a series of comparison studies using daily minimum temperature data from nearby locations. This cold anomaly is statistically significant and is most common during the cold season. Its cause appears to be anomalous radiational cooling resulting from enhanced exposure of the ground to open sky, and local cooling rates are probably intensified by sandy soil conditions. Cold-air drainage does not appear to be an important factor.
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| contributor author | Elsner, J. B. | |
| contributor author | Fuelberg, H. E. | |
| contributor author | Deal, R. L. | |
| contributor author | Orrock, J. A. | |
| contributor author | Lehmiller, G. S. | |
| contributor author | Ruscher, P. H. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:41:42Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:41:42Z | |
| date copyright | 1996/04/01 | |
| date issued | 1996 | |
| identifier issn | 0003-0007 | |
| identifier other | ams-24642.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4161337 | |
| description abstract | The Tallahassee Regional Airport, on the city's southwest side, has a minimum temperature that is colder than minima of neighboring towns and other parts of Tallahassee when clear and calm conditions prevail over the area. The anomaly is described in detail with a series of comparison studies using daily minimum temperature data from nearby locations. This cold anomaly is statistically significant and is most common during the cold season. Its cause appears to be anomalous radiational cooling resulting from enhanced exposure of the ground to open sky, and local cooling rates are probably intensified by sandy soil conditions. Cold-air drainage does not appear to be an important factor. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Tallahassee, Florida, Minimum Temperature Anomaly: Description and Speculations | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 77 | |
| journal issue | 4 | |
| journal title | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0721:TFMTAD>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 721 | |
| journal lastpage | 728 | |
| tree | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;1996:;volume( 077 ):;issue: 004 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext |