Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volume 46

No. 5

Date loaded: 22 May 2007

Month/Year: May 2007

ARTICLES

Evaluation of Ice Water Content Retrievals from Cloud Radar Reflectivity and Temperature Using a Large Airborne In Situ Microphysical Database
A. Protat, J. Delanoë, D. Bouniol, A. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, and P. Brown
557–572
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Climate Change Scenarios for New Zealand Rainfall
John Sansom and James A. Renwick
573–590
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Daily Microwave-Derived Surface Temperature over Canada/Alaska
A. Mialon, A. Royer, M. Fily, and G. Picard
591–604
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Model-Generated Predictions of Dry Thunderstorm Potential
Miriam L. Rorig, Steven J. McKay, Sue A. Ferguson, and Paul Werth
605–614
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Scattering of Ice Particles at Microwave Frequencies: A Physically Based Parameterization
Min-Jeong Kim, Mark S. Kulie, Chris O’Dell, and Ralf Bennartz
615–633
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A Statistical and Physical Description of Hydrometeor Distributions in Colorado Snowstorms Using a Video Disdrometer
Edward A. Brandes, Kyoko Ikeda, Guifu Zhang, Michael Schönhuber, and Roy M. Rasmussen
634–650
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Giant and Ultragiant Aerosol Particle Variability over the Eastern Great Lakes Region
Sonia Lasher-Trapp and Justin P. Stachnik
651–659
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A Satellite-Based Parameter to Monitor the Aerosol Impact on Convective Clouds
Itamar M. Lensky and Ron Drori
660–666
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Possible Misidentification of Rain Type by TRMM PR over Tibetan Plateau
Yunfei Fu and Guosheng Liu
667–672
Abstract . Full Text . PDF (794K)

Journal of Climate

Journal: JCLI
Volume 20
No. 9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME)Synthesis of Results from the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) Process Study Wayne Higgins and David Gochis pages 1601-1607.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (298K) ]

Applications of Monsoon Research: Opportunities to Inform Decision Making and Reduce Regional Vulnerability Andrea J. Ray, Gregg M. Garfin, Margaret Wilder, Marcela Vásquez-León, Melanie Lenart, and Andrew C. Comrie pages 1608-1627.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (671K) ]

Multiscale Variability of the Flow during the North American Monsoon Experiment Richard H. Johnson, Paul E. Ciesielski, Brian D. McNoldy, Peter J. Rogers, and Richard K. Taft pages 1628-1648.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (4.48M) ]

On Air–Sea Interaction at the Mouth of the Gulf of California Paquita Zuidema, Chris Fairall, Leslie M. Hartten, Jeffrey E. Hare, and Daniel Wolfe pages 1649-1661.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.51M) ]

A Multiplatform-Merged (MPM) SST Analysis Wanqiu Wang and Pingping Xie pages 1662-1679.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.22M) ]

An Examination of Precipitation in Observations and Model Forecasts during NAME with Emphasis on the Diurnal Cycle John E. Janowiak, Valery J. Dagostaro, Vernon E. Kousky, and Robert J. Joyce pages 1680-1692.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.04M) ]

Vertical Structure of Precipitation and Related Microphysics Observed by NOAA Profilers and TRMM during NAME 2004 Christopher R. Williams, Allen B. White, Kenneth S. Gage, and F. Martin Ralph pages 1693-1712.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.47M) ]

Radar-Observed Characteristics of Precipitating Systems during NAME 2004 Timothy J. Lang, David A. Ahijevych, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Richard E. Carbone, Steven A. Rutledge, and Robert Cifelli pages 1713-1733.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (4.34M) ]

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Precipitation Intensity as Observed by the NAME Event Rain Gauge Network from 2002 to 2004 David J. Gochis, Christopher J. Watts, Jaime Garatuza-Payan, and Julio Cesar-Rodriguez pages 1734-1750.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.09M) ]

Submesoscale Spatiotemporal Variability of North American Monsoon Rainfall over Complex Terrain Mekonnen Gebremichael, Enrique R. Vivoni, Christopher J. Watts, and Julio C. Rodríguez pages 1751-1773.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.38M) ]

Role of Antecedent Land Surface Conditions in Warm Season Precipitation over Northwestern Mexico Chunmei Zhu, Tereza Cavazos, and Dennis P. Lettenmaier pages 1774-1791.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.81M) ]

Variation of Hydrometeorological Conditions along a Topographic Transect in Northwestern Mexico during the North American Monsoon Enrique R. Vivoni, Hugo A. Gutiérrez-Jurado, Carlos A. Aragón, Luis A. Méndez-Barroso, Alex J. Rinehart, Robert L. Wyckoff, Julio C. Rodríguez, Christopher J. Watts, John D. Bolten, Venkataraman Lakshmi, and Thomas J. Jackson pages 1792-1809.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.06M) ]

Changes in Vegetation Condition and Surface Fluxes during NAME 2004 Christopher J. Watts, Russell L. Scott, Jaime Garatuza-Payan, Julio C. Rodriguez, John H. Prueger, William P. Kustas, and Michael Douglas pages 1810-1820.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.04M) ]


Influence of the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) 2004 Enhanced Soundings on NCEP Operational Analyses Kingtse C. Mo, Eric Rogers, Wesley Ebisuzaki, R. Wayne Higgins, J. Woollen, and M. L. Carrera pages 1821-1842.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (7.32M) ]

Effects of Increased Horizontal Resolution on Simulation of the North American Monsoon in the NCAR CAM3: An Evaluation Based on Surface, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data J. Craig Collier and Guang J. Zhang pages 1843-1861.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.65M) ]


Sensitivity to Horizontal Resolution in the AGCM Simulations of Warm Season Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over the United States and Northern Mexico Myong-In Lee, Siegfried D. Schubert, Max J. Suarez, Isaac M. Held, Arun Kumar, Thomas L. Bell, Jae-Kyung E. Schemm, Ngar-Cheung Lau, Jeffrey J. Ploshay, Hyun-Kyung Kim, and Soo-Hyun Yoo pages 1862-1881.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (5.39M) ]


Modeling Intraseasonal Features of 2004 North American Monsoon Precipitation X. Gao, J. Li, and S. Sorooshian pages 1882-1896.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.44M) ]


Annual and Warm Season Drought Intensity–Duration–Frequency Analysis for Sonora, Mexico Michelle Hallack-Alegria and David W. Watkins Jr. pages 1897-1909.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (974K) ]

Water Vapor Fluxes over the Intra-Americas Sea: Seasonal and Interannual Variability and Associations with Rainfall Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez, David B. Enfield, and Chidong Zhang pages 1910-1922.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.01M) ]

Seasonal Shifts in the North American Monsoon Katrina Grantz, Balaji Rajagopalan, Martyn Clark, and Edith Zagona pages 1923-1935.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.86M) ]


NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCELong-Term Climate and Derived Surface Hydrology and Energy Flux Data for Mexico: 1925–2004 Chunmei Zhu and Dennis P. Lettenmaier pages 1936-1946.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.12M) ]

A Climatological Perspective of Transient Synoptic Features during NAME 2004 Arthur V. Douglas and Phillip J. Englehart pages 1947-1954.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (804K) ]

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Journal of The Atmospheric Sciences

Journal: JAS
Volume: 64
No. 5
Date loaded: 14 May 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES

Monsoon Dynamics with Interactive Forcing. Part I: Axisymmetric Studies Nikki C. Privé and R. Alan Plumb pages 1417-1430.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.16M) ]

Monsoon Dynamics with Interactive Forcing. Part II: Impact of Eddies and Asymmetric Geometries Nikki C. Privé and R. Alan Plumb pages 1431-1442.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.80M) ]

Mesoscale Convective Vortex Formation in a Weakly Sheared Moist Neutral Environment Robert J. Conzemius, Richard W. Moore, Michael T. Montgomery, and Christopher A. Davis pages 1443-1466.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (4.77M) ]

The Convective Cold Top and Quasi Equilibrium Christopher E. Holloway and J. David Neelin pages 1467-1487.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.24M) ]

Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations of KWAJEX: Model Sensitivities and Comparisons with Satellite and Radar Observations Peter N. Blossey, Christopher S. Bretherton, Jasmine Cetrone, and Marat Kharoutdinov pages 1488-1508.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.96M) ]

Momentum and Energy Transport by Gravity Waves in Stochastically Driven Stratified Flows. Part I: Radiation of Gravity Waves from a Shear Layer Nikolaos A. Bakas and Petros J. Ioannou pages 1509-1529.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1023K) ]

The Triggering of Orographic Rainbands by Small-Scale Topography Daniel J. Kirshbaum, George H. Bryan, Richard Rotunno, and Dale R. Durran pages 1530-1549.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.94M) ]

Radiative Transfer Simulations Using Mesoscale Cloud Model Outputs: Comparisons with Passive Microwave and Infrared Satellite Observations for Midlatitudes Ingo Meirold-Mautner, Catherine Prigent, Eric Defer, Juan R. Pardo, Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre Pinty, Mario Mech, and Susanne Crewell pages 1550-1568.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.92M) ]

Identification and ERA-15 Climatology of Potential Vorticity Streamers and Cutoffs near the Extratropical Tropopause Heini Wernli and Michael Sprenger pages 1569-1586.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.78M) ]

Stratosphere–Troposphere Exchange and Its Relation to Potential Vorticity Streamers and Cutoffs near the Extratropical Tropopause Michael Sprenger, Heini Wernli, and Michel Bourqui pages 1587-1602.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.79M) ]

Latitudinal Variations of the Convective Source and Propagation Condition of Inertio-Gravity Waves in the Tropics Hye-Yeong Chun, Jung-Suk Goh, In-Sun Song, and Lucrezia Ricciardulli pages 1603-1618.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.94M) ]

Weather Regime Prediction Using Statistical Learning A. Deloncle, R. Berk, F. D’Andrea, and M. Ghil pages 1619-1635.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (645K) ]

Meridional Momentum Flux and Superrotation in the Multiscale IPESD MJO Model Joseph A. Biello, Andrew J. Majda, and Mitchell W. Moncrieff pages 1636-1651.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.16M) ]

Using Satellite Observations to Constrain Parameterizations of Gravity Wave Effects for Global Models M. Joan Alexander and Christopher Barnet pages 1652-1665.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.93M) ]

Mixing Processes in a Nocturnal Low-Level Jet: An LES Study J. Cuxart and M. A. Jiménez pages 1666-1679.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.97M) ]

A Gray-Radiation Aquaplanet Moist GCM. Part II: Energy Transports in Altered Climates Dargan M. W. Frierson, Isaac M. Held, and Pablo Zurita-Gotor pages 1680-1693.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (844K) ]

Improved Subfilter-Scale Models from the HATS Field Data Stephen C. Hatlee and John C. Wyngaard pages 1694-1705.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (976K) ]

A Sensitivity Study of the Effect of Horizontal Photon Transport on the Radiative Forcing of Contrails Amanda Gounou and Robin J. Hogan pages 1706-1716.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (920K) ]

Mesoscale Spectra of Mars’s Atmosphere Derived from MGS TES Infrared Radiances Takeshi Imamura, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, and Tetsuya Fukuhara pages 1717-1726.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1013K) ]

Modeling Backscatter Properties of Snowfall at Millimeter Wavelengths Sergey Y. Matrosov pages 1727-1736.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (738K) ]

NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCEOn the Forcing of Inertia–Gravity Waves by Synoptic-Scale Flows Riwal Plougonven and Fuqing Zhang pages 1737-1742.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (92K) ]

Monthy Weather Review

Novo número da Monthly Weater Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES

High-Resolution Observations of the Trowal–Warm-Frontal Region of Two Continental Winter Cyclones Joseph A. Grim, Robert M. Rauber, Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Brian F. Jewett, and Mei Han pages 1629-1646.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (4.86M) ]

Mesoscale Dynamics of the Trowal and Warm-Frontal Regions of Two Continental Winter Cyclones Mei Han, Robert M. Rauber, Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Brian F. Jewett, and Joseph A. Grim pages 1647-1670.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (9.10M) ]

Further Results on the Sensitivity of Simulated Storm Precipitation Efficiency to Environmental Temperature Charles Cohen and Eugene W. McCaul Jr. pages 1671-1684.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.33M) ]

Short-Range Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts over the Southwest United States by the RSM Ensemble System Huiling Yuan, Steven L. Mullen, Xiaogang Gao, Soroosh Sorooshian, Jun Du, and Hann-Ming Henry Juang pages 1685-1698.

[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.35M) ] The Synoptic Regulation of Dryline Intensity David M. Schultz, Christopher C. Weiss, and Paul M. Hoffman pages 1699-1709.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.91M) ]

Numerical Simulations of the Effects of Coastlines on the Evolution of Strong, Long-Lived Squall Lines Todd P. Lericos, Henry E. Fuelberg, Morris L. Weisman, and Andrew I. Watson pages 1710-1731.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.17M) ]

A Lightning Data Assimilation Technique for Mesoscale Forecast Models Edward R. Mansell, Conrad L. Ziegler, and Donald R. MacGorman pages 1732-1748.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.84M) ]

Kinematic Observations of Misocyclones along Boundaries during IHOP James N. Marquis, Yvette P. Richardson, and Joshua M. Wurman pages 1749-1768.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.35M) ]

A Convective Line with Leading Stratiform Precipitation from BAMEX Brandon A. Storm, Matthew D. Parker, and David P. Jorgensen pages 1769-1785.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.41M) ]

The Predictive Skill and the Most Predictable Pattern in the Tropical Atlantic: The Effect of ENSO Zeng-Zhen Hu and Bohua Huang pages 1786-1806.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (5.17M) ]

The Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation Simulated in the NCEP Climate Forecast System: The Effect of Sea Surface Temperature Kyong-Hwan Seo, Jae-Kyung E. Schemm, Wanqiu Wang, and Arun Kumar pages 1807-1827.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (5.89M) ]

Assimilating Vortex Position with an Ensemble Kalman Filter Yongsheng Chen and Chris Snyder pages 1828-1845.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.52M) ]

Surface Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Approach with Initial Condition and Model Physics Uncertainties Tadashi Fujita, David J. Stensrud, and David C. Dowell pages 1846-1868.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (5.52M) ]

Radar and Rain Gauge Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall during Hurricane Danny’s (1997) Landfall Jeffrey M. Medlin, Sytske K. Kimball, and Keith G. Blackwell pages 1869-1888.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.88M) ]

Interactions between Simulated Tropical Cyclones and an Environment with a Variable Coriolis Parameter Elizabeth A. Ritchie and William M. Frank pages 1889-1905.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (3.30M) ]

Urban Canopy Modeling of the New York City Metropolitan Area: A Comparison and Validation of Single- and Multilayer Parameterizations Teddy Holt and Julie Pullen pages 1906-1930.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (5.19M) ]

Model Wind over the Central and Southern California Coastal Ocean Hsiao-ming Hsu, Lie-Yauw Oey, Walter Johnson, Clive Dorman, and Richard Hodur pages 1931-1944.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.50M) ]

Comparison of 10-m Wind Forecasts from a Regional Area Model and QuikSCAT Scatterometer Wind Observations over the Mediterranean Sea Christophe Accadia, Stefano Zecchetto, Alfredo Lavagnini, and Antonio Speranza pages 1945-1960.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.48M) ]

Reexamination of the Near-Surface Airflow over the Antarctic Continent and Implications on Atmospheric Circulations at High Southern Latitudes Thomas R. Parish and David H. Bromwich pages 1961-1973.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (2.62M) ]

NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCEOn the Interpretation and Utility of Skill Information for Seasonal Climate Predictions Arun Kumar pages 1974-1984.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (992K) ]

Prediction of Consensus Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Error James S. Goerss pages 1985-1993.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.36M) ]

Dendritic Patterns in Tropical Cumulus: An Observational Analysis Stephen D. Nicholls and George S. Young pages 1994-2005.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.19M) ]

How Does the Tibetan Plateau Affect the Transition of Indian Monsoon Rainfall? Tomonori Sato and Fujio Kimura pages 2006-2015.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.62M) ]

Collocated Radar and Radiosonde Observations of a Double-Brightband Melting Layer in Northern California Brooks E. Martner, Paul J. Neiman, and Allen B. White pages 2016-2024.[ Abstract ] [ Full Text ] [ PDF (1.45M) ]