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The 2015 Plains Elevated Convection At Night field project
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-04)
The PECAN field campaign assembled a rich array of observations from lower-tropospheric profiling
systems, mobile radars and mesonets, and aircraft over the Great Plains during June–July 2015 to
better understand ...
Development of the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM): near-surface atmospheric climate sensitivity
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-08-01)
The near-surface climate, including the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land state and fluxes, in
the initial version of the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM) are presented. The sensitivity of the RASM near-surface ...
On the topographic modulation of large-scale eddying flows
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-09)
The modulation of large-scale eddying flows by gentle variation in topography is examined using a
combi- nation of direct numerical simulations and theoretical arguments. The basic state is represented by a laterally ...
The impact of low-level moisture errors on model forecasts of an MCS observed during PECAN
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-09)
This article investigates errors in forecasts of the environment near an elevated mesoscale convective system (MCS) in Iowa on 24–25 June 2015 during the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) field campaign. The ...
Increased aerodynamic roughness owing to surfzone foam
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-08)
Drag coefficients Cd obtained through direct eddy covariance estimates of the wind stress were
observed at four different sandy beaches with dissipative surfzones along the coastline of Monterey
Bay, California. The ...
THORPEX research and the science of prediction
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-04)
THORPEX was a 10-yr international research program designed to accelerate the rate of improvement in the accuracy of predictions of high-impact weather.
A view of tropical cyclones from above: the tropical cyclone intensity (TCI) experiment
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)
Tropical cyclone (TC) outflow and its relationship to TC intensity change and structure were investigated in the Office of Naval Research Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) field program during 2015 using dropsondes deployed ...
The Southern China monsoon rainfall experiment (SCMREX)
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)
A unique program is developed for improving heavy rainfall forecasts over southern China during the presummer rainy season through field campaigns and research on physical mechanisms and convection-permitting modeling.
The thermodynamic properties of water and water vapor
(Washington, D.C. American Meteorological Society, 1941-11); MWR-069-11-0329
Extensive international research has been conducted within about the last 10 years for the purpose of ascertaining, with maximum accuracy, the thermodynamic properties of water and water vapor. Experiments were carried out ...
Determination of altitudes from the adiabatic chart and the Refsdal aerogram
(Washington, D.C. American Meteorological Society, 1936-03)
The recently-developed Refsdal "aerogram" possesses the interesting property of providing an exceedingly simple, direct and exact means of evaluating geopotential, and hence altitude, from the graph of an aerological ...