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Full-Text Articles in Meteorology
Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, Wku Archives
Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the administration of the Geography & Geology department.
Propagating And Non-Propagating Intraseasonal Oscillations In The Tropical Atmosphere: Their Vertical And Horizontal Structures And Developing Mechanisms, Zhaoning Liang
School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
A fixed beamformer is proposed and designed to identify source regions of Intra-Seasonal Oscillations (ISO) in the tropical atmosphere. After tested by simulations of single and complex sources of waves, the fixed beamformer is applied to the ECMWF interpolated data grids to detect and identify source regions of the ISO in the tropical Indian and Pacific Ocean region. Results show that the fixed beamforming technique can uniquely identify the source region of the ISO, the source regions of all major ISO in the tropical Indian and western equatorial Pacific region from 1974 to 2002 have been identified.
Examinations of ISO …
Sfa Weather Station-December 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-December 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Sfa Weather Station-November 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-November 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Changing Precipitation And Land Cover Increasing Sedimentation In The Panama Canal Watershed, Tiffany Keeton, Cory Manberg, Josh Myrick
Changing Precipitation And Land Cover Increasing Sedimentation In The Panama Canal Watershed, Tiffany Keeton, Cory Manberg, Josh Myrick
Von Braun Symposium Student Posters
No abstract provided.
Comparison Of Mm5 And Wrf Forecast Models, Cmorph And Hydro Estimator Satellite Estimates To Ground-Based Rain Gauge Data, Melanie Phillips, Nicole Dsouza
Comparison Of Mm5 And Wrf Forecast Models, Cmorph And Hydro Estimator Satellite Estimates To Ground-Based Rain Gauge Data, Melanie Phillips, Nicole Dsouza
Von Braun Symposium Student Posters
No abstract provided.
Utilization Of Goes Observation To Evaluate Cloud Prediction By The Wrf, Yun Hee Park
Utilization Of Goes Observation To Evaluate Cloud Prediction By The Wrf, Yun Hee Park
Von Braun Symposium Student Posters
No abstract provided.
Calibration Of The Total Carbon Column Observing Network Using Aircraft Profile Data, D. Wunch, G. Toon, P. Wennberg, Steven Wofsy, B. Stephens, M. Fischer, O. Uchino, J. Abshire, P. Bernath, S. Biraud, J.-F. Blavier, C. Boone, K. Bowman, E. Browell, T. Campos, B. Connor, B. Daube, N. Deutscher, Minghui Diao, J. Elkins, C. Gerbig, E. Gottlieb, D. W. Griffith, D. Hurst, R. Jimenez, G. Keppel-Aleks, E. Kort, R. Macatangay, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, F. Moore, I. Morino, S. Park, J. Robinson, C. Roehl, Y. Sawa, V. Sherlock, C. Sweeney, T. Tanaka, M. Zondlo
Calibration Of The Total Carbon Column Observing Network Using Aircraft Profile Data, D. Wunch, G. Toon, P. Wennberg, Steven Wofsy, B. Stephens, M. Fischer, O. Uchino, J. Abshire, P. Bernath, S. Biraud, J.-F. Blavier, C. Boone, K. Bowman, E. Browell, T. Campos, B. Connor, B. Daube, N. Deutscher, Minghui Diao, J. Elkins, C. Gerbig, E. Gottlieb, D. W. Griffith, D. Hurst, R. Jimenez, G. Keppel-Aleks, E. Kort, R. Macatangay, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, F. Moore, I. Morino, S. Park, J. Robinson, C. Roehl, Y. Sawa, V. Sherlock, C. Sweeney, T. Tanaka, M. Zondlo
Faculty Publications, Meteorology and Climate Science
The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) produces precise measurements of the column average dry-air mole fractions of CO2, CO, CH4, N2O and H2O at a variety of sites worldwide. These observations rely on spectroscopic parameters that are not known with sufficient accuracy to compute total columns that can be used in combination with in situ measurements. The TCCON must therefore be calibrated to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in situ trace gas measurement scales. We present a calibration of TCCON data using WMO-scale instrumentation aboard aircraft that measured profiles over four TCCON stations during 2008 and 2009. These calibrations are …
Sfa Weather Station-October 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-October 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, Neal Butchart, I. Cionni, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, Eugene C. Cordero, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, S. Dhomse, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, F. Li, E. Mancini, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, F. Sassi, J. F. Scinocca, K. Shibata, B. Steil, W. Tian
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, Neal Butchart, I. Cionni, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, Eugene C. Cordero, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, S. Dhomse, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, F. Li, E. Mancini, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, F. Sassi, J. F. Scinocca, K. Shibata, B. Steil, W. Tian
Eugene C. Cordero
The response of stratospheric climate and circulation to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and ozone recovery in the twenty-first century is analyzed in simulations of 11 chemistry–climate models using near-identical forcings and experimental setup. In addition to an overall global cooling of the stratosphere in the simulations (0.59 ± 0.07 K decade−1 at 10 hPa), ozone recovery causes a warming of the Southern Hemisphere polar lower stratosphere in summer with enhanced cooling above. The rate of warming correlates with the rate of ozone recovery projected by the models and, on average, changes from 0.8 to 0.48 K decade …
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, Neal Butchart, I. Cionni, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, Eugene C. Cordero, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, S. Dhomse, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, F. Li, E. Mancini, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, F. Sassi, J. F. Scinocca, K. Shibata, B. Steil, W. Tian
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, Neal Butchart, I. Cionni, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, Eugene C. Cordero, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, S. Dhomse, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, F. Li, E. Mancini, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, F. Sassi, J. F. Scinocca, K. Shibata, B. Steil, W. Tian
Faculty Publications, Meteorology and Climate Science
The response of stratospheric climate and circulation to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and ozone recovery in the twenty-first century is analyzed in simulations of 11 chemistry–climate models using near-identical forcings and experimental setup. In addition to an overall global cooling of the stratosphere in the simulations (0.59 ± 0.07 K decade−1 at 10 hPa), ozone recovery causes a warming of the Southern Hemisphere polar lower stratosphere in summer with enhanced cooling above. The rate of warming correlates with the rate of ozone recovery projected by the models and, on average, changes from 0.8 to 0.48 K decade …
Droughtscape- Fall 2010, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape- Fall 2010, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
CDC Issues Drought Guidance for Public Health
La Niña May Intensify Drought in South
Recent Workshops and Meetings
East Feels Impacts as Heat Intensifies Drought
New Products
Nicole Wall Co-Facilitates Republican River Basin Task Force
NDMC Climatologist on Ethiopia Team
Sfa Weather Station-September 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-September 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Sfa Weather Station-August 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-August 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
A Diagnostic Examination Of Consecutive Extreme Cool-Season Precipitation Events At St. John's, Newfoundland, In December 2008, Shawn M. Milrad, Eyad H. Atallah, John R. Gyakum
A Diagnostic Examination Of Consecutive Extreme Cool-Season Precipitation Events At St. John's, Newfoundland, In December 2008, Shawn M. Milrad, Eyad H. Atallah, John R. Gyakum
Publications
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (CYYT), is frequently affected by extreme precipitation events, particularly in the cool season (October–April). Previous work classified precipitation events at CYYT into categories by precipitation amount and a manual synoptic typing was performed on the 50 median extreme precipitation events, using two separate methods. Here, consecutive extreme precipitation events in December 2008 are analyzed. These events occurred over a 6-day period and produced over 125 mm of precipitation at CYYT. The first manual typing method, using a backward-trajectory analysis, results in both events being classified as “southwest,” which were previously defined as the majority of the …
An Intercomparison Of Regional Atmospheric Circulation And The Melt Season Loss Of Arctic Snow Cover And Sea Ice Extent Across The Land-Ocean Boundary, Angela C. Bliss
An Intercomparison Of Regional Atmospheric Circulation And The Melt Season Loss Of Arctic Snow Cover And Sea Ice Extent Across The Land-Ocean Boundary, Angela C. Bliss
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This study is designed to compare the monthly continental snow cover and sea ice extent loss in the Arctic with regional atmospheric conditions including: mean sea level pressure, 925 hPa air temperature, and mean wind direction among others during the melt season (March-August) over the 29-year study period 1979-2007. Little research has gone into studying the concurrent variations in the annual loss of continental snow cover and sea ice extent across the land-ocean boundary, since these data are largely stored in incompatible formats. However, the analysis of these data, averaged spatially over three autonomous study regions located in Siberia, North …
Sfa Weather Station-July 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-July 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Assessing The Short-Term Forecast Capability Of Nonstandardized Surface Observations Using The National Digital Forecast Database (Ndfd), Joby Hilliker, G Akasapu, G S. Young
Assessing The Short-Term Forecast Capability Of Nonstandardized Surface Observations Using The National Digital Forecast Database (Ndfd), Joby Hilliker, G Akasapu, G S. Young
Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications
The number of surface observations from nonstandardized networks across the United States has appreciably increased the last several years. Automated Weather Services, Inc. (AWS), maintains one example of this type of network offering nonstandardized observations for similar to 8000 sites. The present study assesses the utility of such a network to improve short-term (i.e., lead times < 12 h) National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) forecasts for three parameters most relevant to the energy industry-temperature, dewpoint, and wind speed. A 1-yr sample of 13 AWS sites is chosen to evaluate the magnitude of forecast improvement (skill) and influence of physical location (siting) on such improvements. Hourly predictions are generated using generalized additive modeling (GAM)-a nonlinear statistical equation incorporating a predetermined set of the most significant AWS and NDFD predictors. Two references are used for comparison: (i) persistence climatology (PC) forecasts and (ii) NDFD forecasts calibrated to the AWS sites (CNDFD). The skill, measured via the percent improvement (reduction) in the mean absolute error (MAE), of forecasts generated by the study's technique (CNDFD+) is comparable (< 5%) to PC for lead times of 1-3 h for dewpoint and wind speed. Skill relative to PC slowly increases with lead time, with temperature exhibiting the greatest relative-to-PC skill (similar to 30% at 12 h). When compared to baseline CNDFD forecasts, the MAE of the generated CNDFD+ forecasts is reduced 65% for temperature and dewpoint at the 1-h lead time. An exponential drop in improvement occurs for longer lead times. Wind speed improvements are notably less, with little skill (< 5%) demonstrated for forecasts beyond 4 h. Overall, CNDFD+ forecasts have the greatest accuracy relative to CNDFD and PC for the middle (3-7 h) lead times tested in the study. Variations in CNDFD+ skill exist with respect to AWS location. Tested stations located in complex terrain generally exhibit greater skill relative to CNDFD than the 13-station average for temperature (and, to a lesser degree, dewpoint). Relative to PC, however, the same subset of stations exhibits skill below the 13-station average. No conclusive relationship can be made between CNDFD+ skill and the sample stations located near water.
Droughtscape- Summer 2010, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape- Summer 2010, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
Upcoming Workshops
Mild Drought Season Likely to Persist
Drought Impacts Intensify in Upper Midwest
Visiting Scientists
North Carolina Takes Drought Monitor Seriously
International Work- Murcia, Spain, June
Urban Heat Island Expansion In The Greater Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, Alex Remar
Urban Heat Island Expansion In The Greater Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, Alex Remar
Earth and Soil Sciences
The growth of human settlements into vast urban metropolitan areas is often accompanied by relatively higher temperatures in comparison with surrounding rural countrysides, a phenomenon known as the “urban heat island effect.” The city of Las Vegas has been selected as an examination of this trend because of its unprecedented urban growth in the last 50 years, which has been mapped by satellite imagery for several decades. Studying the growth of Las Vegas’ relatively new heat island can provide valuable insight into the causes and magnitude of all urban heat islands in general.
In this investigation, a series of temperature …
Sfa Weather Station-June 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-June 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Sfa Weather Station-May 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-May 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Evapotranspiration Of Kentucky Bluegrass, Lynda L. Fenton
Evapotranspiration Of Kentucky Bluegrass, Lynda L. Fenton
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Rapid population growth in arid regions of the western US is placing increased demand on water resources. Variability in precipitation and common occurrence of drought have promoted scrutiny of water use in urban lawns and gardens. However, few reliable measurements of water use of these landscapes exist. Quantifying the amount of water used vs. required by landscapes such as turfgrass would allow significant water conservation. Evapotranspiration (ET) is affected by biophysical factors such as: available energy, turbulent mixing, saturation deficit, soil water, and stomatal conductance. In order to simulate the water use by turfgrass, the relative importance of these processes …
Sfa Weather Station-April 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-April 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Evaluation Of The National Hurricane Center’S Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Probability Forecast Product, Michael E. Splitt, Jaclyn A. Shafer, Steven M. Lazarus, William P. Roeder
Evaluation Of The National Hurricane Center’S Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Probability Forecast Product, Michael E. Splitt, Jaclyn A. Shafer, Steven M. Lazarus, William P. Roeder
Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications
A tropical cyclone (TC) wind speed probability forecast product developed at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and adopted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is evaluated for U.S. land-threatening and landfalling events over four hurricane seasons from 2004 to 2007. A key element of this work is the discernment of risk associated with the interval forecast probabilities for the three wind speed categories (i.e., 34, 50, and 64 kt, where 1 kt = 0.52 m s−1). A quantitative assessment of the interval probabilities (0–12, 12–24, 24–36, 36–48, 48–72, 72–96, and 96–120 h) is conducted by converting …
Droughtscape- Spring 2010, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape- Spring 2010, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
NDMC and NC Drought Council Team Up
Drought to Intensify in Northwest and Hawaii
International Work
Impacts Recorded in Hawaii and Western States
U.S. Drought Monitor Archives Enhanced
Low-Water Impact Surveys Completed
K-12 Drought Outreach
Synoptic Typing Of Extreme Cool-Season Precipitation Events At St. John's, Newfoundland, 1979-2005, Shawn M. Milrad, Eyad H. Atallah, John R. Gyakum
Synoptic Typing Of Extreme Cool-Season Precipitation Events At St. John's, Newfoundland, 1979-2005, Shawn M. Milrad, Eyad H. Atallah, John R. Gyakum
Publications
Quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF) continues to be a significant challenge in operational forecasting, particularly in regions susceptible to extreme precipitation events. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (CYYT), is affected frequently by such events, particularly in the cool season (October–April).
The 50 median events in the extreme (>33.78 mm during a 48-h period) precipitation event category are selected for further analysis. A manual synoptic typing is performed on these 50 events, using two separate methodologies to partition events. The first method utilizes a Lagrangian backward air parcel trajectory analysis and the second method utilizes the evolution of dynamically relevant variables, including …
Information Technology Implementation Decisions To Support The Kentucky Mesonet, D. Michael Grogan
Information Technology Implementation Decisions To Support The Kentucky Mesonet, D. Michael Grogan
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The Kentucky Mesonet is a high-density, mesoscale network of automated meteorological and climatological sensing platforms being developed across the commonwealth. Data communications, collection, processing, and delivery mechanisms play a critical role in such networks, and the World Meteorological Organization recognizes that “an observing system is not complete unless it is connected to other systems that deliver the data to the users.” This document reviews the implementation steps, decisions, and rationale surrounding communications and computing infrastructure development to support the Mesonet. A general overview of the network and technology-related research is provided followed by a review of pertinent literature related to …
Sfa Weather Station-March 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-March 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Design And Status Of The Elevationl Transect And Monitoring Systems For Nevada’S Nsf Epscor Climate Change Research Program, Brian M. Bird, Scotty Strachan, David B. Simeral, Richard L. Jasoni
Design And Status Of The Elevationl Transect And Monitoring Systems For Nevada’S Nsf Epscor Climate Change Research Program, Brian M. Bird, Scotty Strachan, David B. Simeral, Richard L. Jasoni
2010 Annual Nevada NSF EPSCoR Climate Change Conference
15 PowerPoint slides Convener: Franco Biondi, UNR & Michael Young, DRI Session 4: Ecological Change and Water Resources Abstract: -Current status of Transects -Sheep Range Transect (5 sites) fully permitted through Fish and Wildlife Service. -Site access agreement acquired from the Long Now Foundation for Snake Range (sites 1, 2 and 3). -Snake Range site 4 access granted through the Nevada Land Conservatory. -Waiting for site permit approval on sites 8,9 and 6,7 from BLM and GBNP respectively. -Tower installed at North Las Vegas UWCC for testing of sensors and communications. -Installation of towers will begin winter 2010 at lower …