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Atmosphere, Volume 8, Issue 1

January 2017 - 22 articles

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Cover Story: An example of a Rossby Radius of Deformation Overlap Zone (RRDOZ) region, as a result of intersecting Rossby Radius buffers around the entrance (direct buffer black circle with vertical ticks), and exit (indirect buffer black dashed circle) regions of potentially coupled jet streaks at 250 hPa. This map was created using the Aeronautical Reconnaissance Coverage Geographical Information System (ArcGIS) software package (Version 10.1) licensed to the University of Missouri. By Anthony R. Lupo. View the paper

Articles (22)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,670 Views
22 Pages

23 January 2017

An automated method producing a diagnostic of the severity of lee waves and their impacts on surface winds as represented in output from a high resolution linear numerical model (3D velocities over mountains (3DVOM)) covering several areas of the U.K...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,314 Views
13 Pages

21 January 2017

This study numerically investigates the effects of a moving crane and airflow on contaminant removal efficiency of various reticle box coverage sequences in a stocker. The analyzed characteristics of flow patterns are used to protect the reticles fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,801 Views
11 Pages

20 January 2017

In this work, rain totals from 1960–2014, obtained during the warm season (May to October) from 52 meteorological stations, over Xinjiang, China were classified as either light, moderate, or heavy rain in two sub-regions (northern and southern). Spat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,522 Views
13 Pages

Tracheobronchial and Alveolar Particle Surface Area Doses in Smokers

  • Fernanda Carmen Fuoco,
  • Luca Stabile,
  • Giorgio Buonanno,
  • Mauro Scungio,
  • Maurizio Manigrasso and
  • Andrea Frattolillo

19 January 2017

Cigarette smoke is the main cause of lung cancer events. Mainstream cigarette smoke (MSS) is a direct concern for smokers, but also the secondhand smoke (SHS) contributes to the smoker exposure. In addition, smoker exposure is affected by the “free-s...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
3,076 Views
2 Pages

19 January 2017

With the goal of recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of atmosphere sciences by early-career investigators, including postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors, or equivalent, and assisting them in attending international conferences in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,568 Views
12 Pages

Inhomogeneous Radiative Forcing of NF3

  • Peng Lu,
  • Hua Zhang and
  • Jinxiu Wu

18 January 2017

Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) has the potential to make a growing contribution to the Earth’s radiative budget. In this study, the global mean radiative efficiency of NF3 is calculated as 0.188 W·m−2·ppb−1 by line-by-line method. Global warming potentia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,838 Views
11 Pages

17 January 2017

Aerodynamic roughness (AR) is an important parameter that influences the momentum and energy exchange between the earth’s surface and the atmosphere. In this study, profile wind data observed during the vegetation growing period (April–September) in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,839 Views
17 Pages

17 January 2017

In the project of the Third Tibetan Plateau Experiment of Atmospheric Science (TIPEX III), the intensive observation of cloud and precipitation in Nagqu was conducted from 1 July to 31 August 2014. The CL31 ceilometer and a WAter vapor, Cloud and Aer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,495 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of Surface Clutter for Future Geostationary Spaceborne Weather Radar

  • Xuehua Li,
  • Jianxin He,
  • Chuanzhi Wang,
  • Shunxian Tang and
  • Xiaoyu Hou

17 January 2017

Surface clutter interference will be one of the important problems for the future of geostationary spaceborne weather radar (GSWR). The aim of this work is to provide some numerical analyses on surface clutter interference and part of the performance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,386 Views
16 Pages

Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes in China Using PRECIS

  • Yujing Zhang,
  • Liang Fu,
  • Jie Pan and
  • Yinlong Xu

17 January 2017

Temperature extremes can cause disastrous impacts on ecological and social economic systems. China is very sensitive to climate change, as its warming rate exceeds that of the global mean level. This paper focused on the spatial and temporal changes...

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