bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Land–Precipitation Coupling Strength Using Observations and Models
Authors: Zeng Xubin , Barlage Mike , Castro Chris , Fling Kelly 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
Numerous studies have attempted to address the land–precipitation coupling, but scientists’ understanding remains limited and discrepancies still exist from different studies. A new parameter Γ is proposed here to estimate the land–precipitation coupling strength based on the ratio of the covariance between monthly or seasonal precipitation and evaporation anomalies (from their climatological means) over the variance of precipitation anomalies. The Γ value is easy to compute and insensitive to the horizontal scales used; however, it does not provide causality. A relatively high Γ is a necessary—but not sufficient—condition for a relatively strong land–precipitation coupling. A computation of Γ values using two global reanalyses (ECMWF and NCEP), one regional reanalysis [North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR)], and observed precipitation along with Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC)-derived evaporation data indicates that the land–precipitation coupling is stronger in summer and weaker in winter. The strongest coupling (i.e., hot spots) occurs over the western and central parts of North America, part of the Eurasia midlatitude, and Sahel in boreal summer and over most of Australia, Argentina, and South Africa in austral summer. The Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3) shows much higher Γ values, consistent with the strong coupling shown by its atmosphere–land coupled components in previous studies. Its overall spatial pattern of Γ values is not affected much over most regions by the doubling of CO2 in CCSM3. The Γ values from the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) are more realistic than those from CCSM3; however, they are still higher than those from observations over North America.
Interactions between a Submesoscale Anticyclonic Vortex and a Front*
Authors: Chavanne Cédric , Flament Pierre , Gurgel Klaus-Werner 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
The evolution of a submesoscale anticyclonic vortex was observed by high-frequency Doppler radio current meters and satellite radiometers. The vortex formed between two large cyclones to the southwest of Oahu, Hawaii. The radius of the core was ∼15 km; the azimuthal velocity reached 35 cm s−1; and the surface vorticity remained below −f for 9 days, reaching an extremum of −1.7f. The flow was ageostrophic near the center and around the periphery of the vortex. The initial growth may have been driven by negative wind stress curl in the lee of Oahu. The vortex was prone to inertial, symmetric, and anticyclonic ageostrophic instabilities, but the temporal evolution of radial profiles of vorticity was inconsistent with angular momentum redistribution by inertial instability.
A tongue of surface water 0.7°C warmer became entrained northward between the vortex and the colder cyclone to the west. As the vortex strengthened, a 0.14°C km−1 front formed along the eastern flank of the tongue. The sea surface temperature gradient remained weaker on the western flank. The flow was anticyclonic (−0.4f ) and divergent (0.1f ) on the warm side of the front but cyclonic (0.6f ) and convergent (−0.2f ) on the cold side. This suggests ageostrophic cross-frontal circulations maintaining alongfront thermal wind balance in the presence of large-scale strain σ. Surface divergence δ was proportional to vorticity ζ during the 3-day frontogenesis: δ ∼ −(σ/f )ζ. This is consistent with a semigeostrophic model of a front confined to a surface layer of zero potential vorticity.
Effects of Mesoscale Eddies on Subduction and Distribution of Subtropical Mode Water in an Eddy-Resolving OGCM of the Western North Pacific
Authors: Nishikawa Shiro , Tsujino Hiroyuki , Sakamoto Kei , Nakano Hideyuki 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
The effects of mesoscale eddies on the subduction and distribution of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water (STMW) are investigated using an eddy-resolving ocean general circulation model (OGCM). First, the subduction rate is calculated and the contribution of eddies to the subduction of STMW is estimated. It is found that eddy subduction significantly contributes to the total subduction of STMW. Second, eddy thickness transport and diapycnal flux are directly diagnosed to investigate the large-scale eddy-induced transport process of STMW. The large southward eddy thickness transport in the STMW core density is consistent with eddy subduction. The eddy transport on the isopycnal surface of STMW is directed down the thickness gradient and traverses the mean flow. The meridional eddy transport streamfunction indicates two eddy circulation cells south of 30°N, associated with the circulation of STMW. These cells flatten density surfaces, similar to the effect of the Gent and McWilliams (GM) scheme. The subducted STMW is gradually dissipated to lower or higher densities in the main thermocline, basically by vertical diffusion. Finally, local processes of eddy subduction and transport of STMW are explored using an anticyclonic eddy. Results imply two possible local processes of the eddy subduction of STMW. One is the destruction of a potential vorticity (PV) gradient by eddy mixing, where the PV gradient is due to winter deep mixed layer formation. The other is the southward translation of anticyclonic eddies that accompany low PV.
Total Matrix Intercomparison: A Method for Determining the Geometry of Water-Mass Pathways
Authors: Gebbie Geoffrey , Huybers Peter 
Published: July 2010

AbstractOcean tracer distributions have long been used to decompose the deep ocean into constituent water masses, but previous inverse methods have generally been limited to just a few water masses that have been defined by a subjective choice of static property combinations. Through air–sea interaction and upper-ocean processes, all surface locations are potential sources of distinct tracer properties, and thus it is natural to define a distinct water type for each surface site. Here, a new box inversion method is developed to explore the contributions of all surface locations to the ocean interior, as well as the degree to which the observed tracer fields can be explained by a steady-state circulation with unchanging surface-boundary conditions. The total matrix intercomparison (TMI) method is a novel way to invert observations to solve for the pathways connecting every surface point to every interior point. In the limiting case that the circulation is steady and that five conservative tracers are perfectly observed, the TMI method unambiguously recovers the complete pathways information, owing to the fact that each grid box has, at most, six neighbors. Modern-day climatologies of temperature, salinity, phosphate, nitrate, oxygen, and oxygen-18/oxygen-16 isotope ratios are simultaneously inverted at 4° × 4° grid resolution with 33 vertical levels. Using boundary conditions at the surface and seafloor, the entire interior distribution of the observed tracers is reconstructed using the TMI method. Assuming that seafloor fluxes of tracer properties can be neglected, the method suggests that 25% or less of the water residing in the deep North Pacific originated in the North Atlantic. Integrating over the global ocean, the Southern Ocean is dominant, as the inversion indicates that almost 60% of the ocean volume originates from south of the Southern Hemisphere subtropical front.
Influence of the Nonlinear Equation of State on Global Estimates of Dianeutral Advection and Diffusion
Authors: Klocker Andreas , McDougall Trevor J. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
Recent work on the global overturning circulation and its energetics assumes that processes caused by nonlinearities of the equation of state of seawater are negligible. Nonlinear processes such as cabbeling and thermobaricity cause diapycnal motion as a consequence of isopycnal mixing. The nonlinear equation of state also causes the helical nature of neutral trajectories; as a consequence of this helical nature, it is not possible to define a continuous “density” surface that aligns with neutral tangent planes. The result is an additional diapycnal advection, which needs to be accounted for in water-mass analysis. In this paper, the authors take advantage of new techniques in constructing very accurate continuous density surfaces to more precisely estimate isopycnal and diapycnal processes caused by the nonlinear equation of state. They then quantify the diapycnal advection due to each of these nonlinear processes and show that they lead in total to a significant downward diapycnal advection, particularly in the Southern Ocean. The nonlinear processes are therefore another source of dense water formation in addition to high-latitude convection. To maintain the abyssal stratification in the global ocean, these dense water masses have to be brought back toward surface layers, and this can occur by either diabatic or adiabatic processes. Including these nonlinear processes into the advection–diffusion balance, the authors show that observed diapycnal diffusivities are unlikely to be able to support the amount of dense water produced in the global ocean, thus placing more importance on the adiabatic way of bringing the deep waters back to the surface.
Entrainment in Shallow Rotating Gravity Currents: A Modeling Study
Authors: Umlauf Lars , Arneborg Lars , Hofmeister Richard , Burchard Hans 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
The physics of shallow gravity currents passing through a rotating channel at subcritical Froude number is investigated here with a series of idealized numerical experiments. It is found that the combined effects of friction and rotation set up a complex transverse circulation that has some crucial implications for the entrainment process. A key component of this secondary circulation is a geostrophically balanced transverse jet in the interface that laterally drains fluid from the interface. This effect is shown to result in a strong cross-channel asymmetry and a spatial separation of the entrainment process: drained interfacial fluid is partly replaced by entrained ambient fluid on the deep side of the gravity current, whereas the downward mixing of buoyant fluid occurs on the shallow side. These results, closely corresponding to recent measurements in a shallow, channelized gravity current in the western Baltic Sea, illustrate that the description of entrainment as a strictly vertical mixing process with the help of local bulk parameters like the Froude number is not generally applicable in rotating gravity currents.
Vertical Splitting of Vortices in Geophysical Dipoles
Authors: Viúdez Álvaro 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
The processes involved in the vertical splitting of vortices in geophysical dipoles, rotating and stably stratified, are investigated using a three-dimensional numerical model under the f-plane and Boussinesq approximations. Vertical splitting in asymmetric dipoles is possible when the vortices have a similar amount of potential vorticity but significantly differ in vertical extent. One representative case of vertical splitting is analyzed, and it is found that prior to the splitting there is a shearing period characterized by vertical unalignment and loss of horizontal axisymmetrization. The splitting starts when the upper and lower parts of the deep vortex independently experience vertical alignment and horizontal axisymmetrization. Vertical splitting also involves vortex horizontal splitting in the intermediate layers, which might explain the vertical asymmetry found in some isolated subsurface vortices in the ocean interior.
Retrieval of Three-Dimensional Raindrop Size Distribution Using X-Band Polarimetric Radar Data
Authors: Kim D-S. , Maki M. , Lee D-I. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
An improved algorithm based on the self-consistent principle for rain attenuation correction of reflectivity ZH and differential reflectivity ZDR are presented for X-band radar. The proposed algorithm calculates the optimum coefficients for the relation between the specific attenuation coefficient and the specific differential phase, every 1 km along a slant range. The attenuation-corrected ZDR is calculated from reflectivity at horizontal polarization and from reflectivity at vertical polarization after attenuation correction. The improved rain attenuation correction algorithm is applied to the range–height indicator (RHI) scans as well as the plan position indicator (PPI) volume scan data observed by X-band wavelength (MP-X) radar, as operated by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) in Japan. The corrected ZH and ZDR values are in good agreement with those calculated from the drop size distribution (DSD) measured by disdrometers.
The two governing parameters of a normalized gamma DSD, normalized number concentration NW, and drop median diameter D0 are estimated from the corrected ZH and ZDR, and specific differential phase KDP values based on the “constrained-gamma” method. The method is applied to PPI and RHI data of a typhoon rainband to retrieve the three-dimensional distribution of DSD. The retrieved DSD parameters show reasonable agreement with disdrometer data. The present results demonstrate that high-quality correction and retrieval DSDs can be derived from X-band polarimetric radar data.
Signal Processing System for the CASA Integrated Project I Radars
Authors: Bharadwaj Nitin , Chandrasekar V. , Junyent Francesc 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
This paper describes the waveform design space and signal processing system for dual-polarization Doppler weather radar operating at X band. The performance of the waveforms is presented with ground clutter suppression capability and mitigation of range–velocity ambiguity. The operational waveform is designed based on operational requirements and system/hardware requirements. A dual–Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) waveform was developed and implemented for the first generation X-band radars deployed by the Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA). This paper presents an evaluation of the performance of the waveforms based on simulations and data collected by the first-generation CASA radars during operations.
A Balloon Sounding Technique for Measuring SO2 Plumes
Authors: Morris Gary A. , Komhyr Walter D. , Hirokawa Jun , Flynn James , Lefer Barry , Krotkov Nicholay , Ngan Fong 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
This paper reports on the development of a new technique for inexpensive measurements of SO2 profiles using a modified dual-ozonesonde instrument payload. The presence of SO2 interferes with the standard electrochemical cell (ECC) ozonesonde measurement, resulting in −1 molecule of O3 reported for each molecule of SO2 present (provided [O3] &gt; [SO2]). In laboratory tests, an SO2 filter made with CrO3 placed on the inlet side of the sonde removes nearly 100% of the SO2 present for concentrations up to 60 ppbv and remained effective after exposure to 2.8 × 1016 molecules of SO2 [equivalent to a column ∼150 DU (1 DU = 2.69 × 1020 molecules m−2)]. Flying two ECC instruments on the same payload with one filtered and the other unfiltered yields SO2 profiles, inferred by subtraction. Laboratory tests and field experience suggest an SO2 detection limit of ∼3 pbb with profiles valid from the surface to the ozonopause [i.e., ∼(8–10 km)]. Two example profiles demonstrate the success of this technique for both volcanic and industrial plumes.
An Autonomous Open-Ocean Stereoscopic PIV Profiler
Authors: Steinbuck Jonah V. , Roberts Paul L. D. , Troy Cary D. , Horner-Devine Alexander R. , Simonet Fernando , Uhlman Alfred H. , Jaffe Jules S. , Monismith Stephen G. , Franks Peter J. S. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
Over the past decade, a novel free-fall imaging profiler has been under development at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to observe and quantify biological and physical structure in the upper 100 m of the ocean. The profiler provided the first detailed view of microscale phytoplankton distributions using in situ planar laser-induced fluorescence. The present study examines a recent incarnation of the profiler that features microscale turbulent flow measurement capabilities using stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV). As the profiler descends through the water column, a vertical sheet of laser light illuminates natural particles below the profiler. Two sensitive charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras image a 25 cm × 25 cm × 0.6 cm region at a nominal frame rate of 8 Hz. The stereoscopic camera configuration allows all three components of velocity to be measured in the vertical plane with an average spatial resolution of approximately 3 mm. The performance of the PIV system is evaluated for deployments offshore of the southern California coast. The in situ image characteristics, including natural particle seeding density and imaged particle size, are found to be suitable for PIV. Ensemble-averaged velocity and dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy estimates from the stereoscopic PIV system are consistent with observations from an acoustic Doppler velocimeter and acoustic Doppler current profiler, though it is revealed that the present instrument configuration influences the observed flow field. The salient challenges in adapting stereoscopic PIV for in situ, open-ocean turbulence measurements are identified, including cross-plane particle motion, instrument intrusiveness, and measurement uncertainty limitations. These challenges are discussed and recommendations are provided for future development: improved alignment with the dominant flow direction, mitigation of instrument intrusiveness, and improvements in illumination and imaging resolution.
An Advanced Method to Estimate Deep Currents from Profiling Floats
Authors: Park Jong Jin , Kim Kuh , King Brian A. , Riser Stephen C. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
Subsurface ocean currents can be estimated from the positions of drifting profiling floats that are being widely deployed for the international Argo program. The calculation of subsurface velocity depends on how the trajectory of the float while on the surface is treated. The following three aspects of the calculation of drift velocities are addressed: the accurate determination of surfacing and dive times, a new method for extrapolating surface and dive positions from the set of discrete Argos position fixes, and a discussion of the errors in the method. In the new method described herein, the mean drift velocity and the phase and amplitude of inertial motions are derived explicitly from a least squares fit to the set of Argos position fixes for each surface cycle separately. The new method differs from previous methods that include prior assumptions about the statistics of inertial motions. It is concluded that the endpoints of the subsurface trajectory can be estimated with accuracy better than 1.7 km (East Sea/Sea of Japan) and 0.8 km (Indian Ocean). All errors, combined with the error that results from geostrophic shear and extrapolation, should result in individual subsurface velocity estimates with uncertainty of the order of 0.2 cm s−1.
Evaluation of Attenuation Correction Methodology for Dual-Polarization Radars: Application to X-Band Systems
Authors: Gorgucci Eugenio , Chandrasekar V. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractMonitoring of precipitation using high-frequency radar systems, such as the X band, is becoming increasingly popular because of their lower cost compared to their S-band counterpart. However, at higher frequencies, such as the X band, the precipitation-induced attenuation is significant, and introduces ambiguities in the interpretation of the radar observations. Differential phase measurements have been shown to be very useful for correcting the measured reflectivity for precipitation-induced attenuation. This paper presents a quantitative evaluation of two attenuation correction methodologies with specific emphasis on the X band. A simple differential phase–based algorithm as well as the range-profiling algorithm are studied. The impact of backscatter differential phase on the performance of attenuation correction is evaluated. It is shown that both of the algorithms for attenuation correction work fairly well, yielding attenuation-accurate corrected reflectivities with a negligible bias.
Calibration of Dual-Polarization Radar in the Presence of Partial Beam Blockage
Authors: Giangrande Scott E. , Ryzhkov Alexander V. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
In the presence of partial beam blockage (PBB), weather radar measurements can experience significant bias that directly compromises the accuracy of the hydrologic applications. Techniques for the calibration of the radar reflectivity factor Z and differential reflectivity ZDR, measured with dual-polarization weather radars in the presence of partial beam obstruction, are examined in this paper.
The proposed ZDR calibration technique utilizes radar measurements of ZDR in light rain and dry aggregated snow at unblocked and blocked elevations. This calibration technique was tested for the National Severe Storms Laboratory’s (NSSL’s) Cimarron radar that suffers from PBB, and a polarimetric prototype of the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) that does not experience PBB. Results indicate that the ZDR bias that is associated with PBB can be calibrated with an accuracy of 0.2–0.3 dB, provided that the dataset is sufficiently large.
Calibration of Z in the presence of PBB is based on the idea of self-consistency among Z, ZDR, and the specific differential phase KDP in rain. The self-consistency calibration of Z from the Cimarron radar is performed following an area–time integral method. Integration is partitioned into small azimuthal sectors to assess the azimuthal modulation of the Z bias. The suggested technique is validated by direct comparisons of reflectivity factors that are measured by the Cimarron radar and the unobstructed operational WSR-88D radar. It is shown that the azimuthal modulation of Z that is caused by PBB is well captured, and the accuracy of the Z calibration is within 2–3 dB.
Observations of the Small-Scale Variability of Precipitation Using an Imaging Radar
Authors: Palmer Robert D. , Cheong Boon Leng , Hoffman Michael W. , Frasier Stephen J. , López-Dekker F. J. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract
For many years, spatial and temporal inhomogeneities in precipitation fields have been studied using scanning radars, cloud radars, and disdrometers, for example. Each measurement technique has its own advantages and disadvantages. Conventional profiling radars point vertically and collect data while the atmosphere advects across the field of view. Invoking Taylor’s frozen turbulence hypothesis, it is possible to construct time-history data, which are used to study the structure and dynamics of the atmosphere. In the present work, coherent radar imaging is used to estimate the true three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere within the field of view of the radar. The 915-MHz turbulent eddy profiler radar is well suited for imaging studies and was used in June 2003 to investigate the effects of turbulence on the formation of rain. The Capon adaptive algorithm was implemented for imaging and clutter rejection purposes. In the past several years, work by the authors and others has proven the Capon method to be effective in this regard and to possess minimal computational burden. A simple but robust filtering procedure is presented whereby echoes from precipitation and clear-air turbulence can be separated, facilitating the study of their interaction. By exploiting the three-dimensional views provided by this imaging radar, it is shown that boundary layer turbulence can have either a constructive or destructive effect on the formation of precipitation. Evidence is also provided that shows that this effect can be enhanced by updrafts in the wind field.