Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

CURRENT ISSUE

Volume 41 (2024): Issue 9 (Sep 2024)

About the Journal

The Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (JTECH) publishes research describing instrumentation and methods used in atmospheric and oceanic research, including remote sensing instruments; measurements, validation, and data analysis techniques from satellites, aircraft, balloons, and surface-based platforms; in situ instruments, measurements, and methods for data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation and assimilation in numerical models; and information systems and algorithms.

ISSN: 0739-0572; eISSN: 1520-0426

Editors in Chief

Stephen Nesbitt, University of Illinois

Javier Fochesatto, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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2023 Journal Impact Factors in the Meteorology and Atmospheric Science and Engineering, Ocean categories

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Expanded Linear Responsivity for Earth and Planetary Radiometry

Henry F. Houskeeper
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Stanford B. Hooker
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Randall N. Lind
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Estimating the in situ Stratification via Remotely-sensed Internal Wave Speeds

Chufan Fang
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Alexandra J. Simpson
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James A. Lerczak
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Merrick C. Haller
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Implementing Super-Resolution of Non-Stationary Tides with Wavelets: An Introduction to CWT_Multi

Matthew Lobo
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David A. Jay
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Silvia Innocenti
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Stefan A. Talke
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Steven L. Dykstra
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Pascal Matte
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An Effective Water Depth Correction for Pressure-Based Wave Statistics on Rough Bathymetry

Olavo B. Marques
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Falk Feddersen
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James MacMahan
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DINEOF Interpolation of Global Ocean Color Data: Error Analysis and Masking

Haipeng Zhao
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Atsushi Matsuoka
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Manfredi Manizza
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Amos Winter
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Enabling the Assimilation of CrIS Shortwave Infrared Observations in Global NWP at NOAA. Part I: Background and Methods

Erin Jones
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Kevin Garrett
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Kayo Ide
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Yingtao Ma
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Bryan Karpowicz
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Christopher Barnet
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Sid Boukabara
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Enabling the Assimilation of CrIS Shortwave Infrared Observations in Global NWP at NOAA. Part II: OSEs and Results

Erin Jones
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Kevin Garrett
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Kayo Ide
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Bryan Karpowicz
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Christopher Barnet
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Sid Boukabara
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Quality Control of Geostationary Lightning Mapper Observations for Tropical Cyclone Applications

Benjamin C. Trabing
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K. Hilburn
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S. Stevenson
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K. D. Musgrave
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M. DeMaria
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A Comparison of Thunderstorm Identification Methods

Stephen A. Shield
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Adam L. Houston
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Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Retrievals in Complex Terrain During a Summer High Ozone Period

Aaron C. McCutchan
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John D. Horel
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Sebastian W. Hoch
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Impact of Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Dropsonde Data on the Assimilation of Satellite Radiance Data in GFS

Minghua Zheng
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Luca Delle Monache
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Xingren Wu
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Brian Kawzenuk
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F. Martin Ralph
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Yanqiu Zhu
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Ryan Torn
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Vijay S. Tallapragada
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Zhenhai Zhang
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Keqin Wu
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Jia Wang
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An Overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily Database

Matthew J. Menne
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Imke Durre
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Russell S. Vose
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Tamara G. Houston
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An Overview of the China Meteorological Administration Tropical Cyclone Database

Ming Ying
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Wei Zhang
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Hui Yu
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Yongti Zhu
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Dequan Chen
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Geostationary Enhanced Temporal Interpolation for CERES Flux Products

David R. Doelling
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Norman G. Loeb
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Dennis F. Keyes
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Michele L. Nordeen
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Daniel Morstad
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Cathy Nguyen
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Bruce A. Wielicki
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David F. Young
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Moguo Sun
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The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm to a Fully Parametric Scheme

Christian D. Kummerow
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David L. Randel
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Mark Kulie
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Nai-Yu Wang
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Ralph Ferraro
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S. Joseph Munchak
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Comparison of Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements by Collocated Disdrometers

Ali Tokay
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Matthew Wingo
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Evaluation of the New Version of the Laser-Optical Disdrometer, OTT Parsivel2

Ali Tokay
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David B. Wolff
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Walter A. Petersen
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CERES Synoptic Product: Methodology and Validation of Surface Radiant Flux

David A. Rutan
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Seiji Kato
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David R. Doelling
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A New Sea Surface Height–Based Code for Oceanic Mesoscale Eddy Tracking

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GeoColor: A Blending Technique for Satellite Imagery

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Demonstration of a Remotely Piloted Atmospheric Measurement and Charge Release Platform for Geoengineering

R. Giles Harrison
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Keri A. Nicoll
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Douglas J. Tilley
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Separating Cloud and Drizzle Signals in Radar Doppler Spectra Using a Parametric Time Domain Method

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An Overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily Database

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Revisiting Microstructure Sensor Responses with Implications for Double-Diffusive Fluxes

Tobias Sommer
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An Overview of the China Meteorological Administration Tropical Cyclone Database

Ming Ying
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Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms

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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Sensor Package

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