Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

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Volume 42 (2025): Issue 6 (Jun 2025)

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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Comparison between SMOS and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity and SASSIE In-situ Measurements in the Arctic Ocean

O. J. Houndegnonto
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S. Fournier
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I. G. Fenty
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M. Steele
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A. Pacini
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A Novel Technique to Correct Debris Centrifuging Bias in Doppler Velocity Measurements from Tornadoes

Morgan E. Schneider
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David J. Bodine
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Robert D. Palmer
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Sebastián M. Torres
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Boonleng Cheong
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Caleb J. Fulton
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Casey B. Griffin
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Takashi Maruyama
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Improving retrievals by the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer in mid-latitude winter storms

Jezabel Vilardell Sanchez
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Joseph W. Sapp
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Zorana Jelenak
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Paul S. Chang
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Stephen J. Frasier
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Examining Meteorological Benefits of Rapid-Scan, Fully Digital Phased Array Radar Observations for Detecting Tornado Formation and Intensification

Brandon K. Cohen
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David J. Bodine
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Mark B. Yeary
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Jeffrey C. Snyder
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Howard B. Bluestein
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Estimation of bottom friction in modelling tidal dynamics of Port Phillip Bay

Shuo Li
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Huy Quang Tran
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R. Jak McCarroll
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Daniel Ierodiaconou
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Alexander V. Babanin
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Shear and temperature microstructure measurements from APEX Floats

Arnaud Le Boyer
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C. Andrew Parlier
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Michael Goldin
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Sean Lastuka
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Sara Goheen
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S. Nguyen
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Dana Swift
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Steve Riser
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Alison Gray
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Matthew H. Alford
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Possible Increase in the Practical Salinity of IAPSO Standard Seawater

Hiroshi Uchida
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Masahide Wakita
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Mitsuho Oe
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Fernando Santiago-Mandujano
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Development and Validation of the Skyfora StreamSonde – A Lightweight High Frequency Instrument to Measure Atmospheric Soundings

Joshua B. Wadler
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Pauli Paaso
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Joseph J. Cione
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Kim Kaisti
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Kathryn Sellwood
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Sim D. Aberson
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Forrest J. Masters
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Liam John
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Jun A. Zhang
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Svante Henriksson
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Assessing the Quality of GNSS Radio Occultation Observations in Tropical Cyclones and Implications for Future Observations

Kevin J. Nelson
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Chi O. Ao
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Feiqin Xie
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Jonathan Zawislak
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Kuo-Nung 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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Byron E. Gleason
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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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Xiaoqin Lu
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Jingxian Feng
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Yongxiang Fan
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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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Veljko Petkovic
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Comparison of Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements by Collocated Disdrometers

Ali Tokay
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Walter A. Petersen
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Patrick Gatlin
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Matthew Wingo
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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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Fred G. Rose
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Le Trang Nguyen
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Thomas E. Caldwell
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Norman G. Loeb
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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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A New Sea Surface Height–Based Code for Oceanic Mesoscale Eddy Tracking

Evan Mason
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Ananda Pascual
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James C. McWilliams
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Extracting Multiyear Surface Currents from Sequential Thermal Imagery Using the Maximum Cross-Correlation Technique

Melissa M. Bowen
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William J. Emery
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John L. Wilkin
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Paul C. Tildesley
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Ian J. Barton
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Rebecca Knewtson
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An Improved High-Resolution Raingage

J. G. Hosking
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C. D. Stow
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S. G. Bradley
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W. R. Gray
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Decomposition of Random Errors Inherent to HOAPS-3.2 Near-Surface Humidity Estimates Using Multiple Triple Collocation Analysis

Julian Kinzel
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Karsten Fennig
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Marc Schröder
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Axel Andersson
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Karl Bumke
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Rainer Hollmann
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Integration and Ocean-Based Prelaunch Validation of GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager Legacy Atmospheric Products

Hua Xie
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Nicholas R. Nalli
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Shanna Sampson
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Walter W. Wolf
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Jun Li
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Timothy J. Schmit
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Christopher D. Barnet
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Everette Joseph
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Vernon R. Morris
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Fanglin Yang

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