Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

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Volume 38, Issue 4

 
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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

Luca Baldini, Italian National Research Council

William J. Emery, University of Colorado Boulder

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1.952

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Assessing Seaglider® Model-based Position Accuracy on an Acoustic Tracking Range

James S. Bennett, Frederick R. Stahr, Charles C. Eriksen, Martin C. Renken, Wendy E. Snyder, and Lora J. Van Uffelen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0091.1
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13 Apr 2021
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In Situ Underwater Average Flow Velocity Estimation Using a Low-cost Video Velocimeter

Pichaya Lertvilai, Paul L.D. Roberts, and Jules S. Jaffe
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0115.1
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13 Apr 2021
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Deep-learning-based precipitation observation quality control

Yingkai Sha, David John Gagne II, Gregory West, and Roland Stull
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0081.1
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05 Apr 2021
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State estimates and forecasts of the eddy field in the Subtropical Countercurrent in the Northern Philippine Sea

Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Bruce D. Cornuelle, Matthew R. Mazloff, Peter F. Worcester, and Matthew A. Dzieciuch
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0083.1
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05 Apr 2021
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The NASA/GSFC 94 GHz Airborne Solid State Cloud Radar System (CRS)

Matthew L. Walker McLinden, Lihua Li, Gerald M. Heymsfield, Michael Coon, and Amber Emory
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0127.1
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02 Apr 2021
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Comparative wave measurements at a wave energy site with a recently developed low-cost wave buoy (Spotter), ADCP and pressure loggers

Orrin Lancaster, Remo Cossu, Sebastien Boulay, Scott Hunter, and Tom E. Baldock
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0168.1
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01 Apr 2021
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Effect of boundary conditions on adjoint-based forecast sensitivity observation impact in a regional model

Hyun Mee Kim and Dae-Hui Kim
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0040.1
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31 Mar 2021
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Calibration and retrieval of aerosol optical properties measured with Coherent Doppler Lidar

Guangyao Dai, Xiaoye Wang, Kangwen Sun, Songhua Wu, Xiaoquan Song, Rongzhong Li, Jiaping Yin, and Xitao Wang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0190.1
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30 Mar 2021
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Estimating the travel time and the most likely path from Lagrangian drifters

Michael O’Malley, Adam M. Sykulski, Romuald Laso-Jadart, and Mohammed-Amin Madoui
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0134.1
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23 Mar 2021
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Fast floating temperature sensor measures SST, not wet bulb temperature

Simon P. de Szoeke
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0193.1
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22 Mar 2021
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Effect of drag coefficient parameterizations on air-sea coupled simulations: a case study for typhoons Haima and Nida in 2016

Xingru Feng, Junchuan Sun, Dezhou Yang, Baoshu Yin, Guandong Gao, and Weiqi Wan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0133.1
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18 Mar 2021
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Tracking Smoke from a Prescribed Fire and its Impacts on Local Air Quality using Temporally Resolved GOES-16 ABI Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)

Amy K. Huff, Shobha Kondragunta, Hai Zhang, Istvan Laszlo, Mi Zhou, Vanessa Caicedo, Ruben Delgado, and Robert Levy
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0162.1
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17 Mar 2021
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Analyzing the Diurnal Cycle by Bayesian Interpolation on a Sphere for Mapping GNSS Radio Occultation Data

Stephen S. Leroy, Chi O. Ao, Olga P. Verkhoglyadova, and Mayra I. Oyola
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0031.1
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08 Mar 2021
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In-situ measurements of wind and turbulence by a motor glider in the Andes

Norman Wildmann, Ramona Eckert, Andreas Dörnbrack, Sonja Gisinger, Markus Rapp, Klaus Ohlmann, and Annelize van Niekerk
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0137.1
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26 Feb 2021
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Ocean Tides Near Hawaii from Satellite Altimeter Data I

Minjie Xu, Yuzhe Wang, Shuya Wang, Xianqing Lv, and Xu Chen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0072.1
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25 Feb 2021
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Middle-Atmosphere Temperature Monitoring Addressed with a Constellation of Cube-Sats dedicated to Climate issues

Philippe Keckhut, Alain Hauchecorne, Mustapha Meftah, Sergey Khaykin, Chantal Claud, and Pierre Simoneau
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0046.1
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04 Feb 2021
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Examining the Influence of Recording System on the Pure Temperature Error in XBT Data

Zhetao Tan, Franco Reseghetti, John Abraham, Rebecca Cowley, Keyi Chen, Jiang Zhu, Bin Zhang, and Lijing Cheng
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0136.1
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01 Feb 2021
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Compact Polarimetry Synthetic Aperture Radar Ocean Wind Retrieval: Model Development and Validation

Biao Zhang, Yiru Lu, William Perrie, Guosheng Zhang, and Alexis Mouche
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0035.1
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25 Jan 2021
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Assessing Sensitivity of MERRA-2 to AMSU-A in the Upper Stratosphere

Mohar Chattopadhyay, Will McCarty, and Isaac Moradi
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0187.1
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14 Jan 2021
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Changes in TOA SW Fluxes over Marine Clouds When Estimated via Semi-Physical Angular Distribution Models

F. Tornow, C. Domenech, J. N. S. Cole, N. Madenach, and J. Fischer
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0107.1
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14 Jan 2021
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Modular, flexible, low-cost microstructure measurements: the Epsilometer

Arnaud Le Boyer, Matthew H. Alford, Nicole Couto, Michael Goldin, Sean Lastuka, Sara Goheen, San Nguyen, Andrew J. Lucas, and Tyler D. Hennon
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0116.1
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14 Jan 2021
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Dual-Polarization Deconvolution and Geophysical Retrievals from the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer during OLYMPEX/RADEX

Corey G. Amiot, Sayak K. Biswas, Timothy J. Lang, and David I. Duncan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0218.1
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11 Jan 2021
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Quantifying flow speeds by using microstructure shear and temperature spectral analysis

Shuang-Xi Guo, Xian-Rong Cen, Ling Qu, Yuan-Zheng Lu, Peng-Qi Huang, and Sheng-Qi Zhou
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0103.1
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11 Jan 2021
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Observing System Simulation Experiments Investigating Atmospheric Motion Vectors and Radiances from a Constellation of 4-5 μm Infrared Sounders

Will McCarty, David Carvalho, Isaac Moradi, and Nikki C. Privé
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0109.1
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23 Dec 2020
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Advances in the Ocean Color component of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET-OC)

Giuseppe Zibordi, Brent N. Holben, Marco Talone, Davide D’Alimonte, Ilya Slutsker, David M. Giles, and Mikhail G. Sorokin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0085.1
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21 Dec 2020
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Data validation and mesoscale assimilation of Himawari-8 optimal cloud analysis products

Michiko Otsuka, Hiromu Seko, Masahiro Hayashi, and Ko Koizumi
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0015.1
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17 Dec 2020
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Phase Codes for Mitigating Ambiguities in Range and Velocity

Dusan Zrnic and David Schvartzman
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0131.1
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10 Dec 2020
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Efficient Inverse Modeling of Barotropic Ocean Tides

Gary D. Egbert and Svetlana Y. Erofeeva
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0183:EIMOBO>2.0.CO;2
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Feb 2002
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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Sensor Package

Christian Kummerow, William Barnes, Toshiaki Kozu, James Shiue, and Joanne Simpson
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0809:TTRMMT>2.0.CO;2
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Jun 1998
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Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms

David M. Winker, Mark A. Vaughan, Ali Omar, Yongxiang Hu, Kathleen A. Powell, Zhaoyan Liu, William H. Hunt, and Stuart A. Young
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https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JTECHA1281.1
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Nov 2009
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An Unstructured Grid, Finite-Volume, Three-Dimensional, Primitive Equations Ocean Model: Application to Coastal Ocean and Estuaries

Changsheng Chen, Hedong Liu, and Robert C. Beardsley
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<0159:AUGFVT>2.0.CO;2
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Jan 2003
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Quality Control and Flux Sampling Problems for Tower and Aircraft Data

Dean Vickers and L. Mahrt
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0512:QCAFSP>2.0.CO;2
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Jun 1997

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