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

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Polarimetric radar relations for estimation of visibility in aggregated snow

Petar Bukovčić, Alexander V. Ryzhkov, and Jacob T. Carlin

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0088.1

Published Online:: 27 Jan 2021

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Automated Detection, Classification, and Tracking of Internal Wave Signatures using X-Band Radar in the Inner Shelf

Sean Celona, Sophia T. Merrifield, Tony de Paolo, Nate Kaslan, Tom Cook, Eric J. Terrill, and John A. Colosi

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0129.1

Published Online:: 25 Jan 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0035.1

Published Online:: 25 Jan 2021

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A closer look at power law scaling applied to sea surface temperature from Scripps Pier using Empirical Mode Decomposition

Laurence C. Breaker and Dustin Carroll

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0124.1

Published Online:: 22 Jan 2021

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Improved SSM/I thin ice algorithm with ice type discrimination in coastal polynyas

Haruhiko Kashiwase, Kay I. Ohshima, Kazuki Nakata, and Takeshi Tamura

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0145.1

Published Online:: 21 Jan 2021

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Improved Precipitation Typing using POSS Spectral Modal Analysis

Brian E. Sheppard, Merhala Thurai, Peter Rodriguez, Patrick C. Kennedy, and David R. Hudak

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0075.1

Published Online:: 18 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0187.1

Published Online:: 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0107.1

Published Online:: 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0116.1

Published Online:: 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0218.1

Published Online:: 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0103.1

Published Online:: 11 Jan 2021

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Quest over the Sampling Error of COSMIC Radio Occultation Temperature Climatologies

Zhen Shen, Kefei Zhang, Qimin He, Moufeng Wan, Longjiang Li, and Suqin Wu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0169.1

Published Online:: 29 Dec 2020

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Spatiotemporal lightning activity detected by WWLLN over Tibetan Plateau and its comparison with LIS lightning

Ruiyang Ma, Dong Zheng, Yijun Zhang, Wen Yao, Wenjuan Zhang, and Deqing Cuomu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0080.1

Published Online:: 29 Dec 2020

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Detection of SST fronts from high-resolution model and its preliminary results in the South China Sea

Shihe Ren, Xueming Zhu, Marie Drevillon, Hui Wang, Yunfei Zhang, Ziqing Zu, and Ang Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0118.1

Published Online:: 28 Dec 2020

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How accurate are satellite-derived surface solar radiation products over tropical oceans?

Wenjun Tang, Kun Yang, Jun Qin, Jun Li, and Jiangang Ye

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0099.1

Published Online:: 28 Dec 2020

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Evaluation of K _DP estimation algorithm performance in rain using a known-truth framework

Karly J. Reimel and Matthew Kumjian

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0060.1

Published Online:: 23 Dec 2020

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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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0109.1

Published Online:: 23 Dec 2020

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The Three-Cornered Hat Method for Estimating Error Variances of Three or More Atmospheric Data Sets – Part I: Overview and Evaluation

Jeremiah P. Sjoberg, Richard A. Anthes, and Therese Rieckh

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0217.1

Published Online:: 23 Dec 2020

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A new description of small-scale and large-scale roughness in the fast ocean surface emissivity model

Sang-Moo Lee and Byung-Ju Sohn

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0065.1

Published Online:: 22 Dec 2020

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Quantitative Evaluation of Polarimetric Estimates from Scanning Weather Radars using a Vertically Pointing Micro Rain Radar

Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel and Marc Schleiss

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0062.1

Published Online:: 22 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0085.1

Published Online:: 21 Dec 2020

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Assimilating in situ and remote sensing observations in a highly variable estuary-shelf model

Wenfeng Lai, Jianping Gan, Ye Liu, Zhiqiang Liu, Jiping Xie, and Jiang Zhu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0084.1

Published Online:: 18 Dec 2020

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Objective analysis of SMOS and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity to reduce large scale and time dependent biases from low to high latitudes

Nicolas Kolodziejczyk, Mathieu Hamon, Jacqueline Boutin, Jean-Luc Vergely, Gilles Reverdin, Alexandre Supply, and Nicolas Reul

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0093.1

Published Online:: 18 Dec 2020

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An Automated Python Algorithm to Quantify Z_DR Arc and K_DP-Z_DR Separation Signatures in Supercells

Matthew B. Wilson and Matthew S. Van Den Broeke

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0056.1

Published Online:: 17 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0015.1

Published Online:: 17 Dec 2020

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Relationship between horizontal wind velocity and normalized surface cross section using data from the HIWRAP dual-frequency airborne radar

R. Meneghini, L. Liao, and G.M. Heymsfield

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0143.1

Published Online:: 17 Dec 2020

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CYGNSS Ocean Surface Wind Validation in the Tropics

Shakeel Asharaf, Duane E. Waliser, Derek J. Posselt, Christopher S. Ruf, Chidong Zhang, and Agie, W. Putra

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0079.1

Published Online:: 14 Dec 2020

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Accurate pH and O₂ measurements from Spray underwater gliders

Yuichiro Takeshita, Brent D. Jones, Kenneth S. Johnson, Francisco P. Chavez, Daniel L. Rudnick, Marguerite Blum, Kyle Conner, Scott Jensen, Jacqueline S. Long, Thom Maughan, Keaton L. Mertz, Jeffrey T. Sherman, and Joseph K. Warren

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0095.1

Published Online:: 11 Dec 2020

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Estimating error variances of a microwave sensor and dropsondes aboard the Global Hawk in hurricanes using the three-cornered hat method

Andrew C. Kren and Richard A. Anthes

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0044.1

Published Online:: 10 Dec 2020

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Phase Codes for Mitigating Ambiguities in Range and Velocity

Dusan Zrnic and David Schvartzman

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0131.1

Published Online:: 10 Dec 2020

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Effect of acoustic Doppler velocimeter sampling volume size on measurements of turbulence

Mohammad Kazemi, Babak Khorsandi, and Laurent Mydlarski

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0174.1

Published Online:: 09 Dec 2020

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Extreme Lake-Effect Snow from a GPM Microwave Imager Perspective: Observational Analysis and Precipitation Retrieval Evaluation

Lisa Milani, Mark S. Kulie, Daniele Casella, Pierre E. Kirstetter, Giulia Panegrossi, Veljko Petkovic, Sarah E. Ringerud, Jean-François Rysman, Paolo Sanò, Nai-Yu Wang, Yalei You, and Gail Skofronick-Jackson

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0064.1

Published Online:: 09 Dec 2020

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Three mesoscale eddy detection and tracking methods: Assessment for the South China Sea

Tao Xing and Yikai Yang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0020.1

Published Online:: 08 Dec 2020

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Applications of Dynamic Land Surface Information for Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval

Sarah Ringerud, Christa Peters-Lidard, Joe Munchak, and Yalei You

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0048.1

Published Online:: 07 Dec 2020

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Practical Considerations with Radar Data Height and Great Circle Distance Determination

Mark A. Askelson, Chris J. Theisen, and Randall S. Johnson

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0094.1

Published Online:: 01 Dec 2020

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Wave anomaly detection in wave measurements

Joey J. Voermans, Alexander V. Babanin, Cagil Kirezci, Jonas T. Carvalho, Marcelo F. Santini, Bruna F. Pavani, and Luciano P. Pezzi

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0090.1

Published Online:: 01 Dec 2020

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Adjusting ISCCP cloud detection to increase consistency of cloud amount and reduce artifacts

Kenneth R. Knapp, Alisa H. Young, Hilawe Semunegus, Anand K. Inamdar, and William Hankins

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0045.1

Published Online:: 25 Nov 2020

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The importance of including sea surface current when estimating air-sea turbulent heat fluxes and wind stress in the Gulf Stream region

Xiangzhou Song

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0094.1

Published Online:: 20 Nov 2020

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Conceptualizing the Impact of Dust Contaminated Infrared Radiances on Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction

Jared W. Marquis, Mayra I. Oyola, James R. Campbell, Benjamin C. Ruston, Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero, Emilio Cuevas, Jasper R. Lewis, Travis D. Toth, and Jianglong Zhang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0125.1

Published Online:: 13 Nov 2020

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Mapping altimetry in the forthcoming SWOT era by back-and-forth nudging a one-layer quasi-geostrophic model

Florian Le Guillou, Sammy Metref, Emmanuel Cosme, Julien Le Sommer, Clément Ubelmann, Jacques Verron, and Maxime Ballarotta

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0104.1

Published Online:: 09 Nov 2020

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Measurement of small-scale surface velocity and turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rates using infrared imaging

Shelby Metoyer, Mohammad Barzegar, Darek Bogucki, Brian K. Haus, and Mingming Shao

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0183.1

Published Online:: 29 Oct 2020

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Recent History of Upgrades to the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network

Martin J. Murphy, John A. Cramer, and Ryan K. Said

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0215.1

Published Online:: 27 Oct 2020

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Automated Activity Estimation of the Cold-Water Coral Lophelia pertusa by Multispectral Imaging and Computational Pixel Classification

Hongbo Liu, Janina V. Büscher, Kevin Köser, Jens Greinert, Hong Song, Ying Chen, and Timm Schoening

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0139.1

Published Online:: 14 Sep 2020

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