Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) is the flagship magazine of AMS and publishes articles of interest and significance for the weather, water, and climate community as well as news, editorials, and reviews for AMS members.
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A selection of peer-reviewed, open access articles offered on Journals Online:
- The Third Atmospheric Scientific Experiment for Understanding the Earth–Atmosphere Coupled System over the Tibetan Plateau and Its Effects by P. Zhao et al.
- Aboveground Thermodynamic Observations in Convective Storms from Balloonborne Probes Acting as Pseudo-Lagrangian Drifters by P. M. Markowski et al.
- The Arctic System Reanalysis, Version 2 by D. H. Bromwich et al.
- Quantifying the Rain-Shadow Effect: Results from the Peak District, British Isles by A. J. Stockham et al.
- Some Pitfalls in Statistical Downscaling of Future Climate by J. R. Lanzante et al.
- Global Precipitation Trends across Spatial Scales Using Satellite Observations by P. Nguyen et al.
- Enabling Reanalysis Research Using the Collaborative Reanalysis Technical Environment (CREATE) by G. L. Potter et al.
- Scientific Challenges of Convective-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction by J.-I. Yano et al.
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This is the only annual peer-reviewed check-up of the world’s climate health. Each July in this BAMS Supplement, more than 400 scientists worldwide provide detailed updates on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected on land, water, ice, and in space.
Explaining Extreme Events
In this annual supplement to BAMS, NOAA curates an array of fast-response research on how climate change affected that year’s extreme weather and climate events.
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