Meteorology and Weather

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REPORT

Wind Insurance Costly and Scarce on Gulf of Mexico Coast — Jul 18, 2007

Many businesses along the Gulf of Mexico coast have had a difficult time obtaining wind insurance coverage since Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma hit in 2005 and have often ended up paying more than twice as much for the insurance as they did previously.

COMMENTARY

Storms Blow, But We Can Cut Losses — Sep 16, 2004

Published commentary by RAND staff.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Heat or Eat? Cold-Weather Shocks and Nutrition in Poor American Families — Dec 31, 2002

Poor parents and their children spend less on and eat less food during cold-weather budgetary shocks. Existing social programs fail to buffer against these shocks.

REPORT

''Typical Weather'' Months in the Past (1973-1983) in Central Europe — Dec 31, 1987

This Note documents historical periods of Central European weather that reliably typify average weather conditions for any chosen season.

REPORT

New Weather Sensing and Forecasting Capabilities for Ground-to-Space Operations — Dec 31, 1986

Certain weather variables exercise an important control over space operations, either by making a launch infeasible or by adversely affecting the space vehicle and its trajectory.

REPORT

Numerical results for the auxiliary equation of radiative transfer — Dec 31, 1964

A basic problem in astrophysics, meteorology, and neutron transport theory is the determination of the internal intensity produced when uniform parallel rays illuminate a slab of finite thickness which both absorbs and scatters radiation isotropicall...

REPORT

Predicting the State of the Upper Atmosphere. — Dec 31, 1964

The principal methods for predicting upper atmosphere conditions are contrasted with the methods of forecasting employed in tropospheric meteorology. Standard model atmospheres can be considered analogous to synoptic weather maps, but the principal ...

REPORT

Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Upper Atmosphere (Part I of an Examination of the Application to Satellite Meteorology of Various Segments of the Electromagnetic Spectrum). — Dec 31, 1962

A survey of the middle and vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy of the upper atmosphere. The various physical and chemical processes involved in the interaction of radiation with the atoms and molecules of the upper atmosphere are reviewed, and the ultra...

REPORT

Invariant Imbedding and Noncoherent Scattering in a Finite, Inhomogeneous Atmosphere. — Dec 31, 1961

Part of a broader investigation concerned with the diffuse reflection in an inhomogeneous layer of atmosphere. Such problems are of current interest in the fields of meteorology and astrophysics, and the detection of nuclear blasts. This memorandum...

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Reply — Dec 31, 1961

The author responds to a letter critique of a co-written paper on Utility of Weather Forecasts to the Raisin Industry, that described a model and methods of applying weather information to an industry.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Reply to Some Comments By Malville Concerning the Midnight Auroral Maximum — Dec 31, 1960

The authors reply to comments made by J. M. Malville on the movement of geomagneticall trapped radiation toward lower latitudes on the night side of the earth in relation to observed dumping of auroral particles near magnetic midnight.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Daytime and Nighttime Atmospheric Properties Derived from Rocket and Satellite Observations — Dec 31, 1960

Upper air densities obtained by means of rockets and satellites in the region from 100 to about 800 km are presented.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Solar-stream Distortion of the Geomagnetic Field and Polar Electrojets — Dec 31, 1960

Solar stream distortion of the geomagnetic field, polar auroras, electrojets.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Report of the Standing Committee on Problems of the Upper Atmosphere, 1951-1952 — Dec 31, 1952

The year 1951-1952 has been a significant one in the history of upper-atmosphere research, not because of any single revelation but because a large number of important research projects started shortly after the end of World War II are reaching fruition and being reported. This report serves as a brief and very general review of the activity in this broad field.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Doppler Radar — Dec 31, 1948

This paper contains a discussion of the principle of operation of cw Doppler search radar systems and an analysis of their performance capabilities

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