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Geospace plume and its impact on dayside magnetopause reconnection rate
The role a geospace plume in influencing the efficiency of magnetopause reconnection is an open question with two contrasting theories being debated. A local-control theory...- publication PDF
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Resolving temperature limitation on spring productivity in an evergreen...
The flow of carbon through terrestrial ecosystems and the response to climate are critical but highly uncertain processes in the global carbon cycle. However, with a rapidly...- publication PDF
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Distance Velocity-Azimuth Display (DVAD)—New interpretation and analysis of...
The concept and mathematical framework of the distance velocity–azimuth display (DVAD) methodology is presented. DVAD uses rVd (Doppler velocity scaled by the distance from the...- publication PDF
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Tropical temperature variability and Kelvin-wave activity in the UTLS from...
Tropical temperature variability over 10-30 km and associated Kelvin-wave activity are investigated using GPS radio occultation (RO) data from January 2002 to December 2014. RO...- publication PDF
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Will weather dampen self-driving vehicles?
Innovative technologies that support implementation of automated vehicles continue to develop at a rapid pace. These advances strive to increase efficiency and safety throughout...- publication PDF
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Behaviors of ionospheric topside ion density, ion temperature, and electron...
We identified a few new storm-time ionospheric phenomena by analyzing disturbances in topside ion density, electron temperature, and ion temperature at similar to 840 km...- publication PDF
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First daytime thermospheric wind observation from a balloon-borne...
HIWIND (High altitude Interferometer WIND Observation) is the first balloon Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) to achieve successful thermospheric wind measurement for both day...- publication PDF
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On the importance of interactive ozone chemistry in earth-system models for...
We use the CESM2-Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, to study the importance of ozone in the vertical coupling between lower and upper atmosphere during sudden...- publication PDF
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Simulated prompt acceleration of multi-MeV electrons by the 17 March 2015...
Prompt enhancement of relativistic electron flux at L = 3-5 has been reported from Van Allen Probes Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope (REPT) measurements associated with...- publication PDF
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A fuzzy logic method for improved moment estimation from doppler spectra
A new method for estimating moments from wind measurement devices that measure Doppler spectra as a function of range is presented. Quite often the spectra are contaminated by a...- publication PDF
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A geostationary thermal infrared sensor to monitor the lowermost...
This paper describes the capabilities of a nadir thermal infrared (TIR) sensor proposed for deployment onboard a geostationary platform to monitor ozone (O₃) and carbon monoxide...- publication PDF
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The iron budget in ocean surface waters in the 20th and 21st centuries:...
We investigated the simulated iron budget in ocean surface waters in the 1990s and 2090s using the Community Earth System Model version 1 and the Representative Concentration...- publication PDF
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Forecasts of hurricanes using large-ensemble outputs
This paper describes the development of a model framework for Forecasts of Hurricanes Using Large-Ensemble Outputs (FHLO). FHLO quantifies the forecast uncertainty of a tropical...- publication PDF
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Marine wild-capture fisheries after nuclear war
Nuclear war, beyond its devastating direct impacts, is expected to cause global climatic perturbations through injections of soot into the upper atmosphere. Reduced temperature...- publication PDF
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Field-deployable diode-laser-based differential absorption lidar (DIAL) for...
A field-deployable water vapor profiling instrument that builds on the foundation of the preceding generations of diode-laser-based differential absorption lidar (DIAL)...- publication PDF
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Characteristic scales of complexity and coherence within interplanetary...
Many aspects of the 3D structure and evolution of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) remain unexplained. Here, we investigate two main topics: (1) the coherence scale...- publication PDF
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Improvements to the snow melting process in a partially double moment...
Polarimetric upgrades to the U.S. radar network have allowed new insight into the precipitation processes of tropical cyclones. Previous work by the authors compared the...- publication PDF
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Description of NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM0B)
This report presents the details of the governing equations, physical parameterizations and numerical algorithms defining the version of the NCAR Community Climate Model...- publication PDF
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Formation of polar ionospheric tongue of ionization during minor geomagnetic...
Previous investigations of ionospheric storm-enhanced density (SED) and tongue of ionization (TOI) focused mostly on the behavior of TOI during intense geomagnetic storms....- publication PDF
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Ice crystal concentration in midlatitude cirrus clouds: In situ measurements...
This study reports on the concentration of ice crystals measured in midlatitude cirrus clouds by a balloonborne hydrometeor videosonde (HYVIS), which has the advantage of...- publication PDF