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Space weather observations by GNSS radio occultation: From FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC...
The joint Taiwan-United States FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate) mission, hereafter called COSMIC, is the first...- publication PDF
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A Polarization Calibration Technique for the Advanced Stokes Polarimeter
This document presents an efficient method for determination of the polarimeter response function of the Advanced Stokes Polarimeter (ASP). ASP has a linear polarizer which can...- publication PDF
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An overview of aircraft observations from the Pacific Dust Experiment campaign
Fourteen research flights were conducted in the Pacific Dust Experiment (PACDEX) during April and May 2007 to sample pollution and dust outbreaks from east Asia as they traveled...- publication PDF
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The CORDEX-CORE EXP-I initiative: Description and highlight results from the...
We describe the first effort within the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment- Coordinated Output for Regional Evaluation, or CORDEX-CORE EXP-I. It consists of a...- publication PDF
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Local heating/cooling of the mesosphere due to gravity wave and tidal coupling
Numerical experiments in this study show that the tidal wind may have strong impacts on the stability of the gravity wave and therefore significantly affects the breaking of the...- publication PDF
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Evaluating stratospheric ozone and water vapour changes in CMIP6 models from...
Stratospheric ozone and water vapour are key components of the Earth system, and past and future changes to both have important impacts on global and regional climate. Here, we...- publication PDF
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Biological and physical influences on the carbon isotope content of CO₂ in a...
Considerable research has recently been devoted to understanding biogeochemical processes under winter snow cover, leading to enhanced appreciation of the importance of many...- publication PDF
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The isotopic record of Northern Hemisphere atmospheric carbon monoxide since...
We present a 60-year record of the stable isotopes of atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) from firn air samples collected under the framework of the North Greenland Eemian Ice...- publication PDF
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The Chicxulub impact produced a powerful global tsunami
The Chicxulub crater is the site of an asteroid impact linked with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction at similar to 66 Ma. This asteroid struck in shallow water and...- publication PDF
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Scenarios for modeling solar radiation modification
Making informed future decisions about solar radiation modification (SRM; also known as solar geoengineering)—approaches such as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) that would...- publication PDF
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MetPy: A meteorological Python library for data analysis and visualization
MetPy is an open-source, Python-based package for meteorology, providing domain-specific functionality built extensively on top of the robust scientific Python software stack,...- publication PDF
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Measurements and modeling of contemporary radiocarbon in the stratosphere
Measurements of the 14C content of carbon dioxide in air collected by high-altitude balloon flights in 2003-2005 reveal the contemporary radiocarbon distribution in the northern...- publication PDF
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Phase-speed spectra of eddy tracer fluxes linked to isentropic stirring and...
The regions around the subtropical jets in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) are characterized by strong isentropic stirring and mixing. In this work, the wave...- publication PDF
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Spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). Part I:...
This study examines spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). This paper, the first part of the study, evaluates the structures of spiral rainbands...- publication PDF
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Revisiting the Pacific meridional mode
Numerous studies demonstrated that the Pacific Meridional Mode (PMM) can excite Central Pacific (CP) El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events and that the PMM is mostly a...- publication PDF
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The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction: 2....
The stratosphere can have a significant impact on winter surface weather on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) timescales. This study evaluates the ability of current operational S2S...- publication PDF
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Improving tropical cyclone forecast communication by understanding NWS...
As tropical cyclone threats evolve, broadcast meteorologists and emergency managers rely on timely forecast information to help them communicate risk with the public and protect...- publication PDF
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A modeling study on the responses of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere...
Joule heating and radiative cooling usually play key roles in high-latitude thermospheric temperature changes during geomagnetic storms. In the mesosphere and lower thermosphere...- publication PDF
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Hurricanes vs Nor’easters: The effects of storm type on perceived severity...
Both hurricanes and nor'easters can be destructive and deadly. The current study investigates whether, when all other features of a storm warning message are held constant,...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the Atmospheric and Hydrological Cycle in the NCEP Reanalyses
An evaluation is carried out of the moisture fields, the precipitation P and evaporation E, and the moisture transport and divergence in the atmosphere from the global...- publication PDF