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Multivariate ensemble sensitivity with localization
Ensemble sensitivities have proven a useful alternative to adjoint sensitivities for large-scale dynamics, but their performance in multiscale flows has not been thoroughly...- publication PDF
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A spectral element version of CAM2
The authors describe a recent development and some applications of a spectral element dynamical core. The improvements and development include the following: (i) the code was...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the storm time thermospheric neutral density variations using...
Accurate determination of thermospheric neutral density holds crucial importance for satellite drag calculations. The problem is twofold and involves the correct estimation of...- publication PDF
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Rural–urban differences in cooking practices and exposures in Northern Ghana
Key differences between urban and rural populations can influence the adoption and impacts of new cooking technologies and fuels. We examine these differences among urban and...- publication PDF
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aiapy: A Python package for analyzing solar EUV image data from AIA
The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA; Lemen et al., 2012) instrument onboard the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO; Pesnell et al., 2012) spacecraft has observed the...- publication PDF
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Development of a large-sample watershed-scale hydrometeorological data set...
We present a community data set of daily forcing and hydrologic response data for 671 small- to medium-sized basins across the contiguous United States (median basin size of 336...- publication PDF
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Moving vortices on the sphere: A test case for horizontal advection problems
A new two-dimensional advection test on the surface of the sphere is proposed. The test combines a solid-body rotation and a deformational flow field to form moving vortices...- publication PDF
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On the origin of the asymmetric helicity injection in emerging active regions
To explore the possible causes of the observed asymmetric helicity flux in emerging active regions between the leading and following polarities reported in a recent study by...- publication PDF
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Clouds at Barbados are representative of clouds across the trade wind...
This paper shows that clouds near Barbados exhibit similar properties to those over much of the tropical oceans. This finding allows observations taken at Barbados to be...- publication PDF
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Non-Gaussian ensemble filtering and adaptive inflation for soil moisture...
The rank histogram filter (RHF) and the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) are assessed for soil moisture esti-mation using perfect model (identical twin) synthetic data assimilation...- publication PDF
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Single Doppler radar observation of the concentric eyewall in Typhoon...
Landfalling Typhoon Saomai (2006) was observed by the CINRAD WSR-98D radar on the southeast coast of China. This study documents the formation and evolution of a concentric...- publication PDF
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Responses of the lower thermospheric temperature to the 9 day and 13.5 day...
Responses of the lower thermospheric temperature to the 9 day and 13.5 day oscillations of recurrent geomagnetic activity and solar EUV radiation have been investigated using...- publication PDF
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The Southern Ocean and Its Climate in CCSM4
The new Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4), provides a powerful tool to understand and predict the earth's climate system. Several aspects of the Southern Ocean...- publication PDF
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Indirect and semi-direct aerosol campaign: The impact of Arctic aerosols on clouds
A comprehensive dataset of microphysical and radiative properties of aerosols and clouds in the boundary layer in the vicinity of Barrow, Alaska, was collected in April 2008...- publication PDF
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Exploring climate of the Euro‐Mediterranean using a variable‐resolution...
A Variable‐Resolution, global configuration of the Community Earth System Model (VR‐CESM) in which the atmosphere and land are the only active components is employed...- publication PDF
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Integrating a water tracer model into WRF-Hydro for characterizing the...
Most current land models approximate terrestrial hydrological processes as one-dimensional vertical flow, neglecting lateral water movement from ridges to valleys. Such lateral...- publication PDF
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Spatial forecast verification: Image warping
PREFACE : In response to a growing need for more informative forecast verification in the face of gridded verification sets, many new methods have been proposed. While widely...- publication PDF
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Radiation belt phase space density: Calculation analysis and model dependence
The reprocessing of radiation belt electron flux measurements into phase space density (PSD) as a function of the adiabatic invariants is a widely-used method to address major...- publication PDF
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Analysis of the diurnal variation of the global electric circuit obtained...
This work analyzes different current source and conductivity parameterizations and their influence on the diurnal variation of the global electric circuit (GEC). The diurnal...- publication PDF
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Microphysical implications of cloud-precipitation covariance derived from...
Covariance between cloud and precipitation water in shallow marine boundary layer clouds is assessed using collocated satellite observations from CloudSat and the moderate...- publication PDF