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Process-oriented analysis of dominant sources of uncertainty in the land carbon sink
The observed global net land carbon sink is captured by current land models. All models agree that atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen deposition driven gains in carbon stocks are...- publication PDF
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Heating of the sunlit polar cap ionosphere by reflected photoelectrons
Photoelectrons escape from the ionosphere on sunlit polar cap field lines. In order for those field lines to carry zero current without significant heavy ion outflow or cold...- publication PDF
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A genetic algorithm variational approach to data assimilation and...
Variational data assimilation methods optimize the match between an observed and a predicted field. These methods normally require information on error variances of both the...- publication PDF
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Evidence of nonlinear interaction between quasi 2 day wave and quasi-stationary wave
The nonlinear interaction between the westward quasi 2 day wave (QTDW) with zonal wave number s = 3 (W3) and stationary planetary wave with s = 1 (SPW1) is first investigated...- publication PDF
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Multivariate spatial analysis of climate change projections
The goal of this work is to characterize the annual temperature for regional climate models. Of interest for impacts studies, these profiles and the potential change in these...- publication PDF
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Observation of local tidal variability and instability, along with...
During the 9-day continuous campaign in September 2003, the Colorado State University sodium lidar observed significant short-term tidal variability in both diurnal and...- publication PDF
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Forecasted attribution of the human influence on Hurricane Florence
Changes in extreme weather, such as tropical cyclones, are one of the most serious ways society experiences the impact of climate change. Advance forecasted conditional...- publication PDF
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Hurricane Harvey links to ocean heat content and climate change adaptation
While hurricanes occur naturally, human-caused climate change is supercharging them and exacerbating the risk of major damage. Here using ocean and atmosphere observations, we...- publication PDF
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The observation and simulation of ionospheric response to CIR/high-speed...
The ionospheric response to corotating interaction region (CIR)-induced geomagnetic activity on 4 April 2005 has been studied using in situ electron density measurements, ground...- publication PDF
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An improved representation of fire non-methane organic gases (NMOGs) in...
Fires emit a substantial amount of non-methane organic gases (NMOGs), the atmospheric oxidation of which can contribute to ozone and secondary particulate matter formation....- publication PDF
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Temporal evolution of nightglow emission responses to SSW events observed by...
Using the SSW (Stratospheric Sudden Warming) event in 2009 as a representative case, the temporal evolution of the responses of OH and O₂ infrared atmospheric (0-0) nightglow...- publication PDF
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An initialized attribution method for extreme events on subseasonal to...
When record-breaking climate and weather extremes occur, decision-makers and planners want to know whether they are random natural events with historical levels of reoccurrence...- publication PDF
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Calibration of antenna-radome and monument-multipath effect of GEONET--Part...
Phase maps for GSI/GEONET (Geographical Survey Institute/GPS Earth Observation NETwork) monuments and antennas obtained in Hatanaka et al. (2001) are evaluated by applying them...- publication PDF
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Initial validation of ozone measurements from the High Resolution Dynamics...
Comparisons of the latest High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) ozone retrievals (v2.04.09) are made with ozonesondes, ground-based lidars, airborne lidar measurements...- publication PDF
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Numerical Forecasting of Winds in the Terminal Environment
This report describes a method for forecasting low-level winds in the Terminal Environment in the 30 to 60 minute timeframe. Tests are performed using data from Lincoln Labs'...- publication PDF
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Validation of the Aura High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder geopotential heights
The geopotential height (GPH) product created from global observations by the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument on NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS)...- publication PDF
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Mimicking non-ideal instrument behavior for hologram processing using neural...
Holographic cloud probes provide unprecedented information on cloud particle density, size and position. Each laser shot captures particles within a large volume, where images...- publication PDF
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PRYSM: An open-source framework for PRoxY System Modeling, with applications...
Paleoclimate observations constitute the only constraint on climate behavior prior to the instrumental era. However, such observations only provide indirect (proxy) constraints...- publication PDF
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A comparison of higher-order vertical velocity moments in the convective...
We have analyzed measurements of vertical velocity w statistics with the NOAA high resolution Doppler lidar (HRDL) from about 390 m above the surface to the top of the...- publication PDF
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Climatology of westerly wind events in the lee of the Sierra Nevada
A 5-yr climatology of westerly wind events in Owens Valley, California, is derived from data measured by a mesoscale network of 16 automatic weather stations. Thermally driven...- publication PDF
