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Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred...
Every year during the Asian summer monsoon season from about mid-June to early September, a stable anticyclonic circulation system forms over the Himalayas. This Asian summer...- publication PDF
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Celebrating accomplishments and anniversaries of space weather observations...
The space weather monitoring satellite, Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is on final approach to its observing position 1.5 × 109 m upstream from Earth. There it will...- publication PDF
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The soil and plant biogeochemistry sampling design for The National...
Human impacts on biogeochemical cycles are evident around the world, from changes to forest structure and function due to atmospheric deposition, to eutrophication of surface...- publication PDF
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Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) Model: 2017 Scientific...
The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) system has been in operation at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers for...- publication PDF
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Toward a new estimate of "time of emergence" of anthropogenic warming:...
Time of emergence of anthropogenic climate change is a crucial metric in risk assessments surrounding future climate predictions. However, internal climate variability impairs...- publication PDF
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On the characteristics of aerosol indirect effect based on dynamic regimes...
Aerosol–cloud interactions continue to constitute a major source of uncertainty for the estimate of climate radiative forcing. The variation of aerosol indirect effects (AIE) in...- publication PDF
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Ensemble forecasts of air quality in eastern China – Part 1: Model...
An operational multi-model forecasting system for air quality including nine different chemical transport models has been developed and provides daily forecasts of ozone,...- publication PDF
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A practical approach to sequential estimation of systematic error on...
Statistical analysis arguments are used to construct an estimation algorithm for systematic error of near-surface temperatures on a mesoscale grid. The systematic error is...- publication PDF
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Inclusion of building‐resolving capabilities into the FastEddy® GPU-LES...
As a first step toward achieving full physics urban weather simulation capabilities within the resident-GPU large-eddy simulation (LES) FastEddy (R) model, we have implemented...- publication PDF
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Addition of multilayer urban canopy models to a nonlocal planetary boundary...
The multilayer urban canopy models (UCMs) building effect parameterization (BEP) and BEP + building energy model (BEM; a building energy model integrated in BEP) are added to...- publication PDF
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Does ENSO regularity increase in a warming climate?
The impact of a warming climate on El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is investigated in large-ensemble simulations of the Community Earth System Model (CESM1). These...- publication PDF
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Future changes in regional precipitation simulated by a half-degree coupled...
The global fully coupled half-degree Community Climate System Model Version 4 (CCSM4) was integrated for a suite of climate change ensemble simulations including five historical...- publication PDF
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The worldwide C3S CORDEX grand ensemble: A major contribution to assess...
The collaboration between the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) and the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) provides open access to an unprecedented...- publication PDF
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Evaluating high-resolution forecasts of atmospheric CO and CO2 from a global...
Accurate and consistent monitoring of anthropogenic combustion is imperative because of its significant health and environmental impacts, especially at cityto-regional scale....- publication PDF
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Data citation initiatives and issues
The importance of formally citing scientific research data has been recognized for decades but is only recently gaining momentum. Several federal government agencies urge data...- publication PDF
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Lessons learned from IPCC AR4: Scientific developments needed to understand,...
The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that global warming is "unequivocal" and that most of the observed increase...- publication PDF
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Assessing clouds using satellite observations through three generations of...
Clouds are parameterized in climate models using quantities on the model grid-scale to approximate the cloud cover and impact on radiation. Because of the complexity of...- publication PDF
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Drop size distribution broadening mechanisms in a bin microphysics Eulerian model
In this study, processes that broaden drop size distributions (DSDs) in Eulerian models with two-moment bin microphysics are analyzed. Numerous tests are performed to isolate...- publication PDF
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The effect of entrainment through atmospheric boundary layer growth on...
Ozone concentrations at the Earth's surface are controlled by meteorological and chemical processes and are a function of advection, entrainment, deposition, and net chemical...- publication PDF
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Footprint of tropical mesoscale convective system variability on...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) play a dominant role in tropical climate. However, the variabilities of their occurrences on a tropical-wide scale remain elusive, and the...- publication PDF