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Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period...
Human land use activities have resulted in large changes to the biogeochemical and biophysical properties of the Earth's surface, with consequences for climate and other...- publication PDF
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Assessing the impact of enhanced hydrological processes on urban...
To enhance the capability of models in better characterizing the urban water cycle, physical parameterizations of urban hydrological processes have been implemented into the...- publication PDF
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Continuous enhancements of electron temperature in the subauroral ionosphere...
We have used measurements of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites to study variations of electron temperature in the subauroral ionosphere during the...- publication PDF
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Numerical simulation of episodes of organized convection in tropical northern Africa
A large-domain convection-permitting numerical model is used to simulate episodes of deep convection, which are generated during the day over the Ethiopian Highlands and then...- publication PDF
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CAM3 bias over the Arctic region during northern winter studied with a...
This study builds upon two prior papers, which examine Arctic region bias of CAM3 (NCAR Community Atmosphere Model version 3) simulations during winter. CAM3 output is compared...- publication PDF
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A 20-year history of nsf-supported atmospheric science field campaigns:...
Over the past two decades, the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) has funded nearly 200 atmospheric science–related field...- publication PDF
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The application of potential flow theory to the rotational dynamics of...
The purpose of this work is to obtain estimates of the torque exerted by a fluid on a translating object and also of the frequency of the rotational oscillation that results...- publication PDF
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Impacts of predicting the liquid fraction of mixed-phase particles on the...
A prognostic equation for the liquid fraction of mixed-phase particles has been recently added to the Predicted Particle Properties (P3) bulk microphysics scheme. Mixed-phase...- publication PDF
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Evaluating hydrologic model performance for characterizing streamflow...
Hydrologic models are the primary tools that are used to simulate streamflow drought and assess impacts. However, there is little consensus about how to evaluate the performance...- publication PDF
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Statistical study of foreshock transients in the midtail foreshock
In the dayside foreshock, many foreshock transients have been observed and simulated. Because of their strong dynamic pressure perturbations, foreshock transients can disturb...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the influence of cloud radiative feedbacks on Arctic surface...
Understanding the influence of clouds on amplified Arctic surface warming remains an important unsolved research problem. Here, this cloud influence is directly quantified by...- publication PDF
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Asynchronous warming and δ18O evolution of deep Atlantic water masses during...
The large-scale reorganization of deep ocean circulation in the Atlantic involving changes in North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) and Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) played a...- publication PDF
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Challenges and advances in convection-permitting climate modeling
There is an urgent need for more actionable and reliable climate information on regional to local scales that cannot be delivered by state-of-the-art dynamical climate models...- publication PDF
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A simulation study of seasonal variations in the thermospheric upward...
In this study, the Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics Global Circulation Model and the extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model are utilized to investigate the seasonal...- publication PDF
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Evidence of long-term change in zonal wind in the tropical lower mesosphere:...
In recent years, the mesosphere (50 to 85-100 km) has evoked great scientific interest as long-term changes due to global warming can be clearly captured due to the large...- publication PDF
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Time evolution of the intensity and size of tropical cyclones
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the life cycle of tropical cyclones in terms of a K-Vmax diagram. Such a diagram summarizes the time evolution of the integrated kinetic...- publication PDF
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A comparison between gravity wave momentum fluxes in observations and climate models
For the first time, a formal comparison is made between gravity wave momentum fluxes in models and those derived from observations. Although gravity waves occur over a wide...- publication PDF
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Facilitating strongly coupled ocean-atmosphere data assimilation with an...
In a strongly coupled data assimilation (DA), a cross-fluid covariance is specified that allows measurements from a coupled fluid (e.g., atmosphere) to directly impact analysis...- publication PDF
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Quantifying tracer transport in the tropical lower stratosphere using WACCM
The zonal mean transport of ozone and carbon monoxide (CO) near the tropical tropopause is investigated using the Whole-Atmosphere Community Climate Model version 4 (WACCM4)....- publication PDF
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Wind and thermodynamic retrieval from single-doppler measurements of a gust...
The adjoint method to retrieve the three-dimensional wind and thermodynamic fields is applied to single-Doppler observations of a gust front measured during the Phoenix II...- publication PDF
