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Antarctic atmospheric boundary layer observations with the Small Unmanned...
Between January 2012 and June 2017 a small unmanned aerial system (sUAS), known as the Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO), was used to observe the state of the...- publication PDF
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New potential to reduce uncertainty in regional climate projections by...
Combining new constraints on future socio-economic trajectories and the climate system's response to emissions can substantially reduce the projection uncertainty currently...- publication PDF
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Parallel implementations of ensemble data assimilation for atmospheric prediction
Numerical models are used to find approximate solutions to the coupled nonlinear partial differential equations associated with the prediction of the atmosphere. The model state...- publication PDF
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Record of tropical interannual variability of temperature and water vapor...
We utilize a merged AIRS and MLS temperature and water vapor record (August 2004 to March 2010) to study the atmospheric variability of these quantities. The seasonal and...- publication PDF
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Long-term impacts of a career development workshop for undergraduates
For 15 years, the Undergraduate Leadership Workshop (ULW) has connected undergraduate students with scientists, engineers, educators, and leadership at the National Center for...- publication PDF
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Increased hygroscopicity of Arizona Test Dust seeds by secondary organic...
Organic compounds can enhance the hygroscopic properties of insoluble dust particles and thereby affect their cloud condensation nuclei activity in the atmosphere. In this...- publication PDF
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Essential science for understanding risks from radiation for airline...
This commentary addresses the essential science and return-on-investment related to radiation risks for airline passengers and crews. The focus is on two recent NASA efforts to...- publication PDF
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South Asian Summer Monsoon under stratospheric aerosol intervention
The South Asian summer monsoon (SAM) bears significant importance for agriculture, water resources, economy, and environmental aspects of the region for nearly 2 billion people....- publication PDF
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Hemispheric asymmetry of subauroral ion drifts: Statistical results
A large database of more than 18,000 subauroral ion drift (SAID) events from DMSP observations from 1987 to 2012 is used to systematically investigate the features of SAID. SAID...- publication PDF
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Preparation of Kepler light curves for asteroseismic analyses
The Kepler mission is providing photometric data of exquisite quality for the asteroseismic study of different classes of pulsating stars. These analyses place particular...- publication PDF
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Wind resource assessment for Alaska's offshore regions: Validation of a...
Offshore wind resource assessments for the conterminous U.S. and Hawai'i have been developed before, but Alaska's offshore wind resource has never been rigorously assessed....- publication PDF
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ESM-SnowMIP: Assessing snow models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks
This paper describes ESM-SnowMIP, an international coordinated modelling effort to evaluate current snow schemes, including snow schemes that are included in Earth system...- publication PDF
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A preliminary investigation of boundary layer effects on daytime CO₂...
Observations of CO₂ concentration at a mountaintop in the Colorado Rockies in summer show a large diurnal variability with minimum CO₂ concentrations found between 10:00 and...- publication PDF
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A constant pressure upper boundary formulation for models employing...
For the numerical simulation of atmospheric flows that extend as high as the thermosphere, it is more appropriate to represent the upper boundary of the model domain as a...- publication PDF
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Relative contributions of field-aligned currents and particle precipitation...
High latitude upper atmospheric inter-hemispheric asymmetry (IHA) tends to be enhanced during geomagnetic storms, which may be due to the complex spatiotemporal changes and...- publication PDF
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Characterizing GPS radio occultation loss of lock due to ionospheric weather
Transient loss of lock is one of the key space weather effects on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Based on the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,...- publication PDF
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Multimodel projections of climate change from short-lived emissions due to...
We use the GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies), GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) and NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) climate models to study...- publication PDF
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Spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). Part...
This is the second part of a study that examines spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). This paper evaluates whether the propagation of inner...- publication PDF
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Emergence of magnetic flux generated in a solar convective dynamo. I. The...
We present a realistic numerical model of sunspot and active region formation based on the emergence of flux bundles generated in a solar convective dynamo. To this end, we use...- publication PDF
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An assessment and interpretation of the observed warming of West Antarctica...
We synthesize variability and trends in multiple analyses of Antarctic near-surface temperature representing several independent source datasets and spatially complete...- publication PDF
