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Patterns and controls of foliar nutrient stoichiometry and flexibility...
Plant element stoichiometry and stoichiometric flexibility strongly regulate ecosystem responses to global change. Here, we tested three potential mechanistic drivers (climate,...- publication PDF
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The relationship between net GHG emissions and radiative forcing with an...
This paper provides an assessment of Article 4.1 of the Paris Agreement on climate; the main goal of which is to provide guidance on how "to achieve the long-term temperature...- publication PDF
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Quantification of the Arctic sea ice-driven atmospheric circulation...
A coordinated set of large ensemble atmosphere-only simulations is used to investigate the impacts of observed Arctic sea ice-driven variability (SIDV) on the atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Statistical study of the storm time radiation belt evolution during Van...
Coronal mass ejection (CME)-driven or corotating interaction region (CIR)-driven storms can change the electron distributions in the radiation belt dramatically, which can in...- publication PDF
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Validating precision estimates in horizontal wind measurements from a Doppler lidar
Results from a recent field campaign are used to assess the accuracy of wind speed and direction precision estimates produced by a Doppler lidar wind retrieval algorithm. The...- publication PDF
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Cooperation on GPS meteorology between the United States and Cuba
In May 2014 a team of atmospheric and geodetic scientists from UNAVCO and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) sent and helped set up a global positioning...- publication PDF
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Assessment of the simulation of gravity waves generation by a tropical...
National Center for Atmospheric Research Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) with quasi-uniform grid of similar to 25-km horizontal resolution can resolve gravity...- publication PDF
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Idealized simulations of a squall line from the MC3E field campaign applying...
The squall-line event on 20 May 2011, during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds (MC3E) field campaign has been simulated by three bin (spectral) microphysics schemes...- publication PDF
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Impacts of initial estimate and observations availability on...
The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) uses an ensemble of short-range forecasts to estimate the flow-dependent background error covariances required in data assimilation. The...- publication PDF
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The potential utility of high-resolution ensemble sensitivity analysis for...
Expansion in the availability of relocatable near-surface atmospheric observing sensors introduces the question of where placement maximizes gain in forecast accuracy. As one...- publication PDF
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Seasonal fluctuations of small mammal and flea communities in a Ugandan...
Background The distribution of human plague risk is strongly associated with rainfall in the tropical plague foci of East Africa, but little is known about how the plague...- publication PDF
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Linking global changes of snowfall and wet-bulb temperature
Snowfall is one of the primary drivers of the global cryosphere and is declining in many regions of the world with widespread hydrological and ecological consequences. Previous...- publication PDF
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Case studies for initialized decadal hindcasts and predictions for the Pacific region
Case studies involving notable past decadal climate variability are analyzed for the mid-1970s climate shift, when the tropical Pacific warmed over a decade and globally...- publication PDF
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A lagged warm event-like response to peaks in solar forcing in the Pacific Region
The forced response coincident with peaks in the 11-yr decadal solar oscillation (DSO) has been shown to resemble a cold event or La Niña - like pattern during December -...- publication PDF
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Multipoint study of the rapid filament evolution during a confined C2 flare...
Aims. This study focuses on the rapid evolution of the solar filament in active region 12975 during a confined C2 flare on 28 March 2022, which finally led to an eruptive M4...- publication PDF
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Parameterizing the impact of unresolved temperature variability on the...
Ocean circulation models have systematic errors in large-scale horizontal density gradients due to estimating the grid-cell-mean density by applying the nonlinear seawater...- publication PDF
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An atmospheric constraint on the seasonal air-sea exchange of oxygen and...
The air-sea exchange of oxygen (O-2) is driven by changes in solubility, biological activity, and circulation. The total air-sea exchange of O-2 has been shown to be closely...- publication PDF
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Uncertainties of estimates of inertio-gravity energy in the atmosphere. Part...
This paper presents the application of the normal-mode functions to diagnose the atmospheric energy spectra in terms of balanced and inertia-gravity (IG) contributions. A set of...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale vertical motions near nocturnal convection initiation in PECAN
Radiosonde measurements from the Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) 2015 field campaign are used to diagnose mesoscale vertical motions near nocturnal convection...- publication PDF
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Semiautonomous FTS observation system for remote sensing of stratospheric...
A solar-viewing Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) at Thule, Greenland (76.5 degrees N, 68.8 degrees W, 225 m MSL), has been in operation as part of the Network for the...- publication PDF