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El Niño/Southern Oscillation inhibited by submesoscale ocean eddies
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation is characterized by irregular warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) events in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which have substantial global...- publication PDF
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North American water and energy cycles
Closure of the water and energy cycles for North America has been improved by combining several new data sets to provide an integrated view from 1979 to 2010. We use new global...- publication PDF
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The SPARC water vapour assessment II: Profile-to-profile comparisons of...
Within the framework of the second SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate) water vapour assessment (WAVAS-II), profile-to-profile comparisons of...- publication PDF
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Untangling microphysical impacts on deep convection applying a novel...
The suggested impact of pollution on deep convection dynamics, referred to as the convective invigoration, is investigated in simulations applying microphysical piggybacking and...- publication PDF
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Getting the word out, rain or shine: The impact of message features and...
Networked social media provide governmental organizations, such as the National Weather Service (NWS), the opportunity to communicate directly with stakeholders over long...- publication PDF
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Geomagnetic detection of the sectorial solar magnetic field and the...
Analysis is made of the geomagnetic-activity aa index covering solar cycle 11 to the beginning of 24, 1868-2011. Autocorrelation shows 27.0-d recurrent geomagnetic activity that...- publication PDF
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Day-to-day ionospheric variability due to lower atmosphere perturbations
Ionospheric day-to-day variability is a ubiquitous feature, even in the absence of appreciable geomagnetic activities. Although meteorological perturbations have been recognized...- publication PDF
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On measurements of small ice particles in clouds
For many years it has been recognized that some aircraft cloud microphysical measurements may be contaminated by ice hydrometeors shattering on probe inlets. Small ice particle...- publication PDF
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Pathways to achieve universal household access to modern energy by 2030
A lack of access to modern energy impacts health and welfare and impedes development for billions of people. Growing concern about these impacts has mobilized the international...- publication PDF
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Analysis of turbulence and turbulence kinetic energy dynamics in complex terrain
Boundary layer processes and turbulence in a complex terrain are influenced by thermally driven flows, as well as dynamically forced flows when ambient wind interacts with...- publication PDF
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OMIP contribution to CMIP6: Experimental and diagnostic protocol for the...
The Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) is an endorsed project in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). OMIP addresses CMIP6 science questions,...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the simulation of CONUS precipitation by storm type in E3SM
Conventional low-resolution (LR) climate models, including the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SMv1), have well-known biases in simulating the frequency, intensity, and...- publication PDF
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Investigating the use of a Genesis potential index for tropical cyclones in...
Large-scale environmental variables known to be linked to the formation of tropical cyclones, have previously been used to develop empirical indices as proxies for assessing...- publication PDF
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Microphysical characteristics of the phase-locking VRW-induced asymmetric...
Microphysical signatures relevant to the asymmetric convection in the outer eyewall of Super Typhoon Lekima (2019) before its landfall in China were analyzed from ground-based...- publication PDF
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Project Clambake Surface Wind Analysis at Palestine, Texas
The Field Observing Facility of NCAR measured surface winds at the NCAR Scientific Balloon Flight Station at Palestine, Texas, during October and November 1965 in order to...- publication PDF
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Achievements of Hinode in the first eleven years
Hinode is Japan's third solar mission following Hinotori (1981–1982) and Yohkoh (1991–2001): it was launched on 2006 September 22 and is in operation currently. Hinode carries...- publication PDF
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Roles of gravity waves in preconditioning of a stratospheric sudden warming
As well as strong upward propagation of planetary waves from the troposphere, the state of the stratospheric mean flow has been recognized as a key factor for the occurrence of...- publication PDF
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Two Years of Regular Ozone Soundings Over Boulder, Colorado
The vertical ozone distribution over Boulder, CO has been routinely monitored by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) by taking measurements with balloon-borne...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of subgrid-scale hydrometeor transport schemes using a...
Potential ways of parameterizing vertical turbulent fluxes of hydrometeors are examined using a high-resolution simulation of continental deep convection. The cloud-resolving...- publication PDF
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NWP and radar extrapolation: Comparisons and explanation of errors
This paper examines nowcasts of precipitation from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRRv2) model from the summer of 2017 along the Colorado Front Range. It was found that...- publication PDF