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A new look at stratospheric sudden warmings. Part II: Evaluation of...
The simulation of major midwinter stratospheric sudden warmings (SSWs) in six stratosphere-resolving general circulation models (GCMs) is examined. The GCMs are compared to a...- publication PDF
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The influence of metallicity on stellar differential rotation and magnetic activity
Observations of Sun-like stars over the past half-century have improved our understanding of how magnetic dynamos, like that responsible for the 11 yr solar cycle, change with...- publication PDF
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Temperature extremes in the Community Atmosphere Model with stochastic...
This paper evaluates the performance of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model, version 4 (CAM4), in simulating observed annual extremes of near-surface temperature and provides...- publication PDF
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Mathematical and physical ideas for climate science
The climate is a forced and dissipative nonlinear system featuring nontrivial dynamics on a vast range of spatial and temporal scales. The understanding of the climate's...- publication PDF
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Changes in air quality and tropospheric composition due to depletion of...
UV radiation is an essential driver for the formation of photochemical smog, which includes ground-level ozone and particulate matter (PM). Recent analyses support earlier work...- publication PDF
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Seasonal and interannual variations of global tides in the mesosphere and...
In the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, diurnal tides are responsible for the dynamics and structures at low latitudes since they have largest amplitudes there. Based on the...- publication PDF
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Meta-analysis of larval bivalve growth in response to ocean acidification...
Ocean acidification, caused by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and coastal physical, biological, and chemical processes, is an ongoing threat to carbonate-utilizing...- publication PDF
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Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional...
Pakistan and India may have 400 to 500 nuclear weapons by 2025 with yields from tested 12- to 45-kt values to a few hundred kilotons. If India uses 100 strategic weapons to...- publication PDF
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A new Kâε turbulence parameterization for mesoscale meteorological models
A new one-dimensional 1.5-order planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme, based on the K-epsilon turbulence closure applied to the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations,...- publication PDF
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On the effects of rotation on acoustic stellar pulsations: Validity domains...
Pulsation frequencies of acoustic modes are calculated for realistic rotating stellar models using both a perturbative and a two-dimensional approach. A comparison between the...- publication PDF
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A new look at ocean ventilation time scales and their uncertainties
A suite of eddy-resolving ocean transient tracer model simulations are first compared to observations. Observational and model pCFC-11 ages agree quite well, with the eddy-...- publication PDF
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Using A-Train Observations to Evaluate Cloud Occurrence and Radiative...
The distribution of clouds and their radiative effects in the Community Atmosphere Model, version 5 (CAM5), are compared to A-Train satellite data in Southeast Asia during the...- publication PDF
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The food water energy nexus in an urban context: Connecting theory and...
The growing body of literature on the Food-Water-Energy (FWE) nexus during the last decade covers a variety of disciplinary perspectives and spatial scales. However, to date the...- publication PDF
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Decadal climate variability in the Argentine Pampas: Regional impacts of...
The Pampas of Argentina have shown some of the most significant increasing trends in precipitation during the 20th century. The rainfall increase has partly contributed to a...- publication PDF
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GLOBathy, the global lakes bathymetry dataset
Waterbodies (natural lakes and reservoirs) are a critical part of a watershed's ecological and hydrological balance, and in many cases dictate the downstream river flows either...- publication PDF
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Observations of coronal mass ejections with the coronal multichannel polarimeter
The Coronal Multichannel Polarimeter (CoMP) measures not only the polarization of coronal emission, but also the full radiance profiles of coronal emission lines. For the first...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of CMIP6 model simulations of PM 2.5 and its components over China
Earth system models (ESMs) participating in the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) simulate various components of fine particulate matter ( PM2.5 ) as...- publication PDF
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A spectral transform dynamical core option within the Community Atmosphere...
An ensemble of simulations covering the present day observational period using forced sea surface temperatures and prescribed sea-ice extent is configured with an 85 truncation...- publication PDF
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Enhancing urban thermal environment and energy sustainability with...
Urban overheating presents significant challenges to public health and energy sustainability. Conventional radiative cooling strategies, such as cool roofs with high albedo,...- publication PDF
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Accelerated recent warming and temperature variability over the past eight...
Warming in Central Asia has been accelerating over the past three decades and is expected to intensify through the end of this century. Here, we develop a summer temperature...- publication PDF
