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A finite-volume module for cloud-resolving simulations of global atmospheric flows
The paper extends to moist-precipitating dynamics a recently documented high-performance finite-volume module (FVM) for simulating global all-scale atmospheric flows...- publication PDF
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Assimilation of semi-qualitative observations with a stochastic ensemble...
The ensemble Kalman filter assumes observations to be Gaussian random variables with a pre-specified mean and variance. In practice, observations may also have detection limits,...- publication PDF
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First reprocessing of southern hemisphere ADditional OZonesondes profile...
Reprocessed ozonesonde data from eight SHADOZ (Southern Hemisphere ADditional OZonesondes) sites have been used to derive the first analysis of uncertainty estimates for both...- publication PDF
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Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change
Future energy demand is likely to increase due to climate change, but the magnitude dependson many interacting sources of uncertainty. We combine econometrically estimated...- publication PDF
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The Benguela upwelling system: Quantifying the sensitivity to resolution and...
Of all the major coastal upwelling systems in the world's oceans, the Benguela, located off southwest Africa, is the one that climate models find hardest to simulate well. This...- publication PDF
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Modeling SOA formation from the oxidation of intermediate volatility n-alkanes
The chemical mechanism leading to SOA formation and ageing is expected to be a multigenerational process, i.e. a successive formation of organic compounds with higher oxidation...- publication PDF
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Process-oriented diagnostics: Principles, practice, community development,...
Process-oriented diagnostics (PODs) aim to provide feedback for model developers through model analysis based on physical hypotheses. However, the step from a diagnostic based...- publication PDF
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Evaluating contributions of urbanization and global climate change to urban...
This study develops a general method to evaluate the contributions of localized urbanization and global climate change to long-term urban land surface temperature (ULST) change....- 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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Sensitivity of chemical tracers to meteorological parameters in the MOZART-3...
The Model for Ozone and Related Chemical Tracers, version 3 (MOZART-3), which represents the chemical and physical processes from the troposphere through the lower mesosphere,...- publication PDF
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Representation of turbulent mixing and buoyancy reversal in bulk cloud models
This paper discusses the representation of subgrid-scale turbulent mixing in bulk models of warm (ice free) clouds, which assume instantaneous adjustment to grid-scale...- publication PDF
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Demonstration of a nowcasting service for High Ice Water Content (HIWC) conditions
Areas of high ice water content (HIWC) within cloud systems may cause power loss events and engine damage in jet aircraft due to ice crystal icing (ICI). The Algorithm for...- publication PDF
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The Solar Optical Telescope for the Hinode mission: An overview
The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard the Hinode satellite (formerly called Solar-B) consists of the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) and the Focal Plane Package (FPP). The...- publication PDF
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A fast linear semi-Lagrangian advection scheme coupled with spectral (bin)...
A new, computationally efficient semi-Lagrangian advection (SLA) scheme was used to simulate an idealized supercell storm using WRF coupled with spectral (bin) microphysics...- publication PDF
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Compounding hazards and intersecting vulnerabilities: Experiences and...
Extreme heat is a major threat to human health worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its complexity and global reach, created unprecedented challenges for public health and...- publication PDF
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The stratosphere-troposphere analyses of regional transport 2008 experiment
The StratosphereâTroposphere Analyses of Regional Transport 2008 (START08) experiment investigated a number of important processes in the extratropical upper troposphere and...- publication PDF
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Turbulent pressure and velocity perturbations induced by gentle hills...
How the spatial perturbations of the first and second moments of the velocity and pressure fields differ for flow over a train of gentle hills covered by either sparse or dense...- publication PDF
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Improving regional ozone modeling through systematic evaluation of errors...
During the operational phase of the ICARTT field experiment in 2004, the regional air quality model STEM showed a strong positive surface bias and a negative upper troposphere...- publication PDF
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Revising the ozone depletion potentials metric for short-lived chemicals...
Ozone depletion potentials (ODPs) are an important metric in national and international policy for evaluating the relative importance of different gases to affecting...- publication PDF
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Simulated radiative forcing from contrails and contrail cirrus
A comprehensive general circulation model including ice supersaturation is used to estimate the climate impact of aviation induced contrails. The model uses a realistic aviation...- publication PDF