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Forcing single-column models using high-resolution model simulations
To use single-column models (SCMs) as a research tool for parameterization development and process studies, the SCM must be supplied with realistic initial profiles, forcing...- publication PDF
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Incorporating MAGMA into the 'fields' spatial statistics package
In this report we describe how to incorporate the Cholesky decomposition from the Matrix Algebra on GPU and Multicore Architectures (MAGMA) library into some of the calculations...- publication PDF
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QSCAT-R: The QuikSCAT Tropical Cyclone Radial Structure Dataset
This document describes the QuikSCAT Tropical Cyclone Radial Structure Dataset (QSCAT-R), including its parameter and file structure as well as the underlying methodology for...- publication PDF
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Maize yield changes under sulfate aerosol climate intervention using three...
As the severity of climate change and its associated impacts continue to worsen, schemes for artificially cooling surface temperatures via planetary albedo modification are...- publication PDF
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Auroral electrojets variations caused by recurrent high-speed solar wind...
The IMAGE network magnetic measurements are used to investigate the response of the auroral electrojets to the recurrent high-speed solar wind streams (HSSs) during the extreme...- publication PDF
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Green Infrastructure, Ecosystem Services, and Human Health
Contemporary ecological models of health prominently feature the natural environment as fundamental to the ecosystem services that support human life, health, and well-being....- publication PDF
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Meso-Micrometeorological Requirements for the Atmospheric Sciences
Survey Group on Meso-micrometeorology outlines its recommendation that a facility be established which would develop, acquire, maintain and operate certain types of...- publication PDF
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Three-dimensional modeling of chromospheric spectral lines in a simulated...
Context. Because of the complex physics that governs the formation of chromospheric lines, interpretation of solar chromospheric observations is difficult. The origin and...- publication PDF
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Two methods for estimating limits to large-scale wind power generation
Wind turbines generate electricity by removing kinetic energy from the atmosphere. We show that the limited replenishment of kinetic energy from aloft limits wind power...- publication PDF
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Global estimates of water-vapor-weighted mean temperature of the atmosphere...
Water-vapor-weighted atmospheric mean temperature, Tm, is a key parameter in the retrieval of atmospheric precipitable water (PW) from ground-based Global Positioning System...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms contributing to the warming hole and the consequent U.S....
A linear trend calculated for observed annual mean surface air temperatures over the U.S. for the second half of the 20th century shows a slight cooling over the southeastern...- publication PDF
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Recent progress in the fundamental understanding of tropical cyclone motion
While the fundamental understanding of tropical cyclone (TC) movement is fairly mature, notable advancements are still being made. This paper summarizes new concepts and updates...- publication PDF
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The Paris warming targets: Emissions requirements and sea level consequences
The Paris Agreement states that, relative to pre-industrial times, the increase in global average temperature should be kept to well below 2 A degrees C and efforts should be...- publication PDF
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Analyzing the image warp forecast verification method on precipitation...
Image warping for spatial forecast verification is applied to the test cases employed by the Spatial Forecast Verification Intercomparison Project (ICP), which includes both...- publication PDF
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The downward influence of uncertainty in the Northern Hemisphere...
General circulation models display a wide range of future predicted changes in the Northern Hemisphere winter stratospheric polar vortex. The downward influence of this...- publication PDF
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Quantifying Poynting flux in the Quiet Sun photosphere
Poynting flux is the flux of magnetic energy, which is responsible for chromospheric and coronal heating in the solar atmosphere. It is defined as a cross product of the...- publication PDF
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Optimization of linear signal processing in photon counting lidar using...
Photon counting lidar signals generally require smoothing to suppress random noise. While the process of reducing the resolution of the profile reduces random errors, it can...- publication PDF
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The influence of atmospheric grid resolution in a climate model-forced ice...
Coupled climate-ice sheet simulations have been growing in popularity in recent years. Experiments of this type are however challenging as ice sheets evolve over multi-...- publication PDF
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Improving earth system model selection methodologies for projecting...
The rapid expansion of Earth system model (ESM) data available from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) necessitates new methods to evaluate the...- publication PDF
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Transient evolution of Langmuir turbulence in ocean boundary layers driven...
A large-eddy simulation (LES) model, which adopts wave-averaged equations with vortex force, is used to investigate Langmuir turbulence and ocean boundary layer (OBL) dynamics...- publication PDF