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The influence of biomass burning on tropospheric composition over the...
Biomass burning (BB) in southern Africa is the largest emission source of CO and Oâ precursors within Africa during the West African Monsoon (WAM) between June and August. The...- publication PDF
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Temporal changes in wind as objects for evaluating mesoscale numerical...
The study describes a method of evaluating numerical weather prediction models by comparing the characteristics of temporal changes in simulated and observed 10-m (AGL) winds....- publication PDF
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Quantifying the impacts of high-resolution urban information on the urban...
Detailed urban information, including land use/land cover (LULC), anthropogenic heat (AH) release, and urban canopy parameters (UCP), play critical roles in meteorological field...- publication PDF
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Seasonal-to-decadal variability and prediction of the Kuroshio Extension in...
The Kuroshio Extension (KE), an eastward-flowing jet located in the Pacific western boundary current system, exhibits prominent seasonal-to-decadal variability, which is crucial...- publication PDF
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Limited mitigation potential of forestation under a high emissions scenario:...
Forestation is a major component of future long-term emissions reduction and CO2 removal strategies, but the viability of carbon stored in vegetation under future climates is...- publication PDF
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An examination of WRF 3DVAR radar data assimilation on its capability in...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of 3DVAR radar data assimilation in terms of the retrievals of convective fields and their impact on subsequent...- publication PDF
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CAM6.3 User's Guide
The Community Atmosphere Model version 6.3 (CAM6.3) is released as the active atmosphere component of the Community Earth System Model version CESM-2.2. It is the latest in a...- publication PDF
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Technical note: AQMEII4 Activity 1 - Evaluation of wet and dry deposition...
We present in this technical note the research protocol for phase 4 of the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII4). This research initiative is divided...- publication PDF
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Scale-aware and definition-aware evaluation of modeled near-surface...
CloudSat's 94-GHz Cloud Profiling Radar provides unique near-global observations of precipitation frequency and intensity. Here CloudSat-based diagnostics for near-surface...- publication PDF
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Coevolution of down-valley flow and the nocturnal boundary layer in complex terrain
An enhanced National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) integrated sounding system (ISS) was deployed as part of the Vertical Transport and Mixing (VTMX) field experiment,...- publication PDF
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An emerging Asian aerosol dipole pattern reshapes the Asian summer monsoon...
Since the early 2010s, anthropogenic aerosols have started decreasing in East Asia (EA) while have continued to increase in South Asia (SA). Yet the climate impacts of this...- publication PDF
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The history and practice of AI in the environmental sciences
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become important tools for environmental scientists and engineers, both in research and in applications. Although...- publication PDF
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WRF Large-eddy Simulations of chemical tracer deposition and seeding effect...
Two ground-based and two airborne cloud seeding events between 2003 and 2005 from a trace chemistry field experiment conducted by the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in the...- publication PDF
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Can the Madden-Julian oscillation affect the Antarctic total column ozone?
The effect of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) on springtime Antarctic ozone variations is revealed for the first time from multi-satellite reanalysis and model simulations....- publication PDF
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Exploring the water-energy nexus in California via an integrative modeling approach
A climatically driven, water system modeling framework that captures a full range of interacting components at necessary spatiotemporal scales was developed for the Southwestern...- publication PDF
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On the formation of sulphuric acid - amine clusters in varying atmospheric...
Sulphuric acid is a key component in atmospheric new particle formation. However, sulphuric acid alone does not form stable enough clusters to initiate particle formation in...- publication PDF
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In situ aerosol size spectra measurements in the austral polar vortex before...
Aerosol from the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai (HT‐HH) volcanic eruption (20.6°S) in January 2022 were not incorporated into the austral polar vortex until the...- publication PDF
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Natural short-lived halogens exert an indirect cooling effect on climate
Observational evidence shows the ubiquitous presence of ocean-emitted short-lived halogens in the global atmosphere(1-3). Natural emissions of these chemical compounds have been...- publication PDF
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Verifying supercellular rotation in a convection-permitting ensemble...
The utility of radar-derived rotation track data for the verification of supercell thunderstorm forecasts was quantified through this study. The forecasts were generated using a...- publication PDF
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Ozone depletion due to dust release of iodine in the free troposphere
Iodine is an atmospheric trace element emitted from oceans that efficiently destroys ozone (O-3). Low O-3 in airborne dust layers is frequently observed but poorly understood....- publication PDF