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North Pacific decadal variability in the Community Climate System Model Version 2
North Pacific decadal oceanic and atmospheric variability is examined from a 650-yr control integration of the Community Climate System Model version 2. The dominant pattern of...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume XI: Balloon 86C
Early Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon tests have resulted in valuable upper air wind data, particularly in the data-poor mid-latitudes over southern...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the interplay between biophysical processes and leaf area changes...
Land Surface Models (LSMs) are essential to reproduce biophysical processes modulated by vegetation and to predict the future evolution of the land-climate system. To assess the...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the orbit altitude electron density estimation and its effect...
In this paper, the observations from CHAMP radio occultation (RO) and Planar Langmuir Probe (PLP) during 2002 - 2008 and Constellation Observing System for Meteorology...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric tidal effects on the middle and upper atmosphere
Numerical experiments that explore the effects of tides of tropospheric origin on the upper and middle atmosphere reveal strong signatures of an eastward propagating zonal wave...- publication PDF
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Geospace plume and its impact on dayside magnetopause reconnection rate
The role a geospace plume in influencing the efficiency of magnetopause reconnection is an open question with two contrasting theories being debated. A local-control theory...- publication PDF
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A review of Arctic sea ice climate predictability in large-scale Earth system models
We provide a high-level review of sea ice models used for climate studies and of the recent advances made with these models to understand sea ice predictability. Models...- publication PDF
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A Ray-tracing operator and its adjoint for the use of GPS/MET refraction...
The development of small, high-performance instruments to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) signals has created an opportunity for active remote sounding of the Earth's...- publication PDF
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Optimal interpolation analysis of high-latitude ionospheric Hall and...
We have developed a new optimal interpolation (OI) technique to estimate complete high-latitude ionospheric conductance distributions from Defense Meteorological Satellite...- publication PDF
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A new portable 449 MHz spaced antenna wind profiler radar
This paper presents the design of a 449 MHz radar for wind profiling, with a focus on modularity and solid-state transmitter design. It is one of the first wind profiler radars...- publication PDF
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Improving snow albedo modeling in the E3SM land model (version 2.0) and...
With the highest albedo of the land surface, snow plays a vital role in Earth's surface energy budget and water cycle. Snow albedo is primarily controlled by snow grain...- publication PDF
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Impacts of updraft size and dimensionality on the perturbation pressure and...
This study investigates relationships between vertical velocity, perturbation pressure, updraft size, and dimensionality for cumulus convection. Generalized theoretical...- publication PDF
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The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Early results
The radio occultation (RO) technique, which makes use of radio signals transmitted by the global positioning system (GPS) satellites, has emerged as a powerful and relatively...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms controlling mixed-layer temperature variability in the eastern...
The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a prominent mode of intraseasonal (~35-95 day) variability in the tropical Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Its impacts on ocean mixed-...- publication PDF
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Role of the Bering Strait in the thermohaline circulation and abrupt climate change
Here we investigate the role of the Bering Strait (BS) in the thermohaline circulation (THC) response to added freshwater forcing (hosing) in the subpolar North Atlantic,...- publication PDF
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Unraveling arctic sea ice response to Atmospheric Rivers-insights from sea...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) in winter can induce significant melting of sea ice as they approach the ice cover. However, due to the complex physical properties of sea ice, the...- publication PDF
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Model predictability of hail precipitation with a moderate hailstorm case....
Hailstones have large damage potential; however, their explicit prediction remains quite challenging. The uncertainty in a model's initial condition and microphysics are two of...- publication PDF
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Interesting Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Observed by All-Sky Imagers in the...
This paper reports some interesting equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) on 4 and 5 October 2013 and 29 and 30 September 2013 observed by two all-sky imagers located in the...- publication PDF
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The effect of the solar rotational irradiance variation on the middle and...
This paper analyzes the effects of the solar rotational (27-day) irradiance variations on the chemical composition and temperature of the stratosphere, mesosphere and lower...- publication PDF
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Substantial increase in the joint occurrence and human exposure of heatwave...
Extreme heat occurrence worldwide has increased in the past decades. Greenhouse gas emissions, if not abated aggressively, will lead to large increases in frequency and...- publication PDF
