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Sensing atmospheric water vapor with the global positioning system
Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, water vapor radiometers (WVRs), and surface meteorological equipment were operated at both ends of a 50-km baseline in Colorado to...- publication PDF
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Comparison of land-precipitation coupling strength using observations and models
Numerous studies have attempted to address the land-precipitation coupling, but scientists' understanding remains limited and discrepancies still exist from different studies. A...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric HONO distribution and chemistry in the southeastern US
Here we report the measurement results of nitrous acid (HONO) and a suite of relevant parameters on the NCAR C-130 research aircraft in the southeastern US during the NOMADSS...- publication PDF
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Ice concentration retrieval in stratiform mixed-phase clouds using cloud...
Measurements of ice number concentration in clouds are important but still pose problems. The pattern of ice development in stratiform mixed-phase clouds (SMCs) offers an...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric ozone decrease due to the Mount Pinatubo eruption: Reduced...
We quantify the relationship between Mount Pinatubo eruption in June 1991 and tropospheric ozone abundances. The ozone reduction in the stratosphere and troposphere following...- publication PDF
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Simulating the mid-Pliocene warm period with the CCSM4 model
This paper describes the experimental design and model results from a 500 yr fully coupled Community Climate System, version 4, simulation of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP)...- publication PDF
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Direct estimates of biomass burning NOx emissions and lifetimes using daily...
Biomass burning emits an estimated 25â% of global annual nitrogen oxides (NOx), an important constituent that participates in the oxidative chemistry of the atmosphere....- publication PDF
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A comparison of the stability and performance of depth-integrated...
In the last decade, the number of ice-sheet models has increased substantially, in line with the growth of the glaciological community. These models use solvers based on...- publication PDF
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Decadal variabilities in tropospheric nitrogen oxides over United States,...
Global trends in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have changed dramatically in the past decade. Here, we investigate tropospheric NO2 variabilities over United States,...- publication PDF
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Modernizing library metadata for historical weather and climate data collections
For libraries to become more visible and integral within the scientific data ecosystem, they must find ways to connect with external communities, systems, and standards. The...- publication PDF
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Cloud ice water content retrieved from the CALIOP space-based lidar
Ice water content (IWC) profiles are derived from retrievals of optical extinction from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) satellite lidar, using a...- publication PDF
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Organizational modes of mesoscale convective systems over central east China
Composite reflectivity Doppler radar data from June to September of 2007â2010 were used to classify mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over central east China into seven...- publication PDF
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Rainbows and climate change: A tutorial on climate model diagnostics and...
Earth system models (ESMs) must represent processes below the grid scale of a model using representations (parameterizations) of physical and chemical processes. As a tutorial...- publication PDF
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Lagrangian velocity correlations and absolute dispersion in the midlatitude...
Employing daily wind data from the ECMWF, passive particle advection is performed to estimate the Lagrangian velocity correlation functions (LVCF) associated with the...- publication PDF
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Future changes in European severe convection environments in a regional...
The occurrence of environmental conditions favorable for severe convective storms was assessed in an ensemble of 14 regional climate models covering Europe and the Mediterranean...- publication PDF
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Intensification of mesoscale convective systems in the East Asian rainband...
As one of the major producers of extreme precipitation, mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) have received much attention. Recently, MCSs over several hotpots, including the...- publication PDF
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Impact of airborne radio occultation observations on short term...
Atmospheric River Reconnaissance (AR Recon) collects targeted observations during major winter weather events associated with heavy precipitation and flooding on the US West...- publication PDF
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Confronting Models with Data: The GEWEX Cloud Systems Study (GCSS)
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud System Study (GCSS) was organized to promote the development of improved parameterizations of cloud systems for use in...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of modeled precipitation in oceanic extratropical cyclones using IMERG
Using a high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution precipitation dataset, Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG), extratropical cyclone precipitation is evaluated...- publication PDF
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Quantifying uncertainties in projections of extremes: A perturbed land...
Uncertainties in the climate response to a doubling of atmospheric COâ concentrations are quantified in a perturbed land surface parameter experiment. The ensemble of 108...- publication PDF