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Extended-range probabilistic forecasts of Ganges and Brahmaputra floods in Bangladesh
A new ensemble prediction scheme was developed for probabilistic flood forecasting in Bangladesh. Skill is found to 10-15 days. In 2007-8 it was used to evacuate people along...- publication PDF
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Comparison of upper tropospheric carbon monoxide from MOPITT, ACE-FTS, and HIPPO-QCLS
Products from the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument are regularly validated using in situ airborne measurements. However, few of these...- publication PDF
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Theoretical study of new plasma structures in the low-latitude ionosphere...
Theoretical model simulations for an intense magnetic storm show the creation of a low-latitude electron density arch aligned along the geomagnetic field created by strong...- publication PDF
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Asymptotic Behavior of a Continuous Approximation to the Kriging Weighting Function
This technical note contains the detailed arguments of the proof: The main Theorem 4.2 gives conditions on k guaranteeing that the EEC is satisfied and Corollary 4.3 verifies...- publication PDF
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An assessment of precipitation changes over Antarctica and the Southern...
This study evaluates the temporal variability of the Antarctic surface mass balance, approximated as precipitation-minus-evaporation (P-E), and Southern Ocean precipitation in...- publication PDF
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The effects of past hurricane experiences on evacuation intentions through...
Individuals' past experiences with a hazard can encompass many different aspects, which can influence how they judge and respond to a future hurricane risk. This study, which...- publication PDF
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Material Strength Properties of Winzen StratoFilm
This report is part of a series prepared for the Materials Research Project of the NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility in order to extend the reliability and capabilities of...- publication PDF
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Spatiotemporal patterns of changes in maximum and minimum temperatures in...
This paper analyzes and attributes spatial and temporal patterns of changes in the diurnal cycle of land surface air temperature in 20 simulations from 11 global coupled...- publication PDF
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On the desirability and feasibility of a global reanalysis of tropical cyclones
Accurate records of historical tropical cyclones are invaluable for scientific research and risk quantification. Yet most tropical cyclone data were collected in aid of...- publication PDF
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Shallowing glacial Antarctic intermediate water by changes in sea ice and...
The Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is an essential global ocean water mass at intermediate depths. Coupled climate models in isotope-enabled (delta O-18, delta D), fully...- publication PDF
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Gravity currents in confined channels with environmental shear
This study examines properties of gravity currents in confined channels with sheared environmental flow. Under the assumptions of steady and inviscid flow, two-dimensional...- publication PDF
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The response of the southern hemisphere middle atmosphere to the...
Using the specified-dynamics (SD) Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (SD-WACCM), the effects of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) on the midwinter stratosphere and...- publication PDF
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On the relationship of Joule heating and nitric oxide radiative cooling in...
During geomagnetic storms Joule heating dissipation is the dominant form of magnetospheric energy input that is responsible for many chemical and dynamical variations in the...- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the Sixth International Solar Wind Conference
This is the proceedings of the conference held August 23-28, 1987, at the YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado, U.S.A. It is a two volume set organized roughly along the...- publication PDF
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Evolution processes of a group of equatorial plasma bubble (EPBs)...
This paper for the first time reports conjugate observations of a group of evolving equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) generated in the longitudinal sector of China on 4/5...- publication PDF
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Additional global climate cooling by clouds due to ice crystal complexity
Ice crystal submicron structures have a large impact on the optical properties of cirrus clouds and consequently on their radiative effect. Although there is growing evidence...- publication PDF
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Daily High-latitude 150 Mb Pressure Maps From TWERLE and Rawinsondes / Part...
This report involves winds, temperatures, pressures, and altitudes measured by the TWERLE superpressure balloon platforms used to prepare daily 150 mb constant pressure charts...- publication PDF
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Case Studies on Convective Storms / Case Study 1. 22 June 1976: First Echo Case
This is one of a series of documents reporting data on aircraft penetrations in convective clouds, ranging from cumulus congestus to thunderstorms, in northeastern Colorado and...- publication PDF
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Hemispheric comparison of cirrus cloud evolution using in situ measurements...
Cirrus clouds' radiative forcing is highly sensitive to their microphysical properties and evolution. However, there are very limited data sets with both microscale resolution...- publication PDF
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Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE
Groundwater is an increasingly important water supply source globally. Understanding the amount of groundwater used versus the volume available is crucial to evaluate future...- publication PDF