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Impact of equinoctial high-speed stream structures on thermospheric responses
We examine thermospheric neutral density response to 172 solar wind high-speed streams (HSSs) and the associated stream interfaces during the equinox seasons of 2002–2008. HSSs...- publication PDF
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Validation of a water vapor micropulse differential absorption lidar (DIAL)
A water vapor micropulse differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instrument was developed collaboratively by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Montana State...- publication PDF
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Effects of inferring unobserved thermospheric and ionospheric state...
This paper demonstrates the significance of ion-neutral coupling to ionospheric data assimilation for ionospheric specification and forecast. Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) is...- publication PDF
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Landscape-scale controls on aboveground forest carbon stocks on the Osa...
Tropical forests store large amounts of carbon in tree biomass, although the environmental controls on forest carbon stocks remain poorly resolved. Emerging airborne remote...- publication PDF
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Celebrating hydrologic science: The "Science is Essential" collection
Water Resources Research published nine commentaries in the AGU "Science is Essential'' collection. The goal of these papers is to celebrate the advances in hydrologic science,...- publication PDF
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Application of WRF 3DVAR to operational typhoon prediction in Taiwan: Impact...
In this paper, the impact of outer loop and partial cycling with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model's (WRF) three-dimensional variational data assimilation system...- publication PDF
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Objective prediction of warm season afternoon thunderstorms in northern...
In this study, a fuzzy logic algorithm is developed to provide objective guidance for the prediction of afternoon thunderstorms in northern Taiwan using preconvective predictors...- publication PDF
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Simulation of present-day and future permafrost and seasonally frozen ground...
The representation of permafrost and seasonally frozen ground and their projected twenty-first century trends is assessed in the Community Climate System Model, version 4...- publication PDF
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Characterizing drought risks and implications for water management under...
Drought risks arise from the intersection of climate hazards and social vulnerability. To characterize drought risks, we develop and demonstrate a new Combined Drought Risk...- publication PDF
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The Community Land Model and its climate statistics as a component of the...
Several multidecadal simulations have been carried out with the new version of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM). This paper reports an analysis of the land component of...- publication PDF
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Comparisons of global cloud ice from MLS, CloudSat, and correlative data sets
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) version 2.2 (V2.2) and CloudSat R04 (release 4) ice water content (IWC) and partial - column ice water path (pIWP) measurements are analyzed...- publication PDF
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A drop size distribution (DSD)-based model for evaluating the performance of...
A novel analytical method is presented for evaluating the electrical performance of a radome for a dual-polarized phased-array antenna under rain conditions. Attenuation,...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of outgoing longwave radiative flux to the global vertical...
We calculate the sensitivity of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) to the global vertical distribution of tropospheric ozone using ozone profile estimates from Aura Tropospheric...- publication PDF
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Update on a proposed mechanism for the regulation of minimum...
This paper is an update from our earlier paper to include data through July 2008. In our earlier paper, which included data through 1998, a mechanism which generally limits...- publication PDF
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An acarological risk model predicting the density and distribution of...
Ixodes scapularis is the vector of at least seven human pathogens in Minnesota, two of which are known to cause Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia...- publication PDF
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Data assimilation for the model for prediction across scales – atmosphere...
On 24 September 2021, JEDI-MPAS 1.0.0, a new data assimilation (DA) system for the Model Prediction Across Scales - Atmosphere (MPAS-A) built on the software framework of the...- publication PDF
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COSMIC-2 radio occultation constellation: First results
Initial data from the Formosa Satellite-7/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere and Climate (FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2, hereafter C2), a recently launched...- publication PDF
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The Improved Urbanization Projections of the NCAR Community Demographic Model (CDM)
The urbanization projections, as one important components of the NCAR Community Demographic Model, has been developed to meet the requirement of climate change research...- publication PDF
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A maximum spreading speed for magnetopause reconnection
Past observations and numerical modeling find magnetic reconnection to initiate at a localized region and then spread along a current sheet. The rate of spreading has been...- publication PDF
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Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model...
Climate and environments of the mid-Pliocene warm period (3.264 to 3.025 Ma) have been extensively studied. Whilst numerical models have shed light on the nature of climate at...- publication PDF