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Evidence for ice particles in the tropical stratosphere from in-situ measurements
In-situ ice crystal size distribution measurements are presented within the tropical troposphere and lower stratosphere. The measurements were performed using a combination of a...- publication PDF
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Reconstruction of global monthly upper-level temperature and geopotential...
This work presents statistically reconstructed global monthly mean fields of temperature and geopotential height (GPH) up to 100 hPa for the period 1880â1957. For the...- publication PDF
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Dynamic global vegetation models underestimate net CO2 flux mean and...
Despite their sparse vegetation, dryland regions exert a huge influence over global biogeochemical cycles because they cover more than 40% of the world surface (Schimel 2010...- publication PDF
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Seasonal prediction of winter extreme precipitation over Canada by support...
For forecasting the maximum 5-day accumulated precipitation over the winter season at lead times of 3, 6, 9 and 12 months over Canada from 1950 to 2007, two nonlinear and two...- publication PDF
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From bow waves to traveling atmospheric disturbances: Thermospheric...
In this study, we investigate the characteristics of thermospheric perturbations triggered by a set of four solar eclipses, using the Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics...- publication PDF
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Horizontal circulation across density surfaces contributes substantially to...
The Greenland Sea is often viewed as the northern terminus of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. It has also been proposed that the shutdown of open-ocean deep...- publication PDF
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Doppler radar analysis of triple eyewalls in Typhoon Usagi (2013)
Strong tropical cyclones often undergo eyewall replacement cycles that are accompanied by concentric eyewalls and/or rapid intensity changes while the secondary eyewall...- publication PDF
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D, E, and F layers in the daytime at high-latitude terminator ionosphere of...
We report the first model result for ion production rates and densities of positive ions, negative ions, and electrons in the dayside Martian ionosphere from 0 to 220 km. These...- publication PDF
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Walker circulation response to extratropical radiative forcing
Walker circulation variability and associated zonal shifts in the heating of the tropical atmosphere have far-reaching global impacts well into high latitudes. Yet the reversed...- publication PDF
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Experimental testing of scattering polarization models
We realized a laboratory experiment to study the scattering polarization of the Na i D-doublet at 589.0 and 589.6 nm in the presence of a magnetic field. This work was...- publication PDF
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Calibration of temperature in the lower stratosphere from microwave...
Accurate, consistent, and stable observations from different satellite missions are crucial for climate change detection. In this study, we use Global Positioning System (GPS)...- publication PDF
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A foehn-induced haze front in Beijing: Observations and implications
Despite frequent foehns in the Beijing-TianjinHebei (BTH) region, there are only a few studies of their effects on air pollution in this region, or elsewhere. Here, we discuss a...- publication PDF
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Monsoon regimes and processes in CCSM4. Part II: African and American monsoon systems
This is the second part of a two part series studying simulation characteristics of the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) for various monsoon regimes around the...- publication PDF
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Trends of extreme US weather events in the changing climate
Trends in extreme 100-y events of temperature and rainfall amounts in the continental United States are estimated, to see effects of climate change. This is a nontrivial...- publication PDF
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Water and energy budgets of hurricanes and implications for climate change
On the basis of simulations of hurricane Katrina in August 2005 with the advanced Weather and Research Forecasting (WRF) model at 4 km resolution without parameterized...- publication PDF
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The African regional greenhouse gases budget (2010-2019)
As part of the REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes Phase 2 (RECCAP2) project, we developed a comprehensive African Greenhouse gases (GHG) budget covering 2000 to 2019...- publication PDF
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A framework for detection and attribution of regional precipitation change:...
Despite the emerging influence of anthropogenic climate change on the global water cycle, at regional scales the combination of observational uncertainty, large internal...- publication PDF
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Global ground-based tropospheric ozone measurements: Reference data and...
Tropospheric ozone trends from models and satellites are found to diverge. Ground-based (GB) observations are used to reference models and satellites, but GB data themselves...- publication PDF
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Monitoring and understanding trends in extreme storms: State of knowledge
The state of knowledge regarding trends and an understanding of their causes is presented for a specific subset of extreme weather and climate types. For severe convective...- publication PDF
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A model-model and data-model comparison for the early Eocene hydrological cycle
A range of proxy observations have recently provided constraints on how Earth's hydrological cycle responded to early Eocene climatic changes. However, comparisons of proxy data...- publication PDF