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Observation and model bias estimation in the presence of either or both...
In numerical weather prediction and in reanalysis, robust approaches for observation bias correction are necessary to approach optimal data assimilation. The success of bias...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of modeled Indian monsoon to Chinese and Indian aerosol emissions
The South Asian summer monsoon supplies over 80% of India's precipitation. Industrialization over the past few decades has resulted in severe aerosol pollution in India....- publication PDF
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Field Observations of the Kinematics of Hailstones
This report studies the kinematic behavior of naturally falling hailstones using stroboscopic photography in a mobile van. The experiment is described and the results concerning...- publication PDF
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Hydrometeorological observations and modeling of an extreme rainfall event...
Some of the most intense convective storms on Earth initiate near the Sierras de Cordoba mountain range in Argentina. The goal of the RELAMPAGO field campaign was to observe...- publication PDF
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Ensemble forecasts of air quality in eastern China â Part 2: Evaluation of...
An operational multimodel forecasting system for air quality has been developed to provide air quality services for urban areas of China. The initial forecasting system included...- publication PDF
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Day-to-day variability of prereversal enhancement in the vertical ion drift...
Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) are plasma density irregularities found in the equatorial ionosphere after sunset and are closely related to the upward ExB drift before it...- publication PDF
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Users' Guide to NCAR CCM1
This document describes the program design, data organization and operation of the version of NCAR Community Climate Model designated CCM1. The User's Guide is intended to...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of physical microphysical property retrieval algorithms during...
The NASA Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign provides high-quality, high-altitude aircraft lidar...- publication PDF
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Removal of spectro-polarimetric fringes by two-dimensional principal...
We investigate the application of two-dimensional Principal Component Analysis (2D PCA) to the problem of removal of polarization fringes from spectro-polarimetric data sets. We...- publication PDF
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Dichotomy between freshwater and heat flux effects on oceanic conveyor belt...
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is an important global-scale oceanic circulation, and its changes may be responsible for past abrupt climate change events. By...- publication PDF
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The Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project...
The Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP) consists of a series of time slice experiments targeting the long-term changes in atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Environment and mechanisms of severe turbulence in a midlatitude cyclone
A large midlatitude cyclone occurred over the central United States from 0000 to 1800 UTC 30 April 2017. During this period, there were more than 1100 reports of moderate-or-...- publication PDF
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Modern precipitation δ18O and trajectory analysis over the Himalaya-Tibet...
Variations in oxygen isotope ratios (O-18) measured from modern precipitation and geologic archives provide a promising tool for understanding modern and past climate dynamics...- publication PDF
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An inversion of NOx and non-methane volatile organic compound (NMVOC)...
The absence of up-to-date emissions has been a major impediment to accurately simulating aspects of atmospheric chemistry and to precisely quantifying the impact of changes in...- publication PDF
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Lifecycle of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (LACs), including black carbon and light-absorbing organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC), have an important role in the Earth system via...- publication PDF
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Analog-based ensemble model output statistics
An analog-based ensemble model output statistics (EMOS) is proposed to improve EMOS for the calibration of ensemble forecasts. Given a set of analog predictors and corresponding...- publication PDF
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Granular-scale magnetic flux cancellations in the photosphere
We investigate the evolution of five granular-scale magnetic flux cancellations just outside the moat region of a sunspot by using accurate spectropolarimetric measurements and...- publication PDF
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The minimum wind speed for sustainable turbulence in the nocturnal boundary layer
The collapse of turbulence in the nocturnal boundary layer is studied by means of a simple bulk model that describes the basic physical interactions in the surface energy...- publication PDF
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The key role of forest disturbance in reconciling estimates of the northern...
Northern forests are an important carbon sink, but our understanding of the driving factors is limited due to discrepancies between dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) and...- publication PDF
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Impact of the 2015/2016 El Niño on the terrestrial carbon cycle constrained...
Evaluating the response of the land carbon sink to the anomalies in temperature and drought imposed by El Nino events provides insights into the present-day carbon cycle and its...- publication PDF
