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Robust responses of the Sahelian hydrological cycle to global warming
How the globally uniform component of sea surface temperature (SST) warming influences rainfall in the African Sahel remains insufficiently studied, despite mean SST warming...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the Noah landsurface model using data from a fair-weather...
Sources of differences between observations and simulations for a case study using the Noah land surface model-based High-Resolution Land Data Assimilation System (HRLDAS) are...- publication PDF
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A global climatology of baroclinically influenced tropical cyclogenesis
Tropical cyclogenesis is generally considered to occur in regions devoid of baroclinic structures; however, an appreciable number of tropical cyclones (TCs) form in baroclinic...- publication PDF
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Impact of biogenic very short-lived bromine on the Antarctic ozone hole...
Active bromine released from the photochemical decomposition of biogenic very short-lived bromocarbons (VSLBr) enhances stratospheric ozone depletion. Based on a dual set of...- publication PDF
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Microphysical characteristics of three convective events with intense...
Polarimetric radar and disdrometer observations obtained during the 2014 Observation, Prediction, and Analysis of Severe Convection of China (OPACC) field campaign are used in...- publication PDF
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Linking large-scale circulation patterns to low-cloud properties
The North Pacific High (NPH) is a fundamental meteorological feature present during the boreal warm season. Marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds, which are persistent in this...- publication PDF
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An intercomparison of approaches for improving operational seasonal...
For much of the last century, forecasting centers around the world have offered seasonal streamflow predictions to support water management. Recent work suggests that the two...- publication PDF
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The summer evening anomaly and conjugate effects
The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) GPS occultation data have been analyzed in this study to provide a better understanding of...- publication PDF
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Quantifying stratospheric biases and identifying their potential sources in...
The stratosphere can be a source of predictability for surface weather on timescales of several weeks to months. However, the potential predictive skill gained from...- publication PDF
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Designing the climate observing system of the future
Climate observations are needed to address a large range of important societal issues including sea level rise, droughts, floods, extreme heat events, food security, and...- publication PDF
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Challenges of operational river forecasting
Skillful and timely streamflow forecasts are critically important to water managers and emergency protection services. To provide these forecasts, hydrologists must predict the...- publication PDF
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Global patterns of crop yield stability under additional nutrient and water inputs
Agricultural production must increase to feed a growing and wealthier population, as well as to satisfy increasing demands for biomaterials and biomass-based energy. At the same...- publication PDF
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The effect of subfilter-scale physics on regularization models
The subfilter-scale (SFS) physics of regularization models are investigated to understand the regularizations' performance as SFS models. Suppression of spectrally local SFS...- publication PDF
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Global effects of a polar solar eclipse on the coupled...
It is well-known that solar eclipses can significantly impact the ionosphere and thermosphere, but how an eclipse influences the magnetosphere-ionosphere system is still...- publication PDF
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Examining the potential of a random forest derived cloud mask from GOES-R...
In order for numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to correctly predict solar irradiance reaching the earth's surface for more accurate solar power forecasting, it is...- publication PDF
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Reflection and ducting of gravity waves inside the Sun
Internal gravity waves excited by overshoot at the bottom of the convection zone can be influenced by rotation and by the strong toroidal magnetic field that is likely to be...- publication PDF
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Tracking tropospheric radio occultation signals from low Earth orbit
Propagation of radio occultation signals through the tropical lower troposphere with severe refractivity gradients results in significant spreading of the signal spectrum. Under...- publication PDF
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Tests of Balloon Materials: Prepared for the NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility
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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The potential impacts of a sulfur- and halogen-rich supereruption such as...
The supereruption of Los Chocoyos (14.6 degrees N, 91.2 degrees W) in Guatemala similar to 84 kyr ago was one of the largest volcanic events of the past 100 000 years. Recent...- publication PDF
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Direct constraints on secondary HONO production in aged wildfire smoke from...
Nitrous acid (HONO) mixing ratios measured in aged wildfire smoke plumes were higher than expected from known homogeneous chemical reactions. In a representative smoke plume,...- publication PDF
