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Stratospheric temperature trends over 1979-2015 derived from combined SSU,...
Temperature trends in the middle and upper stratosphere are evaluated using measurements from the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU), combined with data from the Aura Microwave...- publication PDF
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Response to Increasing Southern Hemisphere Winds in CCSM4
Results from two perturbation experiments using the Community Climate System Model version 4 where the Southern Hemisphere zonal wind stress is increased are described. It is...- publication PDF
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Overview of the Queensland cloud seeding research program
As a response to water shortages in Southeast Queensland brought about by reduced rainfall and increasing population, the Queensland government decided to explore the potential...- publication PDF
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Enhanced terrestrial carbon export from East Antarctica during the early Eocene
Terrestrial organic carbon (TerrOC) acts as an important CO2 sink when transported via rivers to the ocean and sequestered in coastal marine sediments. This mechanism might help...- publication PDF
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Solar cycle variability induced by tilt angle scatter in a Babcock-Leighton...
We present results from a three-dimensional Babcock-Leighton (BL) dynamo model that is sustained by the emergence and dispersal of bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs). On average,...- publication PDF
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Hygroscopicity and volatility of 4-10 nm particles during summertime...
Continuous measurements of hygroscopicity and volatility of atmospheric aerosol particles of 4 - 10 nm diameter were conducted with a nanometer tandem differential mobility...- publication PDF
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Characterization of Southern Ocean boundary layer clouds using airborne...
Climate and numerical weather prediction models struggle to accurately predict radiative forcing over the Southern Ocean (SO), as the amount of clouds and their phases are...- publication PDF
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A geometric perspective on the modulation of potential energy release by a...
The release of available potential energy by growing baroclinic instability requires the slope of the eddy fluxes to be shallower than that of mean density surfaces, where the...- publication PDF
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The development of a terrain-resolving scheme for the Forward Model and its...
The four-dimensional Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System (VDRAS) developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is significantly improved by implementing...- publication PDF
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Variability in the sensitivity among model simulations of permafrost and...
A significant portion of the large amount of carbon (C) currently stored in soils of the permafrost region in the Northern Hemisphere has the potential to be emitted as the...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of orographic cloud seeding using a bin microphysics scheme:...
The University of Pécs and NCAR Bin (UPNB) microphysical scheme was implemented into the mesoscale Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Model that was used to study the impact of...- publication PDF
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Accelerating CMIP data analysis with parallel computing in R
In this Technical Note we examine eight schemes for parallelizing Extreme Value Analysis (EVA) on Coupled Model Intercomparison Project data via R foreach, doParallel, and doMPI...- publication PDF
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Performance of correlation estimators for spaced-antenna wind measurement in...
The theoretical accuracy of baseline winds, estimated using spaced antennas (SA) and a full correlation analysis (FCA) method to process signals in the presence of noise, is...- publication PDF
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The seasonality of the Great Plains low-level jet and ENSO relationship
This study investigates the seasonality of the relationship between the Great Plains low-level jet (GPLLJ) and the Pacific Ocean from spring to summer, using observational...- publication PDF
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A minimal model to diagnose the contribution of the stratosphere to...
Many recent studies have confirmed that variability in the stratosphere is a significant source of surface sub-seasonal prediction skill during Northern Hemisphere winter. It...- publication PDF
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Convective environment in pre-monsoon and monsoon conditions over the Indian...
Thermodynamic soundings for pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons from the Indian subcontinent are analysed to document differences between convective environments. The pre-monsoon...- publication PDF
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Subseasonal Earth system prediction with CESM2
Prediction systems to enable Earth system predictability research on the subseasonal time scale have been developed with the Community Earth System Model, version 2 (CESM2)...- publication PDF
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Electric field measurements at the plasma frequency around comet 67P by...
Context. The Mutual Impedance Probe (RPC-MIP) carried by the Rosetta spacecraft monitored both the plasma density and the electric field in the close environment of comet...- publication PDF
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CESM/CAM5 improvement and application: comparison and evaluation of updated...
Atmospheric chemistry plays a key role in determining the amounts and distributions of oxidants and gaseous precursors that control the formation of secondary gaseous and...- publication PDF
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Comparison of hybrid four-dimensional data assimilation methods with and...
Two four-dimensional hybrid data assimilation systems based on the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model are applied over the life cycle of Hurricane Karl (2010). One...- publication PDF