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Correction of a non-orthogonal, three-component sonic anemometer for flow...
We propose that flow distortion within a non-orthogonal CSAT3 sonic anemometer is primarily due to transducer shadowing, which is caused by wakes in the lee of the acoustic...- publication PDF
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Microphysical process rates and global aerosol-cloud interactions
Cloud microphysical process rates control the amount of condensed water in clouds and impact the susceptibility of precipitation to cloud-drop number and aerosols. The relative...- publication PDF
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Description of NCAR Global Circulation Model
This report provides the basic equations, the physical processes, and the finite difference equations of the NCAR Global Circulation Model (GCM). These reported details of the...- publication PDF
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Wind resource assessment for Alaska's offshore regions: Validation of a...
Offshore wind resource assessments for the conterminous U.S. and Hawai'i have been developed before, but Alaska's offshore wind resource has never been rigorously assessed....- publication PDF
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Interpolating fields of carbon monoxide data using a hybrid...
Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide (CO) provides a window on the chemistry of the atmosphere since it is one of few chemical constituents that can be remotely sensed, and it can be...- publication PDF
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Development and testing of polar WRF. Part III: Arctic land
A version of the state-of-the-art Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) has been developed for use in polar climates. The model known as "Polar WRF" is tested for land...- publication PDF
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The case for solar full-disk spectral diagnostics: Chromosphere to corona
In the context of the recent call for white papers for the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033, we present the argument that spatially-resolved...- publication PDF
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MHD-test particles simulations of moderate CME and CIR-driven geomagnetic...
As part of the Whole Heliosphere and Planetary Interactions initiative, contrasting drivers of radiation belt electron response at solar minimum have been investigated with MHD-...- publication PDF
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A conservative semi-Lagrangian multi-tracer transport scheme (CSLAM) on the...
A conservative multi-tracer transport algorithm on the cubed-sphere based on the semi-Lagrangian approach (CSLAM) has been developed. The scheme relies on backward trajectories...- publication PDF
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Tropical cyclone initialization and prediction based on four-dimensional...
Issues on the initialization and simulation of tropical cyclones (TCs) have been studied here based on four-dimensional variational data assimilation. In particular, experiments...- publication PDF
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Retrospective forecasts of the hurricane season using a global atmospheric...
Retrospective predictions of seasonal hurricane activity in the Atlantic and east Pacific are generated using an atmospheric model with 50-km horizontal resolution by simply...- publication PDF
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Carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 models and their...
Results from the fully and biogeochemically coupled simulations in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1 % yr(-1) (1pctCO2) from its preindustrial value are analyzed to quantify...- publication PDF
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Data curation in climate and weather: Transforming our ability to improve...
Climate and Weather are of increasing interest to the scientific community and the general public. Data curation and stewardship are essential building blocks in the science...- publication PDF
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The molecular oxygen density structure of the lower thermosphere as seen by...
Oxygen chemistry plays a central role in the production of plasma in the ionosphere. While molecular oxygen (O-2) is the third most abundant constituent in the thermosphere,...- publication PDF
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Atlantic climate variability and predictability: A CLIVAR perspective
Three interrelated climate phenomena are at the center of the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Atlantic research: tropical Atlantic variability (TAV), the North...- publication PDF
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Achievements of Hinode in the first eleven years
Hinode is Japan's third solar mission following Hinotori (1981–1982) and Yohkoh (1991–2001): it was launched on 2006 September 22 and is in operation currently. Hinode carries...- publication PDF
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The potential for geostationary remote sensing of NO2 to improve weather prediction
Observations of winds in the planetary boundary layer remain sparse making it challenging to simulate and predict atmospheric conditions that are most important for describing...- publication PDF
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On the role of atmospheric simulations horizontal grid spacing for flood modeling
Our study focuses on the hydrologic implications of resolving and modeling atmospheric processes at different spatial scales. Here we use heavy precipitation events from an...- publication PDF
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Broadening of modeled cloud droplet spectra using bin microphysics in an...
This study investigates droplet size distribution (DSD) characteristics from condensational growth and transport in Eulerian dynamical models with bin microphysics. A hierarchy...- publication PDF
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Soil moisture and other hydrological changes in a stratospheric aerosol...
Stratospheric sulfate aerosol geoengineering has been proposed as a potential strategy to reduce the impacts of climate change. Here we investigate the impact of stratospheric...- publication PDF
