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Experimental implementation of an ensemble adjustment filter for an...
The assimilation of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies into a coupled oceanâatmosphere model of the tropical Pacific is investigated using an ensemble adjustment Kalman...- publication PDF
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A 1-10 day ensemble forecasting scheme for the major river basins of...
This paper describes a fully automated scheme that has provided calibrated 1â10-day ensemble river discharge forecasts and predictions of severe flooding of the Brahmaputra...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of the water cycle over the Indian Ocean and Maritime Continent...
A regional model was used to simulate the water cycle over the Indian Ocean (IO) and Maritime Continent (MC). Sixteen 92 day simulations were performed using different...- publication PDF
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Observationally derived and GCM simulated tropical stratospheric upward mass fluxes
We quantify the vertical velocity and upward mass flux in the tropical lower stratosphere on the basis of accurate radiative heating rate calculations using 8-year Southern...- publication PDF
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Impact of a stochastic kinetic energy backscatter scheme on warm season...
The efficacy of a stochastic kinetic energy backscatter (SKEB) scheme to improve convection-allowing probabilistic forecasts was studied. While SKEB has been explored for...- publication PDF
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DOppler RAdar Data Exchange Format DORADE
The purpose of this article is to document the DORADE format version 1, which will be used to exchange data collected by the ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler radar and the NCAR...- publication PDF
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Landscape controls on water-energy-carbon fluxes across different ecosystems...
The dependence of arid and semiarid ecosystems on seasonal rainfall is not well understood when sites have access to groundwater. Gradients in terrain conditions in northwest...- publication PDF
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Extratropical circulation associated with Mediterranean droughts during the...
The Mediterranean region is expected to experience significant changes in hydroclimate, reflected in increases in the duration and severity of soil moisture droughts. While...- publication PDF
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Effect of different emission inventories on modeled ozone and carbon...
In order to improve our understanding of air quality in Southeast Asia, the anthropogenic emissions inventory must be well represented. In this work, we apply different...- publication PDF
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A joint data record of tropospheric ozone from Aura-TES and MetOp-IASI
The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) on Aura and Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) on MetOp-A together provide a time series of 10 years of free-...- publication PDF
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Snow on Arctic sea ice in a warming climate as simulated in CESM
Earth system models are valuable tools for understanding how the Arctic snow-ice system and the feedbacks therein may respond to a warming climate. In this analysis, we...- publication PDF
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Influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on the middle and upper atmosphere
Based on Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) simulations, Pedatella and Liu (2012) recently demonstrated that significant interannual variability occurs in...- publication PDF
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Limited-area atmospheric modeling using an unstructured mesh
A regional configuration of the atmospheric component of the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS-A) is described and evaluated. It employs horizontally unstructured...- publication PDF
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Impact of increasing greenhouse gases on the ionosphere and thermosphere...
The Community Earth System Model (CESM) Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphereâionosphere eXtension (WACCMâX) is used to investigate how the...- publication PDF
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Superpressure Balloons for Horizontal Soundings of the Atmosphere
This report provides the status of superpressure balloon technology under one cover. It is a collection of previous reports and articles which have been updated on the basis of...- publication PDF
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Longitudinal variation of the lunar tide in the equatorial electrojet
The atmospheric lunar tide is one known source of ionospheric variability. The subject received renewed attention as recent studies found a link between stratospheric sudden...- publication PDF
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Diurnal variation of the potassium layer in the upper atmosphere
Measurements of the diurnal cycle of potassium (K) atoms between 80 and 110âkm have been made during October (for the years 2004-2011) using a Doppler lidar at Kühlungsborn,...- publication PDF
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Strong local evaporative cooling over land due to atmospheric aerosols
Aerosols can enhance terrestrial productivity through increased absorption of solar radiation by the shaded portion of the plant canopy-the diffuse radiation fertilization...- publication PDF
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A method to update model kinematic states by assimilating satellite-observed...
This study assesses the benefit of convective-scale data assimilation (DA) for model initialization using well-known functional relationships between lightning flash rate and...- publication PDF
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Role of tropical cyclones in determining ENSO characteristics
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can effectively modulate global tropical cyclone (TC) activity, but the role TCs may play in determining ENSO characteristics remains...- publication PDF