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On the variability of ozone in the equatorial eastern Pacific boundary layer
Observations of surface ozone (O-3) mixing ratios carried out during two ground-based field campaigns in the Galapagos Islands are reported. The first campaign, Primera...- publication PDF
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Benchmark calculations of radiative forcing by greenhouse gases
Changes in concentrations of greenhouse gases lead to changes in radiative fluxes throughout the atmosphere. The value of this change, the instantaneous radiative forcing,...- publication PDF
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Global emissions of non-methane hydrocarbons deduced from SCIAMACHY...
Formaldehyde columns retrieved from the Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography/Chemistry (SCIAMACHY) instrument onboard ENVISAT satellite through...- publication PDF
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Spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation intensity as observed by the...
Detailed information on the spatial and temporal characteristics of precipitation intensity from the mountainous region of northwest Mexico has, until recently, been lacking. As...- publication PDF
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Practice and philosophy of climate model tuning across six US modeling centers
Model calibration (or "tuning") is a necessary part of developing and testing coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models regardless of their main scientific purpose. There is an...- publication PDF
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Description and evaluation of the specified-dynamics experiment in the...
We provide an overview of the REF-C1SD specified-dynamics experiment that was conducted as part of phase 1 of the Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI). The REF-C1SD...- publication PDF
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Connecting people and place: A new framework for reducing urban...
Climate change is predicted to increase the intensity and negative impacts of urban heat events, prompting the need to develop preparedness and adaptation strategies that reduce...- publication PDF
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Climatology of the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer Region: A Report of the Water...
Since 2000, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has identified eight droughts nationwide as billion-dollar weather disasters based on both damages and costs,...- publication PDF
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Impacts of including rain-evaporative cooling in the initial conditions on...
A cycling run, which began 36 h before the model forecast, was employed to assimilate special Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (TiMREX) soundings, Global...- publication PDF
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The ionospheric midlatitude trough observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC during solar minimum
This paper for the first time reports global three-dimensional (3-D) structures of the ionospheric midlatitude trough using electron density profiles derived from the GPS radio...- publication PDF
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Acceleration of the southern African easterly jet driven by the radiative...
The direct and semi-direct radiative effects of biomass burning aerosols (BBAs) are investigated over southern Africa and the southeastern Atlantic during the Aerosols,...- publication PDF
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Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol,...
The NASA Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) produced a unique dataset for research into aerosol-cloud-meteorology...- publication PDF
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Seasonal climate information preserved in West Antarctic ice core water...
As part of the United States' contribution to the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE), a network of precisely dated and highly resolved ice cores was...- publication PDF
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Global atmospheric budget of acetone: Air-sea exchange and the contribution...
Acetone is one of the most abundant oxygenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere. The oceans impose a strong control on atmospheric acetone, yet the oceanic...- publication PDF
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Cracking the MJO nut
The Madden-Julian oscillation poses great challenges to our understanding and prediction of tropical convection and the large-scale circulation. Several internationally...- publication PDF
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The Saharan air layer and the fate of African Easterly waves--NASA's AMMA...
In 2006, NASA led a field campaign to investigate the factors that control the fate of African easterly waves (AEWs) moving westward into the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Aircraft...- publication PDF
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Radiance-based retrieval bias mitigation for the MOPITT instrument: The...
The MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) satellite instrument has been making nearly continuous observations of atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) since 2000....- publication PDF
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Rapid recovery of thermosphere density during the October 2003 geomagnetic storms
Thermosphere densities from the CHAMP and GRACE satellites are utilized, for the first time, to study the recovery of the thermosphere as a function of latitude during the...- publication PDF
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A land surface soil moisture data assimilation system based on the dual-UKF...
Many studies have shown the deficiencies of the extended Kalman filter (EKF), even though it has become a standard technique used in nonlinear estimation. In the EKF method, the...- 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
