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Comparison of NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM) Climates
The purpose of this project is to establish the climate record of four versions of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate Model (CCM). All four...- publication PDF
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Sky Brightness Photometer
This report explains the design development of, and includes the operation manual for, a Sky Brightness Photometer developed by NCAR. This photometer was developed to make...- publication PDF
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NCAR Graphics User's Guide: Version 2.00
This manual is a reference guide for users of the NCAR Graphics package. The manual is for use by two audiences: people who have never used a previous NCAR graphics package, and...- publication PDF
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Spectral Estimation From Irregular Arrays
The problem of spectral estimation from data sampled at irregularly distributed measurement locations is considered from the point of view of an optimal fit of a spectral model...- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Climate Informatics: CI 2018
Climate informatics is an emerging research area that combines the fields of climate science and data science (specifically machine learning, data mining and statistics) to...- publication PDF
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Calibration of the NCAR Sabreliner Research Static Pressure Source With a...
Trailing cone results verify that pressure corrections for the NCAR Sabreliner derived from tower flyby data can be extrapolated to higher Mach numbers and higher altitudes with...- publication PDF
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Isentropic Trajectories for Derivation of Objectively Analyzed...
This technical note presents a numerical technique for calculating isentropic trajectories, and the objective analysis of trajectoryderived meteorological parameters. A brief...- publication PDF
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Applications of Statistics to Modeling the Earth's Climate System
Content: Application Of Statistics To Modeling The Earth's Climate System NCAR Colloquium - 6 to 19 July 1994 Statistical Science and Global Change Research /Jean Thiebaux...- publication PDF
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Statistical Analysis of Compressed Climate Data
[Note: this Technical Note was updated on 2020-08-17 per the authors' request to correct an error. See the description of the change on page two of the document's front matter.]...- publication PDF
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EZPLOT, for Publication-quality Plots
EZPLOT is built as a software interface between the user and NCAR graphics. While EZPLOT uses the NCAR graphics package, the interface eliminates the need to compile programs to...- publication PDF
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A User's Guide to Mauna Loa Solar Observatory's Coronal Data System
This report is intended to be a user's guide to those data products which are produced at the observing site at Mauna Loa, or those which have been stored at the sea-level base...- publication PDF
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A multi-resolution Gaussian process model for the analysis of large spatial data sets
A multi-resolution basis is developed to predict two-dimensional spatial fields based on irregularly spaced observations. The basis functions at each level of resolution are...- publication PDF
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A Statistical Investigation of the CESM Ensemble Consistency Testing Framework
Constant evolution and improvement of large scale climate simulation codes such as the Community Earth System Model (CESM) necessitate quality checks to verify the constitution...- publication PDF
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NCAR Graphics Generic Package Installer's Guide / Version 3.00a
This guides serves as an addendum to NCAR Graphics Generic Package Installer's Guide.- publication PDF
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Selected User Reference Papers
This slim volume represents an amalgam of different user experiences with the NCAR Graphics System. Each of the papers presented herein contains some special application or use...- publication PDF
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Techniques employed in the processing of particle size spectra and state...
This document describes the computer software developed to process particle size spectrometer and thermodynamic data obtained with the T-28 "hail" research aircraft. Five...- publication PDF
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Simulation Testbed for Trend Detection and Attribution Methods
The field of detection and attribution has been growing for a couple of decades and has recently seen a increase in the quantity and sophistication of methods. The difficulty of...- publication PDF
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Optimizing Genetic Algorithm Parameters for Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide Modeling
A main source of atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) variability in the Southern Hemisphere is large burn events, making CO a useful proxy for fires. Therefore, predictive CO...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the Spatial Structure of Tropical Cyclone Imagery
Tropical cyclones are highly organized, rotating storms which rank among the most costly natural disasters in the United States. The processes which drive intensification and...- publication PDF
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Report on the MkIII Calibration and Quality Assurance Project
This report addresses the MkIII Calibration and Quality Assurance Project areas where effort needed to be applied were determined through an examination of current and...- publication PDF