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Role of atmospheric aerosols in severe winter fog over the Indo-Gangetic...
Winter fog and severe aerosol loading in the boundary layer over northern India, particularly in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), disrupt the daily lives of millions of people in...- publication PDF
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An analytic formula for entraining CAPE in midlatitude storm environments
This article introduces an analytic formula for entraining convective available potential energy (ECAPE) with an entrainment rate that is determined directly from an...- publication PDF
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Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) in support of...
Between 2014 and 2018, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conducted the NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA) study to plan for the next...- publication PDF
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Decadal relationship between Arctic SAT and AMOC changes modulated by the...
The faster warming for Arctic Ocean surface air temperature (SAT) relative to that at lower latitude is connected with various processes, including local radiation feedback,...- publication PDF
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Tongan volcanic eruption induced global-scale thermospheric changes observed...
The 2022 Tongan volcanic eruption released significant energy into the atmosphere. Tropospheric satellite images show that the eruption generated pressure waves that traveled...- publication PDF
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A decade of declines in toothed whale densities following the Deepwater...
Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began in April 2010, a widely spaced passive acoustic monitoring array was deployed in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to document...- publication PDF
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Tracking mesoscale convective systems in IMERG and regional variability of...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) constitute only a fraction of convective systems in the tropics but significantly impact tropical weather and global climate. Early studies...- publication PDF
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NCAR/CU surface, soil, and vegetation observations during the International...
The May-June 2002 International H2O Project was held in the U.S. Southern Great Plains to determine ways that moisture data could be collected and utilized in numerical forecast...- publication PDF
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Interdecadal variability of terrestrial water storage since 2003
Earth’s water cycle is changing due to anthropogenic forcing and internal variations in the climate system. These changes are leading to an intensification of the water...- publication PDF
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Comparison of bulk and bin warm rain microphysics models using a kinematic framework
This paper discusses the development and testing of a bulk warm-rain microphysics model that is capable of addressing the impact of atmospheric aerosols on ice-free clouds....- publication PDF
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Impact of a quasi-stochastic cellular automaton backscatter scheme on the...
The impact of a nonlinear dynamic cellular automaton (CA) model, as a representation of the partially stochastic aspects of unresolved scales in global climate models, is...- publication PDF
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GOLD observations of the merging of the Southern Crest of the equatorial...
Using NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) imager, we report nightside ionospheric changes during the G5 super geomagnetic storm of 10 and 11 May 2024....- publication PDF
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Analysis of turbulence and turbulence kinetic energy dynamics in complex terrain
Boundary layer processes and turbulence in a complex terrain are influenced by thermally driven flows, as well as dynamically forced flows when ambient wind interacts with...- publication PDF
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Science return of probing magnetospheric systems of ice giants
The magnetospheric systems of ice giants, as the ideal and the unique template of a typical class of exoplanets, have not been sufficiently studied in the past decade. The...- publication PDF
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Generalized VTD retrieval of atmospheric vortex kinematic structure. Part I:...
The primary circulation of atmospheric vortices, such as tropical cyclones and tornadoes, can be estimated from single-Doppler radar observations using the ground-based velocity...- publication PDF
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Broadening the scope of anthropogenic influence in extreme event attribution
As extreme event attribution (EEA) matures, explaining the impacts of extreme events has risen to be a key focus for attribution scientists. Studies of this type usually assess...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric chlorine processing after the unprecedented Hunga Tonga eruption
Following the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) eruption in January 2022, significant reductions in stratospheric hydrochloric acid (HCl) were observed in the Southern...- publication PDF
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Evaluating precipitation distributions at regional scales: A benchmarking...
As the resolution of global Earth system models increases, regional-scale evaluations are becoming ever more important. This study presents a framework for quantifying...- publication PDF
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Natural short-lived halogens exert an indirect cooling effect on climate
Observational evidence shows the ubiquitous presence of ocean-emitted short-lived halogens in the global atmosphere(1-3). Natural emissions of these chemical compounds have been...- publication PDF
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Bringing information science perspectives to data science: Opportunities and gaps
Data science has many articulation points with information science, both in academic research contexts and in professional situations. Several recent journal special issues show...- publication PDF