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Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period...
Human land use activities have resulted in large changes to the biogeochemical and biophysical properties of the Earth's surface, with consequences for climate and other...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms of winter precipitation variability in the European-Mediterranean...
The physical mechanisms whereby the mean and transient circulation anomalies associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) drive winter mean precipitation anomalies...- publication PDF
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On the mechanisms of rain formation in an idealized supercell storm
Deep convective storms produce raindrops through three mechanisms: condensation and coalescence growth of cloud liquid droplets (i.e., warm processes), melting of ice...- publication PDF
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Convective updraft and downdraft characteristics of continental mesoscale...
The "gray zone" of convective modeling is defined as the range of horizontal grid spacings (Delta x) at which turbulent transport processes are only partially resolved by the...- publication PDF
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Responses of lower thermospheric temperature to the 2013 St. Patrick's Day...
The altitude- and latitude-dependent responses of neutral temperature in the lower thermosphere to the 2013 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm have been studied using neutral...- publication PDF
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Emulating and calibrating the multiple-fidelity Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry...
The Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry global magnetosphereâionosphere coupled model LFM-MIX is used to study SunâEarth interactions by simulating geomagnetic storms. This work focuses on...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric temperatures [in "State of the Climate in 2009"]
This was published as a section in "The State of the Climate in 2009", a Special Supplement edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.- publication PDF
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Increased evaporation following widespread tree mortality limits streamflow response
A North American epidemic of mountain pine beetle (MPB) has disturbed over 5 million ha of forest containing headwater catchments crucial to water resources. However, there are...- publication PDF
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Intermittency in fluid and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) turbulence analyzed ...
In the presence of waves due, e.g., to gravity, rotation, or a quasi-uniform magnetic field, energy transfer timescales, spectra, and physical structures within turbulent flows...- publication PDF
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Precipitation trends determine future occurrences of compound hot-dry events
Compound hotâdry eventsâco-occurring hot and dry extremesâfrequently cause damages to human and natural systems, often exceeding separate impacts from heatwaves and...- publication PDF
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Revisiting ENSO/Indian Ocean Dipole phase relationships
Here we show that the characteristics of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), such as its power spectrum and phase relationship with the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), can be...- publication PDF
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Internal Storm Motions From a Single Non-Doppler Weather Radar
A correlation analysis pattern recognition technique called TREC (for tracking radar echoes by correlation) is developed which is capable of determining motions within storms....- publication PDF
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Increasing trends in oceanic surface poleward eddy heat flux observed over...
Mesoscale processes make the largest contribution to ocean variability and are significant agents in ocean heat transport. In this investigation, we provide evidence based on...- publication PDF
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Performance of SEAM, a Spectral Element Atmospheric Model, on the HP Exemplar SPP2000
We describe the performance of a Spectral Element Atmospheric Model (SEAM) on the HP Exemplar SPP2000. SEAM uses spectral elements in the horizontal directions and sigma...- publication PDF
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Full implementation of matrix approach to biogeochemistry module of CLM5
Earth system models (ESMs) have been rapidly developed in recent decades to advance our understanding of climate change-carbon cycle feedback. However, those models are massive...- publication PDF
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CEDAR Database Committee Report
This report discusses the Data Base as it is today, assesses CEDAR community utilization of the Data Base and makes recommendations for its future development. Section 2 covers...- publication PDF
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Space weather anniversary gala planned for Boulder, Colorado, USA
This summer the Boulder science community is commemorating the anniversaries of several key historical events in solar physics and space weather. Seventy-five years ago in 1940...- publication PDF
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Convective contribution to the genesis of hurricane Ophelia (2005)
The convection occurring in the tropical depression that became Hurricane Ophelia (2005) was investigated just prior to tropical storm formation. Doppler radar showed a deep,...- publication PDF
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First direct measurements of formaldehyde flux via eddy covariance:...
We report the first observations of formaldehyde (HCHO) flux measured via eddy covariance, as well as HCHO concentrations and gradients, as observed by the Madison Fiber Laser-...- publication PDF
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Defining ecological drought for the twenty-first century
Droughts of the twenty-first century are characterized by hotter temperatures, longer duration, and greater spatial extent, and are increasingly exacerbated by human demands for...- publication PDF
