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The heavy rainfall mechanism revealed by a terrain-resolving 4DVar data...
In this research a newly developed terrain-resolving four-dimensional variational (4DVar)-based data assimilation system, Immersed BoundaryMethod_Variational Doppler Radar...- publication PDF
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The upper stratospheric solar cycle ozone response
The solar cycle (SC) stratospheric ozone response is thought to influence surface weather and climate. To understand the chain of processes and ensure climate models adequately...- publication PDF
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A unified approach for process-based hydrologic modeling: 2. Model...
This work advances a unified approach to process-based hydrologic modeling, which we term the "Structure for Unifying Multiple Modeling Alternatives (SUMMA)." The modeling...- publication PDF
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Recent divergences in stratospheric water vapor measurements by frost point...
Balloon-borne frost point hygrometers (FPs) and the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) provide high-quality vertical profile measurements of water vapor in the upper troposphere...- publication PDF
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Simulations of the urban planetary boundary layer in an arid metropolitan area
A modified version of the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University - National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) was applied to the arid Phoenix,...- publication PDF
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Floral advertisement scent in a changing plant-pollinators market
Plant-pollinator systems may be considered as biological markets in which pollinators choose between different flowers that advertise their nectar/pollen rewards. Although...- publication PDF
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Observations of ice nuclei and heterogeneous freezing in a Western Pacific...
In situ airborne sampling of refractory black carbon (rBC) particles and Ice Nuclei (IN) was conducted in and near an extratropical cyclonic storm in the western Pacific Ocean...- publication PDF
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How stratospheric are deep stratospheric intrusions? LUAMI 2008
A large-scale comparison of water-vapour vertical-sounding instruments took place over central Europe on 17 October 2008, during a rather homogeneous deep stratospheric...- publication PDF
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Assessment and reduction of the physical parameterization uncertainty for...
The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah-MP) provides a plethora of model configurations with varying complexity for land surface modeling....- publication PDF
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Developing the framework for integrating autonomous unmanned aircraft...
This paper introduces an engineering approach to develop autonomous unmanned aircraft systems technology for integration in future weather modification (cloud seeding) programs...- 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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State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes
Global impact models represent process-level understanding of how natural and human systems may be affected by climate change. Their projections are used in integrated...- publication PDF
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Examining the potential of a random forest derived cloud mask from GOES-R...
In order for numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to correctly predict solar irradiance reaching the earth's surface for more accurate solar power forecasting, it is...- publication PDF
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Secular and tidal strain across the main Ethiopian rift
Using a combination of laser ranging and GPS data acquired between 1969 and 1997 we derive a separation velocity for the Somali and Nubian plates in Ethiopia (4.5+/-1 mm/yr at...- publication PDF
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Global variations of HDO and HDO/H₂O ratios in the upper troposphere and...
High-quality satellite observations of water and deuterated water in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier...- publication PDF
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Validation of the CrIS fast physical NH3 retrieval with ground-based FTIR
Presented here is the validation of the CrIS (Cross-track Infrared Sounder) fast physical NH3 retrieval (CFPR) column and profile measurements using ground-based Fourier...- publication PDF
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Model-evaluation tools for three-dimensional cloud verification via...
Clouds pose many operational hazards to the aviation community in terms of ceilings and visibility, turbulence, and aircraft icing. Realistic descriptions of the three-...- publication PDF
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Investigating the causes of the response of the thermohaline circulation to...
The Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) is an important part of the earth's climate system. Previous research has shown large uncertainties in simulating future changes in...- publication PDF
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Report on the 2023 Workshop on Correctness and Reproducibility for Climate...
A workshop on "Correctness and Reproducibility for Climate and Weather Software" was held on November 9-10, 2023, at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO....- publication PDF
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Effects of vertical resolution and nonorographic gravity wave drag on the...
Horizontal resolution of general circulation models (GCMs) has significantly increased during the last decade, however these changes were not accompanied by similar changes in...- publication PDF
