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Estimation of sea spray aerosol surface area over the Southern Ocean using...
This study focuses on methods to estimate dry marine aerosol surface area (SA) from bulk optical measurements. Aerosol SA is used in many models' ice nucleating particle (INP)...- publication PDF
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Convective snowbands downstream of the Rocky Mountains in an environment...
Convective snowbands moved slowly over Wyoming and northern Colorado on 16-17 February 2007 and produced up to 71 mm (2.8 in.) of snow that was unpredicted by operational...- publication PDF
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Automated classification of auroral images with deep neural networks
Terrestrial auroras are highly structured that visualize the perturbations of energetic particles and electromagnetic fields in Earth's space environments. However, the...- publication PDF
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Precipitation sensitivity to surface heat fluxes over North America in...
A new methodology for assessing the impact of surface heat fluxes on precipitation is applied to data from the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) and to output from the...- publication PDF
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A comparison of land surface phenology in the Northern Hemisphere derived...
Large-scale changes in the state of the land surface affect the circulation of the atmosphere and the structure and function of ecosystems alike. As global temperatures increase...- publication PDF
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Dependence of lunar tide of the equatorial electrojet on the wintertime...
The lower atmospheric forcing effects on the ionosphere are particularly evident during extreme meteorological events known as sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs). During SSWs,...- publication PDF
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A multicase comparative assessment of the ensemble Kalman filter for...
The quality of convective-scale ensemble forecasts, initialized from analysis ensembles obtained through the assimilation of radar observations using an ensemble Kalman filter...- publication PDF
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QBO modulation of traveling planetary waves during northern winter
This study analyzes geopotential height data from the ERA-40 and ERA-Interim reanalyses for the period of 1958-2009 to provide some new insights on the stratospheric Quasi-...- publication PDF
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Response to "Uncertainty as a science policy problem"
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- 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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The influence of near-surface, high-entropy air in hurricane eyes on maximum...
Using a time-dependent axisymmetric numerical model, the authors evaluate whether high-entropy air near the surface in hurricane eyes can substantially increase hurricanes’...- publication PDF
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Augmenting the double-Gaussian representation of atmospheric turbulence and...
Modern general circulation models continue to require parameterizations of subgrid transport due to planetary boundary layer (PBL) turbulence and convection. Some schemes that...- publication PDF
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The Visible Spectro-Polarimeter of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) Visible Spectro-Polarimeter (ViSP) is a traditional slit-scanning spectrograph with the ability to observe solar regions up to a 120...- publication PDF
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Assessing impacts of integrating MODIS vegetation data in the Weather...
The impact of 8-day-averaged data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor-namely, the 1-km leaf area index, absorbed photosynthetic radiation, and...- publication PDF
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Investigating the impact of cloud-radiative feedbacks on tropical...
Although societally important, extreme precipitation is difficult to represent in climate models. This study shows one robust aspect of extreme precipitation across models:...- publication PDF
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TWP-ICE global atmospheric model intercomparison: Convection responsiveness...
Results are presented from an intercomparison of atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) simulations of tropical convection during the Tropical Warm Pool-International...- publication PDF
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CLUBB as a unified cloud parameterization: Opportunities and challenges
CLUBB (Cloud Layers Unified by Binormals) is a higher-order closure (HOC) method with an assumed joint probability density function (PDF) for the subgrid variations in vertical...- publication PDF
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The origins of vortex sheets in a simulated supercell thunderstorm
This paper investigates the origins of the (cyclonic) vertical vorticity within vortex sheets that develop within a numerically simulated supercell in a nonrotating,...- publication PDF
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Model structure and climate data uncertainty in historical simulations of...
The divergence among Earth system models in the terrestrial carbon cycle has prompted interest in how to reduce uncertainty. Previous studies have identified model structural...- publication PDF
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Can the impact of aerosols on deep convection be isolated from...
Influence of pollution on dynamics of deep convection continues to be a controversial topic. Arguably, only carefully designed numerical simulations can clearly separate the...- publication PDF
