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Current status and future challenges of weather radar polarimetry: Bridging...
After decades of research and development, the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) network in the United States was upgraded with dual-polarization capability, providing polarimetric radar data...- publication PDF
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Lightning NOx emissions over the USA constrained by TES ozone observations...
Improved estimates of NOx from lightning sources are required to understand tropospheric NOx and ozone distributions, the oxidising capacity of the troposphere and corresponding...- publication PDF
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The potential utility of high-resolution ensemble sensitivity analysis for...
Expansion in the availability of relocatable near-surface atmospheric observing sensors introduces the question of where placement maximizes gain in forecast accuracy. As one...- publication PDF
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Use of airborne in situ VOC measurements to estimate transit time spectrum:...
Convective transport from the marine boundary layer to the upper troposphere (UT) is investigated using airborne in situ measurements of chemical species over the tropical...- publication PDF
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Long-lasting negative ionospheric storm effects in low and middle latitudes...
In this paper, an ionospheric electron density reanalysis algorithm was used to generate global optimized electron density during the 17-18 March 2013 geomagnetic storm by...- publication PDF
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On the secular trend of COx and CO₂ in the lower thermosphere
An analysis of recent observations (2004-2013) made by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) instrument indicate that total carbon (COx =...- publication PDF
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Meteorological applications benefiting from an improved understanding of...
This paper reviews the benefits of a better understanding of atmospheric exchange processes over mountains. These processes affect weather and climate variables that are...- publication PDF
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On the role of "vortical" hot towers in the formation of tropical cyclone...
A high-resolution (3-km horizontal grid spacing) near-cloud-resolving numerical simulation of the formation of Hurricane Diana (1984) is used to examine the contribution of deep...- publication PDF
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Modeling photosynthesis in sea ice-covered waters
The lower trophic levels of marine ecosystems play a critical role in the Earth System mediating fluxes of carbon to the ocean interior. Many of the functional relationships...- publication PDF
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Observations and modelling of microphysical variability, aggregation and...
Aircraft measurements of the microphysics of a tropical convective anvil (at temperatures ~-60 °C) forming above the Hector storm, over the Tiwi Islands, Northern Australia,...- publication PDF
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Introduction to the CCM Modular Processor (Version PROCO1)
This technical note provides an introduction to the CCM Modular Processor, a postprocessing software package for the analysis of data on history tapes (mass storage volumes)...- publication PDF
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Photoreduction of gaseous oxidized mercury changes global atmospheric...
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg(0)) emissions oxidize to gaseous Hg(II) compounds, before deposition to Earth surface ecosystems. Atmospheric reduction of Hg(II) competes with...- publication PDF
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The Colorado River Basin Operational Prediction Testbed: A framework for...
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) plays a central management role in the Colorado River Basin (CRB), with an increasing focus on meeting the needs of stakeholders during...- publication PDF
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On mass conservation in high-order high-resolution rigorous remapping...
It is the purpose of this short article to analyze mass conservation in high-order rigorous remapping schemes, which contrary to flux-based methods, relies on elaborate integral...- publication PDF
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A stability analysis of divergence damping on a latitude-longitude grid
The dynamical core of an atmospheric general circulation model is engineered to satisfy a delicate balance between numerical stability, computational cost, and an accurate...- publication PDF
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A statistical approach to fast nowcasting of lightning potential fields
Thunderstorms and associated hazards like lightning can pose a serious threat to people outside and infrastructure. Thus, very short-term prediction capabilities (called...- publication PDF
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Interannual coupling between summertime surface temperature and...
Widespread negative correlations between summertime-mean temperatures and precipitation over land regions are a well-known feature of terrestrial climate. This behavior has...- publication PDF
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Influence of organized turbulence on OH reactivity at a deciduous forest
Oxidation of reactive carbon fuels climate- and pollution-relevant chemistry. Deciduous forests are important sources of reactive carbon (particularly isoprene). Organization in...- publication PDF
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Community climate simulations to assess avoided impacts in 1.5 and 2°C futures
The Paris Agreement of December 2015 stated a goal to pursue efforts to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial levels and well below 2 degrees C. The...- publication PDF
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Improved simulation of midlatitude climate in a new channel model compared...
A midlatitude channel model (MCM), zonally global but meridionally bounded, is constructed for the Northern Hemisphere (0 degrees-360 degrees, 26 degrees N-60 degrees N), based...- publication PDF
