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Investigation of urban air temperature and humidity patterns during extreme...
Extreme heat is a leading cause of weather-related human mortality. The urban heat island (UHI) can magnify heat exposure in metropolitan areas. This study investigates the...- publication PDF
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A risk-based approach to evaluating wildlife demographics for management in...
Given the projected threat that climate change poses to biodiversity, the need for proactive response efforts is clear. However, integrating uncertain climate change information...- publication PDF
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Diagnosing the transition layer at extratropical latitudes using MLS O3 and...
The behavior of the extratropical transition layer (ExTL) is investigated using a chemistry transport model (CTM) and analyses derived from assimilation of MLS (Microwave Limb...- publication PDF
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Potential impacts of Asian carbon aerosols on future US warming
This study uses an atmosphere-ocean fully coupled climate model to investigate possible remote impacts of Asian carbonaceous aerosols on US climate change. We took a 21st...- publication PDF
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Observations of ozone-poor air in the tropical tropopause layer
Ozonesondes reaching the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) over the west Pacific have occasionally measured layers of very low ozone concentrations - less than 15 ppbv - raising...- publication PDF
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Improving probabilistic weather forecasts for decision making: A...
This Technical Note presents methods and findings from a study of winter weather decision making at a major U.S. airport and associated strategies for improving the generation...- publication PDF
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Statistical study of foreshock bubbles, hot flow anomalies, and spontaneous...
Foreshock transients such as foreshock bubbles (FBs), hot flow anomalies (HFAs), and spontaneous hot flow anomalies (SHFAs) display heated, tenuous cores and large flow...- publication PDF
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Wind and temperature oscillations generated by wave–turbulence interactions...
The authors investigate atmospheric internal gravity waves (IGWs): their generation and induction of global intermittent turbulence in the nocturnal stable atmospheric boundary...- publication PDF
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Tools for 3D solar magnetic field measurement
In this paper we describe some of the challenges that solar physicists face in the application of polarized radiative transfer to the modeling of the emergent radiation from the...- publication PDF
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Kinematics of magnetic bright features in the solar photosphere
Convective flows are known as the prime means of transporting magnetic fields on the solar surface. Thus, small magnetic structures are good tracers of turbulent flows. We study...- publication PDF
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Radar-observed characteristics of precipitating systems during NAME 2004
A multiradar network, operated in the southern Gulf of California (GoC) region during the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment, is used to analyze the spatial and temporal...- publication PDF
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Combining in situ and satellite observations to understand the vertical...
Tropical anvil clouds have a profound impact on Earth's weather and climate. Their role in Earth's energy balance and hydrologic cycle is heavily modulated by the vertical...- publication PDF
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Changes in large-scale controls of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity with...
Atlantic tropical cyclone activity is known to oscillate between multi-annual periods of high and low activity. These changes have been linked to the Atlantic multidecadal...- publication PDF
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Forcing, cloud feedbacks, cloud masking, and internal variability in the...
Satellite observations show a near-zero trend in the top-of-atmosphere global-mean net cloud radiative effect (CRE), suggesting that clouds did not further cool nor heat the...- publication PDF
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A comparative study of spectral auroral intensity predictions from multiple...
It is important to routinely examine and update models used to predict auroral emissions resulting from precipitating electrons in Earth's magnetotail. These models are commonly...- publication PDF
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Interannual variability of tropospheric moisture and temperature and...
Interannual variability of tropospheric moisture and temperature are key aspects of Earth's climate. In this study, monthly mean specific humidity (q) and temperature (T)...- publication PDF
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Hemispheric asymmetry of subauroral ion drifts: Statistical results
A large database of more than 18,000 subauroral ion drift (SAID) events from DMSP observations from 1987 to 2012 is used to systematically investigate the features of SAID. SAID...- publication PDF
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Informing the Prediction of Compression Method and Level for Climate Model...
Increased computing power makes it possible to simulate larger Earth system model ensembles with higher output frequency, finer spatial resolution, and extended simulation...- publication PDF
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Observed and modeled mountain waves from the surface to the mesosphere near...
Four state-of-the-science numerical weather prediction (NWP) models were used to perform mountain wave (MW)-resolving hindcasts over the Drake Passage of a 10-day period in 2010...- publication PDF
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Next-generation regional ocean projections for living marine resource...
Efforts to manage living marine resources (LMRs) under climate change need projections of future ocean conditions, yet most global climate models (GCMs) poorly represent...- publication PDF
