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Toward carbon neutrality: Projecting a desert-based photovoltaic power...
Carbon, the human's most reliable fuel type in the past, must be neutralized in this century toward the Paris Agreement temperature goals. Solar power is widely believed a key...- publication PDF
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A comparison of the effects of CIR- and CME-induced geomagnetic activity on...
So far studies of the effect of geomagnetic storms on thermospheric density and satellite orbits have been mainly focused on severe storm events caused by Coronal Mass Ejections...- publication PDF
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Contrary responses of the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio to Arctic sea ice loss
The impact on the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio from Arctic sea ice loss is investigated using the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) model for their important roles...- publication PDF
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A benchmark to test generalization capabilities of deep learning methods to...
This is a test case study assessing the ability of deep learning methods to generalize to a future climate (end of 21st century) when trained to classify thunderstorms in model...- publication PDF
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Eddy-mediated Hadley cell expansion due to axisymmetric angular momentum...
The poleward expansion of the Hadley cells is one of the most robust modeled responses to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. There are many proposed mechanisms for...- publication PDF
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Explicit forecasts of winter precipitation using an improved bulk...
A new bulk microphysical parameterization (BMP) has been developed for use with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model or other mesoscale models. As compared with...- publication PDF
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Nonequilibrium fractionation during ice cloud formation in iCAM5: Evaluating...
Supersaturation with respect to ice determines the strength of nonequilibrium fractionation during vapor deposition onto ice or snow and therefore influences the water isotopic...- publication PDF
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Addressing numerical challenges in introducing a reactive transport code...
We explore coupling to a configurable subsurface reactive transport code as a flexible and extensible approach to biogeochemistry in land surface models. A reaction network with...- publication PDF
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A comparison of mesoscale eddy heat fluxes from observations and a...
For the first time estimates of divergent eddy heat flux (DEHF) from a high-resolution (0.1°) simulation of the Parallel Ocean Program (POP) are compared with estimates made...- publication PDF
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Ensemble forecasts of air quality in eastern China â Part 1: Model...
An operational multi-model forecasting system for air quality including nine different chemical transport models has been developed and provides daily forecasts of ozone,...- publication PDF
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The quasi 2Â day wave response in TIME-GCM nudged with NOGAPS-ALPHA
The quasi 2 day wave (QTDW) is a traveling planetary wave that can be enhanced rapidly to large amplitudes in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region during the...- publication PDF
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A hybrid bulk-bin approach to model warm-rain processes
This paper presents a hybrid approach to model warm-rain processes, merging the diverse schemes of bulk and detailed (bin) microphysics. In the bulk scheme, the key assumption...- publication PDF
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Identifying and categorizing bias in AI/ML for Earth sciences
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to improve performance across a wide range of Earth system prediction tasks. As with any application of AI, it is important for AI to be...- publication PDF
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A 400-year ice core melt layer record of summertime warming in the Alaska Range
Warming in high-elevation regions has societally important impacts on glacier mass balance, water resources, and sensitive alpine ecosystems, yet very few high-elevation...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the effect of mixing on the mean age of air in CCMVal-2 and CCMI-1 models
The stratospheric age of air (AoA) is a useful measure of the overall capabilities of a general circulation model (GCM) to simulate stratospheric transport. Previous studies...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of polarimetric ice microphysical retrievals with OLYMPEX campaign data
Polarimetric microphysical retrievals reveal a great potential for the evaluation of numerical models and data assimilation. However, the accuracy of ice microphysical...- publication PDF
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Analyzing the image warp forecast verification method on precipitation...
Image warping for spatial forecast verification is applied to the test cases employed by the Spatial Forecast Verification Intercomparison Project (ICP), which includes both...- publication PDF
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A drop size distribution (DSD)-based model for evaluating the performance of...
A novel analytical method is presented for evaluating the electrical performance of a radome for a dual-polarized phased-array antenna under rain conditions. Attenuation,...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric annual asymmetry observed by the COSMIC radio occultation...
Average F2-layer electron densities at December solstice are higher than those at June solstice. This phenomenon, which is often called the F2-layer annual asymmetry, has been...- publication PDF
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Uncertainty hotspots in global hydrologic modeling: The impact of...
Quantifying hydrologic modeling uncertainties originating from meteorological uncertainties is crucial yet unexplored on the global scale. This study integrates a novel ensemble...- publication PDF