-
Cloud-system resolving model simulations of aerosol indirect effects on...
This paper presents results from 240-member ensemble simulations of aerosol indirect effects on tropical deep convection and its thermodynamic environment. Simulations using a...- publication PDF
-
Use of GPS for estimation of bending angles of radio waves at low elevations
The paper compares three methods of calculating the bending angles of radio waves propagated from space to a ground-based receiver: (1) from refractivity climatology corrected...- publication PDF
-
Global ionospheric response observed by COSMIC satellites during the January...
This paper investigates the global ionospheric response during the January 2009 Stratospheric Sudden Warming (SSW) event by using electron density profiles derived from GPS...- publication PDF
-
Heterogeneous convective-scale background error covariances with the...
Convective scale models used in NWP nowadays include detailed realistic parametrisation for the representation of cloud and precipitation processes. They however still lack...- publication PDF
-
On the importance of representing snow over sea-ice for simulating the...
Correctly representing the snow on sea-ice has great potential to improve cryosphere-atmosphere coupling in forecasting and monitoring (e.g., reanalysis) applications, via...- publication PDF
-
Uncertainty in measured raindrop size distributions from four types of...
Four types (2D-video disdrometer: 2DVD; precipitation occurrence sensor system: POSS; micro-rain radar: MRR; and Joss-Waldvogel disdrometer: JWD) of sixteen instruments were...- publication PDF
-
Precipitation and cloud structures of intense rain during the 2013 great...
Radar and disdrometer observations collected during the 2013 Great Colorado Flood are used to diagnose the spatial and vertical structure of clouds and precipitation during...- publication PDF
-
Response of surface ozone concentration to emission reduction and...
The lockdown period (March–May 2020) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe led to a reduction in the anthropogenic emissions of primary pollutants. For three-quarters of over...- publication PDF
-
Sources and dynamics of turbulence in the upper troposphere and lower...
Turbulence is a well-known hazard to aviation that is responsible for numerous injuries each year, with occasional fatalities, and is the underlying cause of many people's fear...- publication PDF
-
Orographic cirrus and its radiative forcing in NCAR CAM6
Cirrus clouds play an important role in the Earth's radiative energy budget, thereby affecting the climate state and climate change. Orographic gravity wave (OGW)-induced sub-...- publication PDF
-
Impact of intermittent spectral nudging on regional climate simulation using...
This study examines simulated typhoon sensitivities to spectral nudging (SN) to investigate the effects on values added by regional climate models, which are not properly...- publication PDF
-
Memory of irrigation effects on hydroclimate and its modeling challenge
Irrigation modifies land-surface water and energy budgets, and also influences weather and climate. However, current earth-system models, used for weather prediction and climate...- publication PDF
-
Reactive nitrogen, ozone and ozone production in the Arctic troposphere and...
We use aircraft observations obtained during the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) mission to examine the distributions...- publication PDF
-
13 years of MOPITT operations: Lessons from MOPITT retrieval algorithm development
The Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on the NASA Terra platform has now acquired over thirteen years of global tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO)...- publication PDF
-
Water resource management and climate change adaptation: A holistic and...
Anthropogenic climate change is likely to significantly increase human exposure to droughts and floods. It will also alter seasonal patterns of water availability and affect...- publication PDF
-
Variational bias correction of TAMDAR temperature observations in the WRF...
A variational bias correction (VarBC) scheme is developed and tested using regional Weather Research and Forecasting Model Data Assimilation (WRFDA) to correct systematic errors...- publication PDF
-
An ensemble approach to investigate tropical cyclone intensification in...
The mechanisms responsible for tropical cyclone (TC) intensification in the presence of moderate vertical shear magnitudes are not well understood. To investigate how TCs...- publication PDF
-
A method to update model kinematic states by assimilating satellite-observed...
This study assesses the benefit of convective-scale data assimilation (DA) for model initialization using well-known functional relationships between lightning flash rate and...- publication PDF
-
Estimation of energy budget of ionosphere-thermosphere system during two...
We analyze the energy budget of the ionosphere-thermosphere (IT) system during two High-Speed Streams (HSSs) on 22-31 January, 2007 (in the descending phase of solar cycle 23)...- publication PDF
-
On the importance of investigating CME complexity evolution during...
This perspective paper brings to light the need for comprehensive studies on the evolution of interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) complexity during propagation. To date,...- publication PDF
