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Using the radiative kernel technique to calculate climate feedbacks in...
Climate models differ in their responses to imposed forcings, such as increased greenhouse gas concentrations, due to different climate feedback strengths. Feedbacks in NCAR's...- publication PDF
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The partitioning of evapotranspiration into transpiration, soil evaporation,...
Although the global partitioning of evapotranspiration (ET) into transpiration, soil evaporation, and canopy evaporation is not well known, most current land surface schemes and...- publication PDF
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Coupled high‐resolution land‐atmosphere modeling for hydroclimate and...
Hydroclimate and terrestrial hydrology greatly influence the local community, ecosystem, and economy in Alaska and Yukon River Basin. A high‐resolution simulation of the...- publication PDF
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Flexible foliar stoichiometry reduces the magnitude of the global land carbon sink
Increased plant growth under elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) slows the pace of climate warming and underlies projections of terrestrial carbon (C) and climate dynamics. However,...- publication PDF
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Vertical structure of clouds and precipitation during Arctic cold-air...
The Arctic is marked by deep intrusions of warm, moist air, alternating with outbreaks of cold air down to lower latitudes. The typical vertical structure of clouds and...- publication PDF
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The dynamics and microphysical characteristics of the convection producing...
An hourly rainfall of 201.9 mm fell in Zhengzhou on 20 July 2021, breaking the hourly rainfall record of mainland China and causing severe urban flooding and human casualties....- publication PDF
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Analysis of thermospheric response to magnetospheric inputs
The influence of the high-latitude energy inputs and heating distributions on the global thermosphere are investigated by coupling a new empirical model of the Poynting flux...- publication PDF
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Global solar dynamo models: Simulations and predictions of cyclic...
We review progress made in simulating and predicting principal properties of solar cycles using flux-transport dynamo models and predictive tools. We show that such models...- publication PDF
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HOx chemistry during INTEX-A 2004: Observation, model calculation, and...
OH and HO₂ were measured with the Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor (ATHOS) as part of a large measurement suite from the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the...- publication PDF
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Enhancing extreme precipitation predictions with dynamical downscaling: A...
Precipitation in the Southern Plains of the United States is relatively well depicted by the Community Earth System Model (CESM). However, despite its ability to capture...- publication PDF
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The Sundowner Winds Experiment (SWEX) in Santa Barbara, California:...
Coastal Santa Barbara is among the most exposed communities to wildfire hazards in Southern California. Downslope, dry, and gusty windstorms are frequently observed on the south...- publication PDF
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Tropical cyclones and equatorial waves in a convection-permitting aquaplanet...
Tropical weather phenomena-including tropical cyclones (TCs) and equatorial waves-are influenced by planetary-to-convective-scale processes; yet, existing data sets and tools...- publication PDF
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Exploring precipitation triple oxygen isotope dynamics: Insights from...
Precipitation isotopes are valuable tracers for understanding the hydrologic cycle and climate variations. Distinct from d‐excess, 17 O‐excess has recently emerged...- publication PDF
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Influences of the quasi-two-day wave on plasma bubble behavior over South America
Equatorial Plasma Bubbles (EPBs) are a region of depleted ionospheric densities. EPBs are known to fluctuate both seasonally and day to day, and have been linked to changes in...- publication PDF
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Future regional increases in simultaneous large Western USA wildfires
Background. Wildfire simultaneity affects the availability and distribution of resources for fire management: multiple small fires require more resources to fight than one large...- publication PDF
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AirCore observations at Northern Tibetan Plateau during the Asian summer monsoon
We present data and analysis of a set of balloon-borne sounding profiles, which includes co-located O3, CO, CH4, and particles, over the northern Tibetan Plateau during an Asian...- publication PDF
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On the influence of vertical mixing, boundary layer schemes, and temporal...
We present WRF-Chem simulations over central Europe with a spatial resolution of 3 km x 3 km and focus on nitrogen dioxide (NO2). A regional emission inventory issued by the...- publication PDF
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Recent multi-decadal Southern Ocean surface cooling unlikely caused by...
Over recent decades, the Southern Ocean (SO) has experienced multi-decadal surface cooling despite global warming. Earlier studies have proposed that recent SO cooling has been...- publication PDF
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Toward improved short-term forecasting for Lake Victoria Basin. Part I: A...
East African countries benefit economically from the largest freshwater lake in Africa: Lake Victoria (LV). Around 30 million people live along its coastline, and 5.4 million...- publication PDF
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Opinion: Beyond global means - novel space-based approaches to indirectly...
The hydroxyl radical (OH) plays a central role in tropospheric chemistry, as well as influencing the lifetimes of some greenhouse gases. Because of limitations in our ability to...- publication PDF