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Evaluating seasonal orographic precipitation in the interior Western United...
There are several high-resolution (1-12 km) gridded precipitation datasets covering the interior western United States. This study cross validates seasonal orographic...- publication PDF
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Do we know our own tornado season? A psychological investigation of...
Reducing fatalities from tornadoes in the southeastern United States requires considering multiple societal factors, including the risk perceptions that influence how people...- publication PDF
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Internal climate variability modulates decadal changes in ocean...
The ocean removes man-made (anthropogenic) carbon from the atmosphere and thereby mitigates climate change. Observations from global hydrographic surveys reveal the spatial and...- publication PDF
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Modeling European hot spells using extreme value analysis
Atmospheric blocking in mainland Europe is often cited as the cause of extremely high temperatures lasting several days. By definition, extreme temperatures are rare, and yet...- publication PDF
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Response to Increasing Southern Hemisphere Winds in CCSM4
Results from two perturbation experiments using the Community Climate System Model version 4 where the Southern Hemisphere zonal wind stress is increased are described. It is...- publication PDF
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Observations and modeling of increased nitric oxide in the Antarctic polar...
Nitric oxide (NO) produced in the polar middle and upper atmosphere by energetic particle precipitation depletes ozone in the mesosphere and, following vertical transport in the...- publication PDF
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Climate system asymmetries drive eccentricity pacing of hydroclimate during...
The early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO) represents the peak of Earth's last sustained greenhouse climate interval. To investigate hydroclimate variability in western North...- publication PDF
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SynCOM: An empirical model for high-resolution simulations of transient...
The Synthetic Corona Outflow Model (SynCOM), an empirical model, simulates the solar corona’s dynamics to match high-resolution observations, providing a useful resource...- publication PDF
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Plasma-neutral interactions in the lower thermosphere-ionosphere: The need...
The lower thermosphere-ionosphere (LTI) is a key transition region between Earth's atmosphere and space. Interactions between ions and neutrals maximize within the LTI and in...- publication PDF
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Early Eocene ocean meridional overturning circulation: The roles of...
Here, we compare the ocean overturning circulation of the early Eocene (47-56 Ma) in eight coupled climate model simulations from the Deep-Time Model Intercomparison Project...- publication PDF
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Progress in turbulence detection via GNSS occultation data
The increased availability of radio occultation (RO) data offers the ability to detect and study turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. An analysis of how RO data can be used to...- publication PDF
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Hurricane Isabel (2003): New insights into the physics of intense storms....
This study is an observational analysis of the inner-core structure, sea surface temperature, outflow layer, and atmospheric boundary layer of an intense tropical cyclone whose...- publication PDF
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Observational and model evidence for a prominent stratospheric influence on...
The literature presents different views on how the stratosphere influences variability in surface nitrous oxide (N2O) and on whether that influence is outweighed by surface...- publication PDF
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Field-deployable diode-laser-based differential absorption lidar (DIAL) for...
A field-deployable water vapor profiling instrument that builds on the foundation of the preceding generations of diode-laser-based differential absorption lidar (DIAL)...- publication PDF
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Tropical rainfall predictions from multiple seasonal forecast systems
We quantify seasonal prediction skill of tropical winter rainfall in 14 climate forecast systems. High levels of seasonal prediction skill exist for year-to-year rainfall...- publication PDF
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Persistent increases in nighttime heat stress from urban expansion despite...
Urban areas generally have higher near-surface air temperature and lower air humidity than rural areas. Little is known about how heat stress, the combined effect of high air...- publication PDF
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Parameterizations of US wildfire and prescribed fire emission ratios and...
Extensive airborne measurements of non-methane organic gases (NMOGs), methane, nitrogen oxides, reduced nitrogen species, and aerosol emissions from US wild and prescribed fires...- publication PDF
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The Model Evaluation Tools (MET): More than a decade of community-supported...
Forecast verification and evaluation is a critical aspect of forecast development and improvement, day-to-day forecasting, and the interpretation and application of forecasts....- publication PDF
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Mesoscale field-aligned irregularity structures (FAIs) of airglow associated...
n this paper, we report the evolution (generation, amplification, and dissipation) of optically observed mesoscale field-aligned irregularity structures (FAIs) (~150âkm)...- publication PDF
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The WMO challenge to develop and demonstrate the best new user-oriented...
The public, industry, emergency managers and other decision makers can use weather, climate and impact forecasts more effectively in their decision making when the quality of...- publication PDF