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The Community Land Model underestimates land-use CO2 emissions by neglecting...
The Community Land Model (CLM) can simulate planting and harvesting of crops but does not include effects of cultivation on soil carbon decomposition. The biogeochemistry model...- publication PDF
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Non-Gaussian ensemble filtering and adaptive inflation for soil moisture...
The rank histogram filter (RHF) and the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) are assessed for soil moisture esti-mation using perfect model (identical twin) synthetic data assimilation...- publication PDF
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The sensitivity of momentum transport and severe surface winds to...
Analysis of a pair of three-dimensional simulations of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) reveals a significant sensitivity of convective momentum transport (CMT), MCS motion,...- publication PDF
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Molecular composition of organic aerosols in central Amazonia: an...
The Amazon Basin plays key role in atmospheric chemistry, biodiversity and climate change. In this study we applied nanoelectrospray (nanoESI) ultra-high-resolution mass...- publication PDF
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Linear and non-linear response to parameter variations in a mesoscale model
Parameter uncertainty in atmospheric model forcing and closure schemes has motivated both parameter estimation with data assimilation and use of pre-specified distributions to...- publication PDF
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Ozone transport during the California ozone deposition experiment
The high correlation between the canopy stomatal uptake and ozone deposition velocity is found to be strongly dominated by their diurnal variations. By averaging observed...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of MOPITT and TROPOMI carbon monoxide retrievals using AirCore in...
AirCore in situ vertical profiles sample the atmosphere from near the surface to the lower stratosphere, making them ideal for the validation of satellite tropospheric trace gas...- publication PDF
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DOs and DON'Ts for using climate change information for water resource...
Water managers are actively incorporating climate change information into their long- and short-term planning processes. This is generally seen as a step in the right direction...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric ozone assessment report: Present-day distribution and trends of...
The Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) is an activity of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project. This paper is a component of the report, focusing on...- publication PDF
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Flea diversity as an element for persistence of plague bacteria in an East...
Plague is a flea-borne rodent-associated zoonotic disease that is caused by Yersinia pestis and characterized by long quiescent periods punctuated by rapidly spreading epidemics...- publication PDF
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Acceleration of the southern African easterly jet driven by the radiative...
The direct and semi-direct radiative effects of biomass burning aerosols (BBAs) are investigated over southern Africa and the southeastern Atlantic during the Aerosols,...- publication PDF
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Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements above Mexico City and...
The concentration, size, and composition of non-refractory submicron aerosol (NR-PM₁) was measured over Mexico City and central Mexico with a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight...- publication PDF
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Gas hydrates: Entrance to a methane age or climate threat?
Methane hydrates, ice-like compounds in which methane is held in crystalline cages formed by water molecules, are widespread in areas of permafrost such as the Arctic and in...- publication PDF
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Strong sub-seasonal wintertime cooling over East Asia and Northern Europe...
East Asia experienced a record-breaking cold event during the 2015/16 boreal winter, with pronounced impacts on livelihood in the region. We find that this large-scale cold...- publication PDF
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The Relative Accuracy of ALPEX Aircraft Data / an Evaluation of the ALPEX...
During the ALPEX progran, three participating large research aircraft - the NCAR Electra, the NOAA P5, and the DFVLR Falcon - joined for an interccmparison flight. Using the...- publication PDF
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Quantifying sources and sinks of reactive gases in the lower atmosphere...
Atmospheric composition is governed by the interplay of emissions, chemistry, deposition, and transport. Substantial questions surround each of these processes, especially in...- publication PDF
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Ensemble data assimilation in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model
We present results pertaining to the assimilation of real lower, middle, and upper atmosphere observations in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) using the Data...- publication PDF
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Microwave radar cross sections and doppler velocities measured in the surf zone
The relationship between microwave imaging radar measurements of fluid velocities in the surf zone and shoaling, breaking, and broken waves is studied with field observations....- publication PDF
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Climate forcing reconstructions for use in PMIP simulations of the last...
We update the forcings for the PMIP3 experiments for the Last Millennium to include new assessments of historical land use changes and discuss new suggestions for calibrating...- publication PDF
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Contrasting organic aerosol particles from boreal and tropical forests...
We present the vibrational sum frequency generation spectra of organic particles collected in a boreal forest in Finland and a tropical forest in Brazil. These spectra are...- publication PDF