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The dispersion of silver iodide particles from ground-based generators over...
Part I of this paper presents the results from a series of plume-tracing flights over the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre Ranges in south-central Wyoming. These flights, conducted...- publication PDF
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The Comprehensive Historical Upper-Air Network
To better understand variability in weather and climate, it is vital to address past atmospheric circulation. This need requires meteorological information not just from the...- publication PDF
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A pervasive role for biomass burning in tropical high ozone/low water structures
Air parcels with mixing ratios of high O3 and low H2O (HOLW) are common features in the tropical western Pacific (TWP) mid-troposphere (300–700 hPa). Here, using data collected...- publication PDF
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Modern precipitation δ18O and trajectory analysis over the Himalaya-Tibet...
Variations in oxygen isotope ratios (O-18) measured from modern precipitation and geologic archives provide a promising tool for understanding modern and past climate dynamics...- publication PDF
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An Earth-system prediction initiative for the twenty-first century
The necessity and benefits for establishing the international Earth-system Prediction Initiative (EPI) are discussed by scientists associated with the World Meteorological...- publication PDF
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Large‐scale forcing impact on the development of shallow convective clouds...
Real-world large-eddy simulations (LES) are driven by time-varying large-scale forcings (LSF) -- e.g., temperature advection, moisture advection, and subsidence -- derived from...- publication PDF
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Influences of large-scale flow variations on the track evolution of typhoons...
Influences of large-scale flow variations on the track evolution of two typhoons, moderate Morakot (2009) and superintense Megi (2010), are investigated using the global...- publication PDF
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Determining oil and dispersant exposure in sea turtles from the northern...
Documentation of exposure of threatened and endangered sea turtles to petroleum and dispersant released into the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) during the Deepwater Horizon (DWH)...- publication PDF
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Simulated frequency dependence of radar observations of tornadoes
To obtain accurate radar-measured wind measurements in tornadoes, differences between air and Doppler velocities must be corrected. These differences can cause large errors in...- publication PDF
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Spherepack 2.0: A Model Development Facility
SPHEREPACK 2.0 is a collection of FORTRAN programs that facilitates computer modeling of geophysical processes. The package contains programs for computing certain common...- publication PDF
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High free‐tropospheric Aitken‐mode aerosol concentrations buffer cloud...
A new Aitken mode aerosol microphysics scheme is developed for a large eddy simulation model in order to better investigate cloud-aerosol interactions in the marine boundary...- publication PDF
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Going to the extremes: An intercomparison of model-simulated historical and...
Projections of changes in climate extremes are critical to assessing the potential impacts of climate change on human and natural systems. Modeling advances now provide the...- publication PDF
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Reconstruction of past Antarctic temperature using present seasonal...
Reconstructing the history of polar temperature from ice core water isotope (618O) calibration has remained a challenge in paleoclimate research, because of our incomplete...- publication PDF
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Framing the way to relate climate extremes to climate change
The atmospheric and ocean environment has changed from human activities in ways that affect storms and extreme climate events. The main way climate change is perceived is...- publication PDF
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Macroscopic impacts of cloud and precipitation processes on maritime shallow...
This paper discusses impacts of cloud and precipitation processes on macrophysical properties of shallow convective clouds as simulated by a large eddy model applying warm-rain...- publication PDF
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The characteristic pitch angle distributions of 1 eV to 600 keV protons near...
Understanding the source and loss processes of various plasma populations is greatly aided by having accurate knowledge of their pitch angle distributions (PADs). Here we...- publication PDF
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Achievements of Hinode in the first eleven years
Hinode is Japan’s third solar mission following Hinotori (1981–1982) and Yohkoh (1991–2001): it was launched on 2006 September 22 and is in operation currently. Hinode carries...- publication PDF
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The variable and changing Southern Ocean Silicate Front: Insights from the...
The location of the Southern Ocean Silicate Front (SF) is a key indicator of physical circulation, biological productivity, and biogeography, but its variability in space and...- publication PDF
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Synthesis of results from the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) Process Study
An international team of scientists from the United States, Mexico, and Central America carried out a major field campaign during the summer of 2004 to develop an improved...- publication PDF
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Multi-model simulation of CO and HCHO in the Southern Hemisphere: Comparison...
We investigate the impact of biogenic emissions on carbon monoxide (CO) and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the Southern Hemisphere (SH), with simulations using two different biogenic...- publication PDF