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Longitudinal variations of equatorial ionospheric electric fields near sunrise
In this work, we carry out a comprehensive modeling study, using the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model, to explore the physical processes by...- publication PDF
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Intercomparison between surrogate, explicit, and full treatments of VSL...
Many Chemistry-Climate Models (CCMs) include a simplified treatment of brominated very short-lived (VSLBr) species by assuming CH3Br as a surrogate for VSLBr. However,...- publication PDF
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Towards seamless large-domain parameter estimation for hydrologic models
Estimating spatially distributed parameters remains one of the biggest challenges for large-domain hydrologic modeling. Many large-domain modeling efforts rely on spatially...- publication PDF
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Assessment of the data assimilation framework for the Rapid Refresh Forecast...
The Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) is currently under development and aims to replace the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) operational suite of...- publication PDF
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Effect of the Grell-Freitas deep convection scheme in quasi-uniform and...
The Grell-Freitas deep convection scheme (GF) has been implemented in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) with the nonhydrostatic Model for Prediction Across Scales dynamical...- publication PDF
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Radiative forcing and albedo feedback from the Northern Hemisphere...
The extent of snow cover and sea ice in the Northern Hemispherehas declined since 1979, coincident with hemispheric warming and indicative of a positive feedback of surface...- publication PDF
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Temperature-moisture dependence of the deep convective transition as a...
Properties of the transition to strong deep convection, as previously observed in satellite precipitation statistics, are analyzed using parcel stability computations and a...- publication PDF
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A new verification approach? Using coupled natural-human models to evaluate...
In addition to measuring forecast accuracy in terms of errors in a tropical system's forecast track and other meteorological characteristics, it is important to measure the...- publication PDF
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The influence of African easterly waves on convection over tropical Africa...
Using data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the modulation of convection by African easterly waves (AEWs) is investigated over regions of the east Atlantic...- publication PDF
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Variations of the nighttime thermospheric mass density at low and middle latitudes
The latitudinal structure of the nighttime thermospheric mass density at 385 km has been investigated using observations made by the accelerometer onboard the CHAMP satellite...- publication PDF
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Insights into tropical tropopause layer processes using global models
The climatology of the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) in two state-of-the-art general circulation models is compared with observations. Results indicate that global models are...- publication PDF
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AWI-CM3 coupled climate model: Description and evaluation experiments for a...
We developed a new version of the Alfred Wegener Institute Climate Model (AWI-CM3), which has higher skills in representing the observed climatology and better computational...- publication PDF
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Surface gravity wave effects in the oceanic boundary layer: large-eddy...
The wind-driven stably stratified mid-latitude oceanic surface turbulent boundary layer is computationally simulated in the presence of a specified surface gravity-wave field....- publication PDF
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Identifiers for earth science data sets: Where we have been and where we need to go
Considerable attention has been devoted to the use of persistent identifiers for assets of interest to scientific and other communities alike over the last two decades. Among...- publication PDF
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The tropical forest and fire emissions experiment: Method evaluation of...
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from fires in tropical forest fuels were quantified using Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTRMS), Fourier Transform...- publication PDF
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Efficacy of possible strategies to mitigate the urban heat island based on...
Summer heat waves are a significant public health threat in China. This paper took Wuhan (one of the four hottest furnace cities in China) as an example to explore several...- publication PDF
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Quantifying black carbon deposition over the Greenland ice sheet from forest...
Black carbon (BC) concentrations observed in 22 snowpits sampled in the northwest sector of the Greenland ice sheet in April 2014 have allowed us to identify a strong and...- publication PDF
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Meridional heat transport during atmospheric rivers in high-resolution CESM...
Meridional sensible and latent heat transport is evaluated for regions with landfalling atmospheric rivers using both MERRA-2 reanalysis and fully coupled CESM1.3 high-...- publication PDF
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A case study of an elevated stratopause generated in the Whole Atmosphere...
The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) is used to study the influence of gravity waves on the generation and evolution of an elevated stratopause following a...- publication PDF
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Interannual variability of winds in the Antarctic mesosphere and lower...
The mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) plays a critical role in linking the middle and upper atmosphere. However, many General Circulation Models do not model the MLT and...- publication PDF
