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COSMIC System Description
The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) is a satellite mission for the Earth sciences that will make use of recent developments in...- publication PDF
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Conakry, Republic of Guinea: Analysis...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), dates back to December 29, 2019, in Wuhan, China. It quickly...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity to glacial forcing in the CCSM4
Results are presented from the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4), simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison...- publication PDF
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The Montreal Protocol and the fate of environmental plastic debris
Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging class of pollutants in air, soil and especially in all aquatic environments. Secondary MPs are generated in the environment during...- publication PDF
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Effects of horizontal and vertical grid spacing on mixing in simulated...
The sensitivity of an idealized squall line to horizontal Δh and vertical Δv grid spacing is investigated using a new approach. Simulations are first performed at a horizontal...- publication PDF
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Insignificant QBO‐MJO prediction skill relationship in the SubX and S2S...
The impact of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) on the prediction of the tropospheric Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) is evaluated in reforecasts from nine...- publication PDF
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The UT variation of the polar ionosphere based on COSMIC observations
Mean polar electron content (mPEC) is used to analyze the polar ionosphere in both the Antarctic and Arctic. The mPEC is calculated over the polar region covering geographic...- publication PDF
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Effects of scavenging, entrainment, and aqueous chemistry on peroxides and...
Deep convective transport of gaseous precursors to ozone (O-3) and aerosols to the upper troposphere is affected by liquid phase and mixed-phase scavenging, entrainment of free...- publication PDF
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The quasi-2 day wave activities during 2007 boreal summer period as revealed...
The ensemble data assimilation version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model+Data Assimilation Research Testbed developed at National Center for Atmospheric Research...- publication PDF
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The impact of smoke on the ultraviolet and visible radiative forcing under...
The quantification of the UV characteristics of smoke aerosols is valuable to UV Index forecasting, air quality studies, air chemistry studies, and assessments of the impacts on...- publication PDF
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A benchmark to test generalization capabilities of deep learning methods to...
This is a test case study assessing the ability of deep learning methods to generalize to a future climate (end of 21st century) when trained to classify thunderstorms in model...- publication PDF
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Diurnal variations of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and...
The diurnal patterns of variation of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau were first investigated using the TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis product for...- publication PDF
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Evolution of DARDAR-CLOUD ice cloud retrievals: New parameters and impacts...
In this paper we present the latest refinements brought to the DARDAR-CLOUD product, which contains ice cloud microphysical properties retrieved from the cloud radar and lidar...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric ozone depletion: An unlikely driver of the regional trends in...
It has been suggested that recent regional trends in Antarctic sea ice might have been caused by the formation of the ozone hole in the late twentieth century. Here we explore...- publication PDF
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The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) vector magnetic field pipeline:...
The Very Fast Inversion of the Stokes Vector (VFISV) is a Milne-Eddington spectral line inversion code used to determine the magnetic and thermodynamic parameters of the solar...- publication PDF
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Climate impacts of parameterized Nordic Sea overflows
A new overflow parameterization (OFP) of density-driven flows through ocean ridges via narrow, unresolved channels has been developed and implemented in the ocean component of...- publication PDF
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A multimodel study of parametric uncertainty in predictions of climate...
One tool for studying uncertainties in simulations of future climate is to consider ensembles of general circulation models where parameterizations have been sampled within...- publication PDF
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Ozone profiles in the Baltimore-Washington region (2006-2011): Satellite...
Much progress has been made in creating satellite products for tracking the pollutants ozone and NO2 in the troposphere. Yet, in mid-latitude regions where meteorological...- publication PDF
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Silver buckshot or bullet: Is a future “energy mix” necessary?
To displace fossil fuels and achieve the global greenhouse-gas emissions reductions required to meet the Paris Agreement on climate change, the prevalent argument is that a mix...- publication PDF
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Convective updraft and downdraft characteristics of continental mesoscale...
The "gray zone" of convective modeling is defined as the range of horizontal grid spacings (Delta x) at which turbulent transport processes are only partially resolved by the...- publication PDF