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Revised cloud processes to improve the mean and intraseasonal variability of...
The National Centre for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System (CFS) is being used for operational monsoon prediction over the Indian region. Recent studies...- publication PDF
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Complex refractive indices in the ultraviolet and visible spectral region...
Biomass burning aerosol is a major source of PM2.5, and significantly affects Earth's radiative budget. The magnitude of its radiative effect is poorly quantified due to...- publication PDF
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The roles of mineral dust as cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei during...
Aerosols play important roles in the evolution of deep convective systems like hailstorms. In this study, the heterogeneous ice nucleation schemes have been improved in the...- publication PDF
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Representing convective organization in prediction models by a hybrid approach
The mesoscale organization of precipitating convection is highly relevant to next-generation global numerical weather prediction models, which will have an intermediate...- publication PDF
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A new CAM6 + DART reanalysis with surface forcing from CAM6 to other CESM models
An ensemble Kalman filter reanalysis has been archived in the Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. It used a CAM6 configuration of the...- publication PDF
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Circulation and soil moisture contributions to heatwaves in the United States
Extreme heat events are a threat to human health, productivity, and food supply, so understanding their drivers is critical to adaptation and resilience. Anticyclonic...- publication PDF
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Influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation and El Niño–Southern Oscillation...
Stratospheric sudden warmings (SSWs) are a major source of variability during Northern Hemisphere winter. The frequency of occurrence of SSWs is influenced by El Niño-Southern...- publication PDF
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The operational mesogamma-scale analysis and forecast system of the U.S....
Output from the Army Test and Evaluation Command's Four-Dimensional Weather System's mesoscale model is used to drive secondary-applications models to produce forecasts of...- publication PDF
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Formaldehyde column density measurements as a suitable pathway to estimate...
In support of future satellite missions that aim to address the current shortcomings in measuring air quality from space, NASA's Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from...- publication PDF
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Assessing the performance of community-available global MHD models using key...
Global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling is a powerful tool in space weather research and predictions. There are several advanced and still developing global MHD (GMHD) models...- publication PDF
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Characteristics and trends in various forms of the Palmer Drought Severity...
The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) has been widely used to study aridity changes in modern and past climates. Efforts to address its major problems have led to new...- publication PDF
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Northern Hemisphere atmospheric influence of the solar proton events and...
Solar eruptions in early 2005 led to a substantial barrage of charged particles on the Earth's atmosphere during the 16-21 January period. Proton fluxes were greatly increased...- publication PDF
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Introduction to the special issue on Exploring the terrestrial and space...
Launched on 25 June 2019, the Formosa Satellite Mission 7 and Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate and Formosa Satellite Mission 2...- publication PDF
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The Arctic's rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: A research synthesis
The sequence of extreme September sea ice extent minima over the past decade suggests acceleration in the response of the Arctic sea ice cover to external forcing, hastening the...- publication PDF
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Frictionally induced feedback in a reduced dynamical model of tropical...
This study examines the role of frictional feedback in the atmospheric boundary layer during tropical cyclone (TC) development. Using a reduced model of TC dynamics, it is shown...- publication PDF
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Inclusion of building-resolving capabilities into the FastEddy® GPU-LES...
As a first step toward achieving full physics urban weather simulation capabilities within the resident-GPU large-eddy simulation (LES) FastEddy (R) model, we have implemented...- publication PDF
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"Morning-glory" disturbances and the environment in which they propagate
Results of a field experiment carried out in 1991 to gather upper-air data on the morning-glory environment are presented. The data include daily early morning radiosonde...- publication PDF
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VAPOR: A visualization package tailored to analyze simulation data in Earth...
Visualization is an essential tool for analysis of data and communication of findings in the sciences, and the Earth System Sciences (ESS) are no exception. However, within ESS,...- publication PDF
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Geoengineering by cloud seeding: Influence on sea ice and climate system
General circulation model computations using a fully coupled ocean–atmosphere model indicate that increasing cloud reflectivity by seeding maritime boundary layer clouds with...- publication PDF
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An "observational large ensemble" to compare observed and modeled...
Estimates of the climate response to anthropogenic forcing contain irreducible uncertainty due to the presence of internal variability. Accurate quantification of this...- publication PDF