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Self-stratification of tropical cyclone outflow. Part I: Implications for...
Extant theoretical work on the steady state structure and intensity of idealized axisymmetric tropical cyclones relies on the assumption that isentropic surfaces in the storm...- publication PDF
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Science of nowcasting Olympic weather for Vancouver 2010 (SNOW-V10): A world...
A World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) project entitled the Science of Nowcasting Olympic Weather for Vancouver 2010 (SNOW-V10) was developed to be associated with the...- publication PDF
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The First Moments of the Variance- and Cross-spectra of Standard and...
This Technical Note was prepared during the author's year-long research stay at NCAR's Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD). It is a translated, revised and slightly extended...- publication PDF
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What controls stratospheric water vapor in the NH summer monsoon regions?
Water vapor in the lower stratosphere exhibits localized maximum values during Northern Hemisphere summer in the Asian and North American (NA) monsoon regions. The processes...- publication PDF
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The role of vertical wind shear in modulating maximum supercell updraft velocities
Observed supercell updrafts consistently produce the fastest mid- to upper-tropospheric vertical velocities among all modes of convection. Two hypotheses for this feature are...- publication PDF
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An investigation of ammonia and inorganic particulate matter in California...
Airborne observations from the California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) campaign in May and June 2010 are used to investigate the role of...- publication PDF
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WRF-Fire: Coupled weather-wildland fire modeling with the weather research...
A wildland fire-behavior module, named WRF-Fire, was integrated into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) public domain numerical weather prediction model. The fire module...- publication PDF
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Marine boundary layer heights and their longitudinal, diurnal, and...
The spatial and temporal variability of the marine boundary layer (MBL) over the southeastern Pacific is studied using high-resolution radiosonde data from the VAMOS Ocean-...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric CO₂ monitoring with single-cell NDIR-based analyzers
We describe CO₂ concentration measurement systems based on relatively inexpensive single-cell non-dispersive infrared CO₂ sensors. The systems utilize signal averaging to obtain...- publication PDF
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Benchmarking simulated precipitation variability amplitude across time scales
Objective performance metrics that measure precipitation variability across time scales from subdaily to interannual are presented and applied to Historical simulations of...- publication PDF
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Surface PM2.5 estimate using satellite-derived aerosol optical depth over India
Concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) that exceed air quality standards affect human health and have an impact on the earth's radiation budget. The lack of round the...- publication PDF
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Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5
Radiative kernels at the top of the atmosphere are useful for decomposing changes in atmospheric radiative fluxes due to feedbacks from atmosphere and surface temperature, water...- publication PDF
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Assessment of temperature, trace species, and ozone in chemistry-climate...
Simulations of the stratosphere from thirteen coupled chemistry-climate models (CCMs) are evaluated to provide guidance for the interpretation of ozone predictions made by the...- publication PDF
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Estimating mountain basin-mean precipitation from streamflow using Bayesian inference
Estimating basin-mean precipitation in complex terrain is difficult due to uncertainty in the topographical representativeness of precipitation gauges relative to the basin. To...- publication PDF
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Methods, availability, and applications of PM 2.5 exposure estimates derived...
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a well-established risk factor for public health. To support both health risk assessment and epidemiological studies, data are needed on...- publication PDF
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Impact of climate variabilities on trans-oceanic flight times and emissions...
This study investigates the impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on trans-oceanic round-trip flight times and consequent...- publication PDF
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Pre-industrial to end 21st century projections of tropospheric ozone from...
Present day tropospheric ozone and its changes between 1850 and 2100 are considered, analysing 15 global models that participated in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model...- publication PDF
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Analysis and prediction of a squall line observed during IHOP using multiple...
This paper presents a case study on the assimilation of observations from multiple Doppler radars of the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) network. A squall-line case...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the Mobile Flux Plane (MFP) Method to estimate methane emissions...
This study evaluates the efficacy of the mobile flux plane (MFP) method to derive methane emissions from oil and gas production fields using a first-of-its-kind high-resolution...- publication PDF
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The Interaction Between Objective Analysis and Initialization / Proceedings...
A collection of summaries of lectures presented at the Fourteenth Stanstead Seminar on "the interaction between objective analysis and initialization." The lectures both...- publication PDF
