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Nonlinear model of high-speed solar-wind streams
A hydrodynamic model describing the generation and propagation of high-speed plasma streams in the solar wind is presented. The model is based upon numerical integrations of the...- publication PDF
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Estimating tropical cyclone intensity by satellite imagery utilizing...
Accurately estimating tropical cyclone (TC) intensity is one of the most critical steps in TC forecasting and disaster warning/management. For over 40 years, the Dvorak...- publication PDF
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Assessment of equilibrium climate sensitivity of the Community Earth System...
The upper end of the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) has increased substantially in the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects phase 6 with eight models (as of this...- publication PDF
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Southern hemisphere summer mesopause responses to El Niño-Southern Oscillation
In the Southern Hemisphere (SH) polar region, satellite observations reveal a significant upper-mesosphere cooling and a lower-thermosphere warming during warm ENSO events in...- publication PDF
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The role of snow in controlling halogen chemistry and boundary layer...
Reactive chlorine and bromine species emitted from snow and aerosols can significantly alter the oxidative capacity of the polar boundary layer. However, halogen production...- publication PDF
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External influences on thermally driven flows in a deep valley
The dynamics that govern the evolution of nighttime flows in a deep valley, California's Owens Valley, are analyzed. Measurements from the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment...- publication PDF
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An improved, automated whole air sampler and gas chromatography mass...
Volatile organic compounds were quantified during two aircraft-based field campaigns using highly automated, whole air samplers with expedited post-flight analysis via a new...- publication PDF
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The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 radio occultation mission after 12 Years:...
Launched in 2006, the Formosa Satellite Mission 3âConstellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC) was the first constellation of...- publication PDF
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Observation-based modeling of ozone chemistry in the Seoul metropolitan area...
The Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) has a population of 24 million and frequently experiences unhealthy levels of ozone (O3). In this work, measurements taken during the Korea-...- publication PDF
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Investigation of the residual in column-integrated atmospheric energy...
Observationally based atmospheric energy balance is analyzed using Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES)-derived TOA and surface irradiance, Global Precipitation...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of modeled precipitation in oceanic extratropical cyclones using IMERG
Using a high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution precipitation dataset, Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG), extratropical cyclone precipitation is evaluated...- publication PDF
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A path toward short-term probabilistic flash flood prediction
There are ongoing efforts to move beyond the current paradigm of using deter-ministic products driven by observation-only data to make binary warning decisions. Recent works...- publication PDF
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Global warming due to increasing absorbed solar radiation
Global climate models used in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) are examined for the top-of-atmosphere radiation changes as...- publication PDF
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On the day-to-day variation of the equatorial electrojet during quiet periods
It has been known for a long time that the equatorial electrojet varies from day to day even when solar and geomagnetic activities are very low. The quiet time day-to-day...- publication PDF
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Parameterization of generalized cloud overlap for radiative calculations in...
New radiative parameterizations have been developed for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Atmospheric Model (CAM). The CAM is the next version of the...- publication PDF
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Updated emission factors from diffuse combustion sources in sub-Saharan...
Diffuse emission sources outside of kitchen areas are poorly understood, and measurements of their emission factors (EFs) are sparse for regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty-...- publication PDF
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Towards petascale simulation of atmospheric circulations with soundproof equations
This paper highlights progress with the development of a petascale implementation of general-purpose high-resolution (nonoscillatory) hydrodynamical simulation code EULAG [Prusa...- publication PDF
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Polarization calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI)...
As part of the overall ground-based calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument an extensive set of polarimetric calibrations were performed. This paper...- publication PDF
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Radiation belt phase space density: Calculation analysis and model dependence
The reprocessing of radiation belt electron flux measurements into phase space density (PSD) as a function of the adiabatic invariants is a widely-used method to address major...- publication PDF
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CESM1(WACCM) stratospheric aerosol geoengineering large ensemble project
This paper describes the Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering Large Ensemble (GLENS) project, which promotes the use of a unique model dataset, performed with the Community...- publication PDF