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The hotplate precipitation gauge
A new instrument designed to measure precipitation, the "hotplate precipitation gauge," is described. The instrument consists of a heated thin disk that provides a reliable,...- publication PDF
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Statistical-dynamical predictions of seasonal North Atlantic hurricane activity
Skillfully predicting North Atlantic hurricane activity months in advance is of potential societal significance and a useful test of our understanding of the factors controlling...- publication PDF
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Using GPS multipath to measure soil moisture fluctuations: Initial results
Measurements of soil moisture are important for studies of climate and weather forecasting, flood prediction, and aquifer recharge studies. Although soil moisture measurement...- publication PDF
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Evaluating different geothermal heat-flow maps as basal boundary conditions...
There is currently poor scientific agreement on whether the iceâbed interface is frozen or thawed beneath approximately one third of the Greenland ice sheet. This disagreement...- publication PDF
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Fishermen follow fine-scale physical ocean features for finance
The seascapes on which many millions of people make their living and secure food have complex and dynamic spatial featuresâthe figurative hills and valleysâthat influence...- publication PDF
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Improvement of mountain-wave turbulence forecasts in NOAA's Rapid Refresh...
Spurious mountain-wave features have been reported as false alarms of light-or-stronger numerical weather prediction (NWP)-based cruise level turbulence forecasts especially...- publication PDF
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Resolution dependence of future tropical cyclone projections of CAM5.1 in...
The four idealized configurations of the U.S. CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group are integrated using the global Community Atmospheric Model version 5.1 at two different horizontal...- publication PDF
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The CHIMERAS project: Design framework for the Collisionless HIgh-beta...
From the near-Earth solar wind to the intracluster medium of galaxy clusters, collisionless, high-beta, magnetized plasmas pervade our universe. Energy and momentum transport...- publication PDF
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The atmospheric oxidation of ethyl formate and ethyl acetate over a range of...
The Cl-atom-initiated oxidation of two esters, ethyl formate [HC(O)OCHâCHâ] and ethyl acetate [CHâC(O)OCHâCHâ], has been studied at pressures close to 1 atm as a...- publication PDF
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A Revised and Expanded Catalogue of Mass Ejections Observed by the Solar...
This is a revised and expanded catalogue of coronal mass ejections identified in data from the High Altitude Observatory's coronagraph aboard NASA's Solar Maximum Mission...- publication PDF
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Verifying forecasts spatially
Numerous new methods have been proposed for using spatial information to better quantify and diagnose forecast performance when forecasts and observations are both available on...- publication PDF
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Spectral properties of one-dimensional diffusive systems subject to...
The vertical wavenumber and frequency spectra of horizontal wind and temperature in stochastically driven systems with diffusion, either due to uniform background eddy and...- publication PDF
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Deglacial variability of South China hydroclimate heavily contributed by...
The deglacial hydroclimate in South China remains a long-standing topic of debate due to the lack of reliable moisture proxies and inconsistent model simulations. A recent...- publication PDF
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A topographically controlled tipping point for complete Greenland ice sheet melt
A major impact of anthropogenic climate change is the crossing of tipping points, which may have severe consequences such as the complete mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet...- publication PDF
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On the relevance of aerosols to snow cover variability over high mountain Asia
While meteorology and aerosols are identified as key drivers of snow cover (SC) variability in High Mountain Asia, complex non-linear interactions between them are not...- publication PDF
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Dependence of daytime thermospheric winds on IMF By as measured from south pole
Winds in the nighttime upper thermosphere are often observed to mimic the ionospheric plasma convection at polar latitudes, and whether the same is true for the daytime winds...- publication PDF
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Evaluating Machine Learningâbased probabilistic lightning forecasts using...
Probabilistic forecasts of lightning for the CONUS were generated by postprocessing the HRRR with neural networks (NNs). These NN probability forecasts (NNPFs) were produced for...- publication PDF
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Interactive ozone and methane chemistry in GISS-E2 historical and future...
The new generation GISS climate model includes fully interactive chemistry related to ozone in historical and future simulations, and interactive methane in future simulations....- publication PDF
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The key role of forest disturbance in reconciling estimates of the northern...
Northern forests are an important carbon sink, but our understanding of the driving factors is limited due to discrepancies between dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) and...- publication PDF
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Warm phase of AMV damps ENSO through weakened thermocline feedback
Interactions between ocean basins affect El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), altering its impacts on society. Here, we explore the effect of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability...- publication PDF