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Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed transport and variability
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) extends from the Southern Ocean to the northern North Atlantic, transporting heat northwards throughout the South and...- publication PDF
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Impact of assimilating uncrewed aircraft system observations on river valley...
The impact of assimilating targeted uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) observations on the prediction of radiation and river valley fog is assessed using observing system...- publication PDF
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Next-Generation Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves for diverse land across...
The current methods for designing hydrological infrastructure rely on precipitation-based intensity-duration-frequency curves. However, they cannot accurately predict flooding...- publication PDF
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Wildfire smoke observations in the Western United States from the airborne...
During the summer of 2018, the upward-pointing Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) was deployed on board the University of Wyoming King Air (UWKA) research aircraft for the Biomass...- publication PDF
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Sources of subseasonal predictability over CONUS during boreal summer
The predictability of the Unified Forecast System (UFS) Coupled Model Prototype 2 developed by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction is assessed for the boreal...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report
Our understanding of the processes that control the burden and budget of tropospheric ozone has changed dramatically over the last 60 years. Models are the key tools used to...- publication PDF
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Improvement of solid precipitation measurements using a hotplate precipitation gauge
Accurate snowfall measurement is challenging because it depends on the precipitation gauge used, meteorological conditions, and the precipitation microphysics. Upstream of...- publication PDF
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The NCAR CSM Ocean Model
This technical note documents the ocean component of the NCAR Climate System Model. The ocean code has been developed from the Modular Ocean Model (version 1.1) which was...- publication PDF
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The rain is askew: Two idealized models relating vertical velocity and...
As the planet warms, climate models predict that rain will become heavier but less frequent and that the circulation will weaken. Here, two heuristic models relating moisture,...- publication PDF
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Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): Experimental design and...
The Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project has expanded to include a model intercomparison for the mid-Pliocene warm period (3.29 to 2.97 million yr ago). This project...- publication PDF
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The atmospheric response to projected terrestrial snow changes in the late...
Two atmospheric general circulation model experiments are conducted with specified terrestrial snow conditions representative of 1980-99 and 2080-99 The snow states are obtained...- publication PDF
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Impacts of increasing anthropogenic soluble iron and nitrogen deposition on...
We present results from transient sensitivity studies with the Biogeochemical Elemental Cycling (BEC) ocean model to increasing anthropogenic atmospheric inorganic nitrogen (N)...- publication PDF
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The Saharan air layer and the fate of African Easterly waves--NASA's AMMA...
In 2006, NASA led a field campaign to investigate the factors that control the fate of African easterly waves (AEWs) moving westward into the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Aircraft...- publication PDF
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The Solar Optical Telescope for the Hinode mission: An overview
The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard the Hinode satellite (formerly called Solar-B) consists of the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) and the Focal Plane Package (FPP). The...- publication PDF
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The bow and arrow mesoscale convective structure
The accurate prediction of warm-season convective systems and the heavy rainfall and severe weather associated with them remains a challenge for numerical weather prediction...- publication PDF
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Fate of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Strong decline...
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report concludes that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could weaken substantially but...- publication PDF
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Solar extreme-ultraviolet irradiance for general circulation models
Recent measurements of the solar extreme-ultraviolet spectrum provide high-resolution spectral irradiance that can be used for calculating ionization and dissociation rates in...- publication PDF
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Technical Note: A trace gas climatology derived from the Atmospheric...
The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment-Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) aboard the Canadian satellite SCISAT (launched in August 2003) was designed to investigate the...- publication PDF
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Dynamical forcing of subseasonal variability in the Tropical Brewer-Dobson...
Upwelling across the tropical tropopause exhibits strong subseasonal variability superimposed on the well-known annual cycle, and these variations directly affect temperature...- publication PDF
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Modeling the sources and chemistry of polar tropospheric halogens (Cl, Br,...
Current chemistry climate models do not include polar emissions and chemistry of halogens. This work presents the first implementation of an interactive polar module into the...- publication PDF
