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Tidal variations in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere before, during,...
This work presents a comprehensive evaluation of tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere-...- publication PDF
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A quality control procedure for GPS radio occultation data
[1] A quality control ( QC) procedure is applied to the Challenging Minisatellite Payload ( CHAMP) level-2 Global Position System (GPS) radio occultation (RO) data provided by...- publication PDF
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Analysis of thundersnow storms over northern Colorado
Lightning flashes during snowstorms occur infrequently compared to warm-season convection. The rarity of such thundersnow events poses an additional hazard because the lightning...- publication PDF
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The substorm cycle as reproduced by global MHD models
Recently, Gordeev et al. (2015) suggested a method to test global MHD models against statistical empirical data. They showed that four community-available global MHD models...- publication PDF
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Internal variability of Indian Ocean SST
A 40-yr integration of an eddy-resolving numerical model of the tropical Indian Ocean is analyzed to quantify the interannual variability that is caused by the internal...- publication PDF
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Impacts of forecaster involvement on convective storm initiation and...
A forecaster-interactive capability was added to an automated convective storm nowcasting system [Auto-Nowcaster (ANC)] to allow forecasters to enhance the performance of 1-h...- publication PDF
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On the occurrence of postmidnight equatorial F region irregularities during...
Postmidnight equatorial F region irregularities (EFIs) are known to develop mainly during the solstitial months. However, it is not well understood whether they occur at all...- publication PDF
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Impact of Chinese urbanization and aerosol emissions on the East Asian summer monsoon
Impacts of urbanization and anthropogenic aerosols in China on the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) are investigated using version 5.1 of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM5.1)...- publication PDF
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Comparison of Lagrangian super-droplet and Eulerian double-moment spectral...
Advanced microphysics schemes (such as Eulerian bin and Lagrangian superdroplet) are becoming standard tools for cloud physics research and parameterization development. This...- publication PDF
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Comparison of COSMIC and COSMIC-2 Radio Occultation refractivity and bending...
We compare the random error statistics (uncertainties) of COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, C1) and COSMIC-2 (C2) radio occultation...- publication PDF
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The uniqueness of the soybean rust pathosystem: An improved understanding of...
Asian soybean rust (SBR) is caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi Syd. & P. Syd. This disease results in substantial annual economic losses. Researchers in various Asian, South...- publication PDF
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Impacts of vertically propagating tides on the mean state of the...
The National Center for Atmospheric Research Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIE-GCM) is utilized to understand the role that upward...- publication PDF
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Distinguishing southern Africa precipitation response by strength of El Niño...
December-February precipitation in southern Africa during recent El Nino events is studied by distinguishing circulation and precipitation responses during strong and moderate-...- publication PDF
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An analog technique to improve storm wind speed prediction using a dual NWP...
This study presents a new implementation of the analog ensemble method (AnEn) to improve the prediction of wind speed for 146 storms that have impacted the northeast United...- publication PDF
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Solar prominences: Theory and models
Magnetic fields suspend the relatively cool material of solar prominences in an otherwise hot corona. A comprehensive understanding of solar prominences ultimately requires...- publication PDF
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Sensing integrated water vapor along GPS ray paths
We demonstrate sensing of integrated slant-path water vapor (SWV) along ray paths between Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and receivers. We use double differencing to...- publication PDF
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Lithium abundance and rotation of seismic solar analogues
Context. Lithium abundance A(Li) and surface rotation are good diagnostic tools to probe the internal mixing and angular momentum transfer in stars.- publication PDF
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Accurate characterization of winter precipitation using multi-angle...
This article proposes and presents a novel approach to the characterization of winter precipitation and modeling of radar observables through a synergistic use of advanced...- publication PDF
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Parameter estimation for computationally intensive nonlinear regression with...
Nonlinear regression is a useful statistical tool, relating observed data and a nonlinear function of unknown parameters. When the parameter-dependent nonlinear function is...- publication PDF
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Precipitation trends determine future occurrences of compound hot-dry events
Compound hot–dry events—co-occurring hot and dry extremes—frequently cause damages to human and natural systems, often exceeding separate impacts from heatwaves and droughts....- publication PDF
