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Chasing snowstorms: The investigation of microphysics and precipitation for...
The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) is a NASA-sponsored field campaign to study wintertime snowstorms...- publication PDF
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Impact of increased vertical resolution in WACCM on the climatology of major...
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are a major mode of variability of the winter stratosphere. In recent years, climate models have improved their ability to simulate SSWs....- publication PDF
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Meteorological factors contributing to the interannual variability of...
We use daily maximum 8 h average surface O₃concentrations (MDA8) for July 1995-2013, meteorological variables from the National Center for Environmental Prediction/National...- publication PDF
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The effects of topography and urban agglomeration on the sea breeze...
Sea breezes are one of the most important weather processes affecting the environmental and climatic features over coastal areas, and the sea breeze from the Pearl River Estuary...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of mesoscale modeling of smoke direct radiative effect to the...
An ensemble approach is used to examine the sensitivity of smoke loading and smoke direct radiative effect in the atmosphere to uncertainties in smoke emission estimates. Seven...- publication PDF
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Changes in the width of the tropical belt due to simple radiative forcing...
Model simulations of future climates predict a poleward expansion of subtropical arid climates at the edges of Earth's tropical belt, which would have significant environmental...- publication PDF
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Response of GOLD retrieved thermospheric temperatures to geomagnetic...
Global-scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) disk measurements of far ultraviolet molecular nitrogen band emissions are used to retrieve temperatures (Tdisk), which are...- publication PDF
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Magnetic field geometry and composition variation in slow solar winds: The...
We present an examination of the first ionization potential (FIP) fractionation scenario, invoking the ponderomotive force in the chromosphere and its implications for the...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of hurricane forecasts to cumulus parameterizations in the HWRF model
The Developmental Testbed Center used the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) system to test the sensitivity of tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts to...- publication PDF
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Validation of ECMWF and NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data in Antarctica
The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA-40) and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction-National Center for Atmospheric Research...- publication PDF
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Recent and near-term future changes in impacts-relevant seasonal...
Change over recent decades in the world's five Mediterranean Climate Regions (MCRs) of quantities of relevance to water resources, ecosystems and fire are examined for all...- publication PDF
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Volcanic forcing of climate over the past 1500 years: An improved ice...
Understanding natural causes of climate change is vital to evaluate the relative impacts of human pollution and land surface modification on climate. We have investigated one of...- publication PDF
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Data Sets for Meteorological Research
The primary emphasis for this report is given to describing the data sets that are available for meteorological research. Conventional instrumental data and satellite data are...- publication PDF
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Lower-thermosphere-ionosphere (LTI) quantities: Current status of measuring...
The lower-thermosphere-ionosphere (LTI) system consists of the upper atmosphere and the lower part of the ionosphere and as such comprises a complex system coupled to both the...- publication PDF
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Effects of injected ice particles in the lower stratosphere on the Antarctic...
The Antarctic ozone hole will continue to be observed in the next 35–50 years, although the emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have gradually been phased out during the...- publication PDF
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A coherence-based approach for tracking waves in the solar corona
We consider the problem of automatically (and robustly) isolating and extracting information about waves and oscillations observed in EUV image sequences of the solar corona...- publication PDF
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Roles of meridional overturning in subpolar Southern Ocean SST trends:...
One of the most puzzling observed features of recent climate has been a multidecadal surface cooling trend over the subpolar Southern Ocean (SO). In this study we use large...- publication PDF
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Pan-Antarctic analysis aggregating spatial estimates of Adélie penguin...
Colonially-breeding seabirds have long served as indicator species for the health of the oceans on which they depend. Abundance and breeding data are repeatedly collected at...- publication PDF
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Hillslope hydrology influences the spatial and temporal patterns of remotely...
Prediction of ecosystem responses to a changing climate is challenging at the landscape to regional scale, in part because topography creates various habitats and influences...- publication PDF
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Impact of turbulent mixing on isoprene chemistry
Isoprene, a volatile organic compound that is mainly emitted from trees, rapidly reacts with hydroxyl radical (OH) during daytime and subsequently forms ozone and aerosols in...- publication PDF