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Understanding the role of the ground surface in HONO vertical structure:...
A negative-ion proton-transfer chemical ionization mass spectrometer was deployed on a mobile tower-mounted platform during Nitrogen, Aerosol Composition, and Halogens on a Tall...- publication PDF
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Decadal prediction in the Pacific region
A "perfect model" configuration with a global coupled climate model 30-member ensemble is used to address decadal prediction of Pacific SSTs. All model data are low-pass...- publication PDF
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Seasonal variation of the Hough modes of the diurnal component of ozone...
The global distribution of atmospheric ozone from August 2004 to December 2008 observed by Aura Microwave Limb Sounder is used to calculate the daily ozone heating rate....- publication PDF
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Global water vapor trend from 1988 to 2011 and its diurnal asymmetry based...
This study analyzes trends in precipitable water (PW) over land and ocean from 1988 to 2011, the PW-surface temperature Ts relationship, and their diurnal asymmetry using...- publication PDF
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Non-stationary extreme value analysis in a changing climate
This paper introduces a framework for estimating stationary and non-stationary return levels, return periods, and risks of climatic extremes using Bayesian inference. This...- publication PDF
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Defining robustness, vulnerabilities, and consequential scenarios for...
The Upper Basin of the Colorado River in the southwestern United States supports municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational activities worth an estimated $300...- publication PDF
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Thicker clouds and accelerated Arctic sea ice decline: The atmosphere-sea...
Observations show that increased Arctic cloud cover in the spring is linked with sea ice decline. As the atmosphere and sea ice can influence each other, which one plays the...- publication PDF
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Sources, sinks, and propagation characteristics of the quasi 6-day wave and...
This study employs a troposphere to lower thermosphere assimilation model data set generated by the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with data assimilation provided by...- publication PDF
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An evaluation of two NEXRAD wind retrieval methodologies and their use in...
Two entirely different methods for retrieving 3D fields of horizontal winds from Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) radial velocities have been evaluated using radar wind...- publication PDF
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Evolution of ice crystal regions on the microscale based on in situ...
Microphysical properties of cirrus clouds largely influence their atmospheric radiative forcing. However, uncertainties remain in simulating/parameterizing the evolution of ice...- publication PDF
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Design and results of the ice sheet model initialisation experiments...
Earlier large-scale Greenland ice sheet sea-level projections (e.g. those run during the ice2sea and SeaRISE initiatives) have shown that ice sheet initial conditions have a...- publication PDF
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A new paradigm of quantifying ecosystem stress through chemical signatures
Stress-induced emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from terrestrial ecosystems may be one of the dominant sources of VOC emissions worldwide. Understanding...- publication PDF
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The dimensional characteristics of ice crystal aggregates from fractal geometry
This paper describes the development of a new multicomponent detailed bin ice microphysics scheme that predicts the number concentration of ice as well as the rime mass mixing...- publication PDF
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Identifying potential markers of the Sun's giant convective scale
Line-of-sight magnetograms from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) are analyzed using a diagnostic known as the magnetic range of...- publication PDF
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An update of Brazilian household-level income and consumption patterns as an...
The integrated Population-Economy-Technology-Science (iPETS) model is a global integrated assessment model developed and used by NCAR's Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM)...- publication PDF
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Numerical simulations of sheared conditionally unstable flows over a mountain ridge
In two recent papers, the authors performed numerical simulations with a three-dimensional, explicitly cloud-resolving model for a uniform wind flowing past a bell-shaped ridge...- 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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Climate change from 1850 to 2005 simulated in CESM1(WACCM)
The NCAR Community Earth System Model (CESM) now includes an atmospheric component that extends in altitude to the lower thermosphere. This atmospheric model, known as the Whole...- publication PDF
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Evaluations of BDA scheme using the Advanced Research WRF (ARW) model
A tropical cyclone bogus data assimilation (BDA) scheme is built in the Weather Research and Forecasting three-dimensional variational data assimilation system (WRF 3D-VAR)....- publication PDF
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Reversal of increasing tropical ocean hypoxia trends with sustained climate warming
Dissolved oxygen (O-2) is essential for the survival of marine animals. Climate change impacts on future oxygen distributions could modify species biogeography, trophic...- publication PDF