-
A comparison between Analog Ensemble and convolutional Neural Network...
Empirical-statistical downscaling (ESD) can be a computationally advantageous alternative to dynamical downscaling in representing a high-resolution regional climate. Two...- publication PDF
-
Photochemistry on the bottom side of the mesospheric Na layer
Lidar observations of the mesospheric Na layer have revealed considerable diurnal variations, particularly on the bottom side of the layer, where more than an order-of-magnitude...- publication PDF
-
Lifecycle of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (LACs), including black carbon and light-absorbing organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC), have an important role in the Earth system via...- publication PDF
-
Dynamics of cloud-top generating cells in winter cyclones. Part II:...
Recent field observations suggest that cloud-top precipitation generating cells (GCs) are ubiquitous in the warm-frontal and comma-head regions of midlatitude winter cyclones....- publication PDF
-
Effects of complex terrain on the shortwave radiative balance: A...
Parameterizing incident solar radiation over complex topography regions in Earth system models (ESMs) remains a challenging task. In ESMs, downward solar radiative fluxes at the...- publication PDF
-
The "year" of tropical convection (May 2008-April 2010): Climate variability...
The representation of tropical convection remains a serious challenge to the skillfulness of our weather and climate prediction systems. To address this challenge, the World...- publication PDF
-
The role of vertical shear on aviation turbulence within cirrus bands of a...
At 0300 UTC 9 September 2010, commercial aircraft traveling between Tokyo and Hawaii encountered regions of moderate and severe intensity turbulence at about 12-km elevation in...- publication PDF
-
Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment: P-3 aircraft operations summary
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
-
Ship-based measurements of ice nuclei concentrations over the Arctic,...
Ambient concentrations of ice-forming particles measured during ship expeditions are collected and summarised with the aim of determining the spatial distribution and...- publication PDF
-
Evidence for massive and recurrent toxic blooms of Alexandrium catenella in...
Among the organisms that spread into and flourish in Arctic waters with rising temperatures and sea ice loss are toxic algae, a group of harmful algal bloom species that produce...- publication PDF
-
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
-
Characterizing the potential for drought action from combined hydrological...
Drought is a function of both natural and human influences, but fully characterizing the interactions between human and natural influences on drought remains challenging. To...- publication PDF
-
Alignment of high‐latitude ionospheric and thermospheric Lagrangian coherent...
The storm-time ionospheric-thermospheric (IT) state is of great interest, since the IT dynamics change dramatically as energy is input and dissipated in the upper atmosphere....- publication PDF
-
Integration of process-based soil respiration models with whole-ecosystem...
We integrated soil models with an established ecosystem process model (SIPNET, simplified photosynthesis and evapotranspiration model) to investigate the influence of soil...- publication PDF
-
Air quality in the Northern Colorado Front Range Metro Area: The Front Range...
We describe the resources used, the deployment strategy, and the outcomes of the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Éxperiment (FRAPPÉ) experiment, which took place in...- publication PDF
-
Variability and trends in the global tropopause estimated from radiosonde data
This study examines global tropopause variability on synoptic, monthly, seasonal, and multidecadal timescales using 1980-2004 radiosonde data. On synoptic and monthly...- publication PDF
-
Characterization of the long-term radiosonde temperature biases in the upper...
Radiosonde observations (RAOBs) have provided the only long-term global in situ temperature measurements in the troposphere and lower stratosphere since 1958. In this study, we...- publication PDF
-
Properties of individual contrails: A compilation of observations and some...
Mean properties of individual contrails are characterized for a wide range of jet aircraft as a function of age during their life cycle from seconds to 11.5 h (7.4-18.7 km...- publication PDF
-
Formation of organic aerosol in the Paris region during the MEGAPOLI summer...
Simulations with the chemistry transport model CHIMERE are compared to measurements performed during the MEGAPOLI (Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric...- publication PDF
-
Evaluating mesoscale NWP models using kinetic energy spectra
Kinetic energy spectra derived from observations in the free atmosphere possess a wavenumber dependence of k^-3 for large scales, characteristic of 2D turbulence, and transition...- publication PDF