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Comparison of observed 10-m wind speeds to those based on Monin-Obukhov...
Comparisons of 10-m above ground level (AGL) wind speeds from numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to point observations consistently show that model daytime wind speeds...- publication PDF
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The mid-Piacenzian of the North Atlantic Ocean
The Piacenzian Age (Pliocene) represents a past climate interval within which frequency and magnitude of environmental changes during a period of past global warmth can be...- publication PDF
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Challenges in constraining anthropogenic aerosol effects on cloud radiative...
A large number of processes are involved in the chain from emissions of aerosol precursor gases and primary particles to impacts on cloud radiative forcing. Those processes are...- publication PDF
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Priorities, opportunities, and challenges for integrating microorganisms...
Climate change jeopardizes human health, global biodiversity, and sustainability of the biosphere. To make reliable predictions about climate change, scientists use Earth system...- publication PDF
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Amplified upward trend of the joint occurrences of heat and ozone extremes...
Climate change and air pollution are two intimately interlinked global concerns. The frequency, intensity, and duration of heat waves are projected to increase globally under...- publication PDF
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Update of upper level turbulence forecast by reducing unphysical components...
On 2 November 2015, unrealistically large areas of light-or-stronger turbulence were predicted by the WRF-RAP (Weather Research and Forecast Rapid Refresh)-based operational...- publication PDF
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Contribution of extreme convective storms to rainfall in South America
The contribution of extreme convective storms to rainfall in South America is investigated using 15 years of high-resolution data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission...- publication PDF
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Preterm and early-term delivery after heat waves in 50 US metropolitan areas
Importance: Heat waves are increasing in frequency, intensity, and duration and may be acutely associated with pregnancy outcomes. Objective: To examine changes in daily rates...- publication PDF
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High-precision COâ isotopologue spectrometer with a...
A precision laser spectrometer for the detection of COâ isotopes is reported. The spectrometer measures the fundamental absorption signatures of ¹³C and ¹²C isotopes in...- publication PDF
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Shear-parallel mesoscale convective systems in a moist low-inhibition Mei-Yu...
Numerical simulations are performed to investigate organized convection observed in the Asian summer monsoon and documented as a category of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs)...- publication PDF
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A ranking of hydrological signatures based on their predictability in space
Hydrological signatures are now used for a wide range of purposes, including catchment classification, process exploration, and hydrological model calibration. The recent boost...- publication PDF
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Investigation of double tropopause spatial and temporal global variability...
This study examines the seasonal variation of the double tropopause (DT) using data from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder. The combination of high data density and high...- publication PDF
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Model for acid-base chemistry in nanoparticle growth (MABNAG)
Climatic effects of newly-formed atmospheric secondary aerosol particles are to a large extent determined by their condensational growth rates. However, all the vapours...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of SMAP/Sentinel 1 high-resolution soil moisture data to detect...
Irrigation is not well represented in land surface, hydrological, and climate models. One way to account for irrigation is by assimilating satellite soil moisture data that...- publication PDF
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Hemispheric asymmetry of the vertical ion drifts at dawn observed by DMSP
Based on the measurements from Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F12, F13, and F15 satellites in 1995-2014, we report significant hemispheric asymmetries in...- publication PDF
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Numerical simulation of radial cloud bands within the upper-level outflow of...
Turbulence affecting aircraft is frequently reported within bands of cirrus anvil cloud extending radially outward from upstream deep convection in mesoscale convective systems...- publication PDF
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Climate system response to external forcings and climate change projections in CCSM4
Results are presented from experiments performed with the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5). These...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric control of magnetotail reconnection
Observed distributions of high-speed plasma flows at distances of 10 to 30 Earth radii (RE) in Earth's magnetotail neutral sheet are highly skewed toward the premidnight sector....- publication PDF
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A construction of pseudo salinity profiles for the global ocean: Method and...
This study demonstrates a reconstruction of salinity profiles for the global ocean for the period 1993 - 2008. All available temperature-salinity (T-S) profiles from the Global...- publication PDF
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Improved prediction of severe thunderstorms over the Indian Monsoon region...
The hypothesis that realistic land conditions such as soil moisture/soil temperature (SM/ST) can significantly improve the modeling of mesoscale deep convection is tested over...- publication PDF
