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Implementation and Evaluation of a Unified Turbulence Parameterization...
The Noah-MP land surface model (LSM) relies on the Monin-Obukhov (M-O) Similarity Theory (MOST) to calculate land-atmosphere exchanges of water, energy, and momentum fluxes....- publication PDF
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The 2015â2016 carbon cycle as seen from OCO-2 and the global in situ network
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 has been on orbit since 2014, and its global coverage holds the potential to reveal new information about the carbon cycle through the use of...- publication PDF
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The development of a terrain-resolving scheme for the Forward Model and its...
The four-dimensional Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System (VDRAS) developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is significantly improved by implementing...- publication PDF
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Large-scale structure of subauroral polarization streams during the main...
In this study, we present multisatellite observations of the large-scale structures of subauroral polarization streams (SAPS) during the main phase of a severe geomagnetic storm...- publication PDF
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Global atmospheric OCS trend analysis from 22 NDACC stations
Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) is a non-hygroscopic trace species in the free troposphere and a large sulfur reservoir maintained by both direct oceanic, geologic, biogenic, and...- publication PDF
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Summary Report--Fellowship in Scientific Computing Summer 1972
The 1972 Summer Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing was held at the NCAR Laboratory from June 19 through the end of August. The collection of papers included in this...- publication PDF
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Thermal Analysis of Balloon-Borne Instrument Packages
Peter Fowler, of the University of Bristol, designed a modification to balloon flight equipment in an attempt to maintain temperature at an acceptable level. This report...- publication PDF
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Simulating properties of "seasonal" variability in solar activity and space...
Solar short-term, quasi-annual variability within a decadal sunspot-cycle has recently been observed to strongly correlate with major class solar flares, resulting into quasi-...- publication PDF
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The tropical forest and fire emissions experiment: Emission, chemistry, and...
Airborne and ground-based mixing ratio and flux measurements using eddy covariance (EC) and for the first time the mixed layer gradient (MLG) and mixed layer variance (MLV)...- publication PDF
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Numerical convergence of 2d solar convection in implicit large-eddy simulations
Large-eddy simulations (LES) and implicit LES (ILES) are wise and affordable alternatives to the unfeasible direct numerical simulations of turbulent flows at high Reynolds (Re)...- publication PDF
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Measurements of light-absorbing particles on the glaciers in the Cordillera...
Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been rapidly losing mass since the 1970s. In addition to the documented increase in temperature, increases in light-absorbing particles...- publication PDF
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Causes and implications of persistent atmospheric carbon dioxide biases in...
The strength of feedbacks between a changing climate and future COâ concentrations is uncertain and difficult to predict using Earth System Models (ESMs). We analyzed...- publication PDF
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Severe convective storms in limited instability organized by pattern and distribution
Severe convection occurring in high-shear, low-CAPE (HSLC) environments is a common cool-season threat in the southeastern United States. Previous studies of HSLC convection...- publication PDF
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On the physical nudging equations
In this work we show how it is possible to derive a new set of nudging equations, a tool still used in many data assimilation problems, starting from statistical physics...- publication PDF
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Coupled stochastic weather generation using spatial and generalized linear models
We introduce a stochastic weather generator for the variables of minimum temperature, maximum temperature and precipitation occurrence. Temperature variables are modeled in...- publication PDF
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Waldmeier effect in stellar cycles
One of the most robust features of the solar magnetic cycle is that the stronger cycles rise faster than the weaker ones. This is popularly known as the Waldmeier Effect, which...- publication PDF
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Parallel Implementation of the Multi-resolution Approximation for...
Gaussian processes have become a standard tool for modeling large atmospheric data sets. Traditional methods used in this context, such as kriging, are computationally...- publication PDF
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The setup of the MesoVICT project
Recent advancements in numerical weather prediction (NWP) and the enhancement of model resolution have created the need for more robust and informative verification methods. In...- publication PDF
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On the large wind shear and fast meridional transport above the mesopause
Unexpectedly strong winds/shears and fast meridional transport above the mesopause have been revealed from previous rocket and satellite observations. Using Richardson number...- publication PDF
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Diurnal evolution and structure of long-lived mesoscale convective vortices...
The structure and diurnal evolution of long-lived, eastward-propagating mesoscale convective vortices (MCVs) along typical summertime mei-yu fronts over the east China plains...- publication PDF