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Anthropogenic aerosols dominate forced multidecadal Sahel precipitation...
Sahel precipitation has undergone substantial multidecadal time scale changes during the twentieth century that have had severe impacts on the region's population. Using...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric changes caused by galactic cosmic rays over the period 1960-2010
The Specified Dynamics version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (SD-WACCM) and the Goddard Space Flight Center two-dimensional (GSFC 2-D) models are used to...- publication PDF
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Sources of subseasonal predictability over CONUS during boreal summer
The predictability of the Unified Forecast System (UFS) Coupled Model Prototype 2 developed by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction is assessed for the boreal...- publication PDF
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Torsional Alfvén wave embedded ICME magnetic cloud and corresponding...
Energy transfer during the interaction of large-scale solar wind structure and the Earth's magnetosphere is a chronic issue in space-weather studies. To understand this,...- publication PDF
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Convective-scale data assimilation for the weather research and forecasting...
Particle filters (PFs) are Monte Carlo data assimilation techniques that operate with no parametric assumptions for prior and posterior errors. A data assimilation method...- publication PDF
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The warm-core structure of Hurricane Earl (2010)
The warm-core structure of Hurricane Earl (2010) is examined on four different days, spanning periods of both rapid intensification (RI) and weakening, using high-altitude...- publication PDF
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Improving regional climate simulations based on a hybrid data assimilation...
The energy and water vapor exchange between the land surface and atmospheric boundary layer plays a critical role in regional climate simulations. This paper implemented a...- publication PDF
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The influence of an eddy in the success rates and distributions of passively...
The Lagrangian characteristics of the surface flow field arising when an idealized, anticyclonic, mesoscale, isolated deep-ocean eddy collides with continental slope and shelf...- publication PDF
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Observed link of extreme hourly precipitation changes to urbanization over...
Understanding changes in subdaily rainfall extremes is critical to urban planners for building more sustainable and resilient cities. In this study, the hourly precipitation...- publication PDF
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Global Hawk dropsonde observations of the Arctic atmosphere obtained during...
In February and March of 2011, the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was deployed over the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Leading efforts to improve global quantitative precipitation estimation
Global quantitative precipitation estimates (QPEs) at higher spatial and temporal resolutions are critical for the development of applications that address a variety of...- publication PDF
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P-CSI v1.0, an accelerated barotropic solver for the high-resolution ocean...
In the Community Earth System Model (CESM), the ocean model is computationally expensive for high-resolution grids and is often the least scalable component for high-resolution...- publication PDF
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Towards assessing NARCCAP regional climate model credibility for the North...
The authors examine 17 dynamically downscaled simulations produced as part of the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) for their skill in...- publication PDF
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The next generation airborne polarimetric Doppler weather radar
Results from airborne field deployments emphasized the need to obtain concurrently high temporal and spatial resolution measurements of 3-D winds and microphysics. A phased...- publication PDF
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Case Studies on Convective Storms / Case Study 9, 13 June 1974: Mature Storm...
An unusually isolated storm that had had a relatively constant intensity for at least an hour travelled into the NHRE observing network on June 13, 1974, and dissipated therein....- publication PDF
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Seasonal predictions of summer compound humid heat extremes in the...
Humid heat extreme (HHE) is a type of compound extreme weather event that poses severe risks to human health. Skillful forecasts of HHE months in advance are crucial for...- publication PDF
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Benchmarking of a physically based hydrologic model
The concepts of model benchmarking, model agility, and large-sample hydrology are becoming more prevalent in hydrologic and land surface modeling. As modeling systems become...- publication PDF
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On calculating deposition coefficients and aspect-ratio evolution in...
Models of ice crystal vapor growth require estimates of the deposition coefficient alpha when surface attachment kinetics limit growth and when ice crystal shape is predicted....- publication PDF
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The CMIP6 Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP): Understanding sea...
A better understanding of the role of sea ice for the changing climate of our planet is the central aim of the diagnostic Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6...- publication PDF
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Reduced El Niño variability in the mid-Pliocene according to the PlioMIP2 ensemble
The mid-Pliocene warm period (3.264-3.025 Ma) is the most recent geological period during which atmospheric CO2 levels were similar to recent historical values (similar to 400...- publication PDF