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Efficiency of solar wind energy coupling to the ionosphere
We present a statistical investigation into the variations of the ionospheric energy coupling efficiencies with the solar wind energy input, the interplanetary magnetic field...- publication PDF
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GNSS radio occultation data in the AWS cloud
Radio occultation (RO) by the Earth's atmosphere of the transmitted signals of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems' satellites has improved numerical weather prediction, has...- publication PDF
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The importance of the geophysical context in statistical evaluations of...
A portion of the debate about climate reconstructions of the past millennium, and in particular about the well-known Mann-Bradley-Hughes ("MBH" 1998, 1999) reconstructions, has...- publication PDF
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GOLD observations of thermospheric neutral temperature variability during...
The 14 October 2023 annular solar eclipse was visible from the US Pacific coast to Brazil's east coast. NASA's Global‐scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission...- publication PDF
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Improved Mapping of Tropospheric Delays
The authors compare several methods to map the a priori tropospheric delay of global positioning system (GPS) signals from the zenith direction to lower elevations. This is...- publication PDF
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Summertime dust storms over the Arabian Peninsula and impacts on radiation,...
This study investigates the underlying atmospheric dynamics associated with intense dust storms in summer 2018 over the Arabian Peninsula (AP); a major dust source at global...- publication PDF
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Quantifying wintertime boundary layer ozone production from frequent profile...
As part of the Uinta Basin Winter Ozone Study, January-February 2013, we conducted 937 tethered balloon-borne ozone vertical and temperature profiles from three sites in the...- publication PDF
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Evidence of magnetic field wrapping around penumbral filaments
We employ high-spatial resolution spectropolarimetric observations from the Solar Optical Telescope on-board the Hinode spacecraft to investigate the fine structure of the...- publication PDF
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An improved measure of ozone depletion in the Antarctic stratosphere
Ozone mass deficit is a commonly used index to quantify Antarctic ozone depletion. However, as currently defined, this measure is not robust with respect to reflecting chemical...- publication PDF
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Nonequilibrium fractionation during ice cloud formation in iCAM5: Evaluating...
Supersaturation with respect to ice determines the strength of nonequilibrium fractionation during vapor deposition onto ice or snow and therefore influences the water isotopic...- publication PDF
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Low-ozone bubbles observed in the tropical tropopause layer during the TC4...
In the summer of 2007, the NASA DC-8 aircraft took part in the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling campaign based in San Jose, Costa Rica. During this campaign,...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of forward-modeled bending angles to vertical interpolation of...
Assimilation of radio occultation (RO) observations into numerical weather prediction (NWP) models has improved forecasts, where RO is typically one of the top five...- publication PDF
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Seasonal and latitudinal differences of the saturation effect between...
The seasonal and latitudinal differences of the correlations between daytime ionospheric F 2 peak electron density (N m F 2) and solar activity indices in the east...- publication PDF
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Observed 20th century desert dust variability: Impact on climate and biogeochemistry
Desert dust perturbs climate by interacting with incoming solar and outgoing long wave radiation, thereby changing precipitation and temperature, in addition to modifying ocean...- publication PDF
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Two-layer stratified flow past a valley
Observations and models of nocturnal katabatic winds indicate strong low-level stability with much weaker stability aloft. When such winds encounter an embedded depression in an...- publication PDF
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Quantifying eddy feedbacks and forcings in the tropospheric response to...
The equatorward shift of the zonal-mean midlatitude tropospheric jet following a stratospheric sudden warming in a comprehensive stratosphere-resolving model is found to be well...- publication PDF
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RECCAP2 future component: Consistency and potential for regional assessment...
Projections of future carbon sinks and stocks are important because they show how the world's ecosystems will respond to elevated CO2 and changes in climate. Moreover, they are...- publication PDF
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Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain
Cold fog forms via various thermodynamic, dynamic, and microphysical processes when the air temperature is less than 0°C. It occurs frequently during the cold season in the...- publication PDF
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Seasonal variation in the correlation between anomalies of sea level and...
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current has highly energetic mesoscale phenomena, but their impacts on phytoplankton biomass, productivity, and biogeochemical cycling are not...- publication PDF
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Dynamical effects of aerosol perturbations on simulated idealized squall lines
The dynamical effects of increased aerosol loading on the strength and structure of numerically simulated squall lines are explored. Results are explained in the context of...- publication PDF