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On the detection of icing conditions at altitude in conjunction with...
Balloon-borne radiosondes are launched twice daily at coordinated times worldwide to assist with weather forecasting. Data collection from each flight is usually terminated when...- publication PDF
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Cloud impacts on photochemistry: building a climatology of photolysis rates...
Measurements from actinic flux spectroradiometers on board the NASA DC-8 during the Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission provide an extensive set of statistics on how clouds...- publication PDF
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The Total Carbon Column Observing Network's GGG2020 data version
The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) measures column-average mole fractions of several greenhouse gases (GHGs), beginning in 2004, from over 30 current or past...- publication PDF
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Seasonal variations of medium-scale waves observed by ICON-MIGHTI
This work presents an analysis of seasonal variations of medium-scale perturbations (similar to 500 to similar to 5,700 km) spanning altitudes from 90 to 250 km using...- publication PDF
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Overview and update of the SPARC Data Initiative: Comparison of...
The Stratosphere-troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) Data Initiative (SPARC, 2017) performed the first comprehensive assessment of currently available...- publication PDF
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S-Pol's polarimetric data reveal detailed storm features (and insect behavior)
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) operates a state-of-the-art S-band dual-polarization Doppler radar (S-Pol) for the National Science Foundation (NSF). This...- publication PDF
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Spatiotemporal controls on observed daytime ozone deposition velocity over...
Spatiotemporal variability in ozone dry deposition is often overlooked despite its implications for interpreting and modeling tropospheric ozone concentrations accurately....- publication PDF
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A TRMM/GPM retrieval of the total mean generator current for the global...
A specialized satellite version of the passive microwave electric field retrieval algorithm (Peterson et al., 2015) is applied to observations from the Tropical Rainfall...- publication PDF
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Recent tree die-off has little effect on streamflow in contrast to expected...
Recent bark beetle epidemics have caused regional-scale tree mortality in many snowmelt-dominated headwater catchments of western North America. Initial expectations of...- publication PDF
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Roles of forests in moderating the diurnal cycle of land-atmosphere interactions
Forests moderate the microclimate through evapotranspiration and biomass heat flux. However, understanding the contributions of dense forests remains challenging due to...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric sulfate aerosols impacts on West African monsoon precipitation...
Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering (SAG) is proposed to offset global warming; however, the use of this approach can an impact on the hydrological cycle. We used simulations...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of orographic cloud seeding using a bin microphysics scheme:...
A new version of a bin microphysical scheme implemented into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model was used to study the effect of glaciogenic seeding on...- publication PDF
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Climatology of mesosphere and lower thermosphere diurnal tides over...
This work shows a 3-year climatology of the horizontal components of the solar diurnal tide, obtained from wind measurements made by a multistatic specular meteor radar (SIMONe)...- publication PDF
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Quantification of organic aerosol and brown carbon evolution in fresh wildfire plumes
The evolution of organic aerosol (OA) and brown carbon (BrC) in wildfire plumes, including the relative contributions of primary versus secondary sources, has been uncertain in...- publication PDF
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Inevitable consequences of ion-neutral damping of intermediate MHD waves in...
In the context of the solar atmosphere, we re-examine the role of neutral and ionized species in dissipating the ordered energy of intermediate-mode MHD waves into heat. We...- publication PDF
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The extraordinary March 2022 east Antarctica "Heat" wave. part II: impacts...
Between 15 and 19 March 2022, East Antarctica experienced an exceptional heat wave with widespread 30 degrees-40 degrees C temperature anomalies across the ice sheet. In Part I,...- publication PDF
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Tongan volcanic eruption induced global-scale thermospheric changes observed...
The 2022 Tongan volcanic eruption released significant energy into the atmosphere. Tropospheric satellite images show that the eruption generated pressure waves that traveled...- publication PDF
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Sudden reduction of Antarctic sea ice despite cooling after nuclear war
A large-scale nuclear war could inject massive amounts of soot into the stratosphere, triggering rapid global climate change. In climate model simulations of nuclear war, global...- publication PDF
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C-band dual-doppler retrievals in complex terrain: Improving the knowledge...
Convective activity in Catalonia (northeastern Spain) mainly occurs during summer and autumn, with severe weather occurring 33 days per year on average. In some cases, the...- publication PDF
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Characterization of intra-continental smoke transport and impact on New York...
Smoke aerosols emitted by wildfires can ascend to the free troposphere, travel over long distances and descend to affect local air quality (AQ) in downwind areas. This study...- publication PDF