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Predictability error growth of turbulent flows
Recently, alternative viewpoints were suggested that is in contrast to the conventional picture of predictability error growth in the spectral domain. We survey key historical...- publication PDF
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On the relationship of polar mesospheric cloud ice water content, particle...
The distribution of ice layers in the polar summer mesosphere (called polar mesospheric clouds or PMCs) is sensitive to background atmospheric conditions and therefore affected...- publication PDF
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Toward constraining regional-scale fluxes of COâ with atmospheric...
We analyze the spatial variability of CO2 measurements from aircraft platforms, including extensive observations acquired over North America during the CO2 Budget and...- publication PDF
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Intraseasonal to interannual variability of Kelvin wave momentum fluxes as...
Observational estimates of Kelvin wave momentum fluxes in the tropical lower stratosphere remain challenging. Here we extend a method based on linear wave theory to estimate...- publication PDF
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The impact of aerosols on satellite radiance data assimilation using NCEP...
Aerosol radiative effects have been studied extensively by climate and weather research communities. However, aerosol impacts on radiance in the context of data assimilation...- publication PDF
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Volatile organic compound emissions from Larrea tridentata (creosotebush)
We present results from the CREosote ATmosphere Interactions through Volatile Emissions (CREATIVE 2009) field study in southern Arizona aimed at quantifying emission rates of...- publication PDF
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Why idealized models are more important than ever in Earth system science
Simulating the Earth system is crucial for studying Earth's climate and how it changes. Modeling approaches that simplify the Earth system while retaining key characteristics...- publication PDF
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High-power, tunable difference frequency generation source for absorption...
A novel waveguide for difference frequency generation in the mid-IR spectral region at 3.52 μm is characterized. High mid-IR power of 15 mW and an external conversion...- publication PDF
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Conservative transport schemes for spherical geodesic grids: High-order...
The finite-volume transport scheme of Miura, for icosahedral-hexagonal meshes on the sphere, is extended by using higher-order reconstructions of the transported scalar within...- publication PDF
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Community-wide validation of geospace model local K-index predictions to...
We present the latest result of a community-wide space weather model validation effort coordinated among the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC), NOAA Space Weather...- publication PDF
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HESS Opinions: The need for process-based evaluation of large-domain...
A meta-analysis on 192 peer-reviewed articles reporting on applications of the variable infiltration capacity (VIC) model in a distributed way reveals that the spatial...- publication PDF
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Implementation of aerosol data assimilation in WRFDA (v4.0.3) for WRF-Chem...
The Weather Research and Forecasting model data assimilation (WRFDA) system, initially designed for meteorological data assimilation, is extended for aerosol data assimilation...- publication PDF
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A comprehensive analysis of multiscale field-aligned currents:...
We explore the characteristics, controlling parameters, and relationships of multiscale field-aligned currents (FACs) using a rigorous, comprehensive, and cross-platform...- publication PDF
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Late-twentieth-century simulation of Arctic sea ice and ocean properties in the CCSM4
To establish how well the new Community Climate System model version 4 (CCSM4) simulates the properties of the Arctic sea ice and ocean, we here compare results from six CCSM4...- publication PDF
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Transport from convective overshooting of the extratropical tropopause and...
Simulations of observed convective systems with the Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting (ARW-WRF) model are used to test the influence of the large-scale lower...- publication PDF
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Influence of initial conditions and climate forcing on predicting Arctic sea ice
The recent sharp decline in Arctic sea ice has triggered an increase in the interest of Arctic sea ice predictability, not least driven by the potential of significant human...- publication PDF
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Infiltration from the Pedon to global grid scales: An overview and outlook...
Infiltration in soils is a key process that partitions precipitation at the land surface into surface runoff and water that enters the soil profile. We reviewed the basic...- publication PDF
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Comparing the effect of anthropogenically amplified halogen natural...
Reactive halogens (X + XO, X = I, Br or Cl) catalytically destroy a fraction of tropospheric ozone under present-day (PD) conditions, however, their distribution and potential...- publication PDF
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High-resolution calculations of the solar global convection with the reduced...
We carry out non-rotating high-resolution calculations of the solar global convection, which resolve convective scales of less than 10 Mm. To cope with the low Mach number...- publication PDF
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Ash particles detected in the tropical lower stratosphere
We report here on measurements of relatively large (up to â5-μm maximum dimension) particles detected in the tropical western Pacific lower stratosphere. The particles were...- publication PDF
