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Rain in shallow cumulus over the ocean: The RICO campaign
Shallow, maritime cumuli are ubiquitous over much of the tropical oceans, and characterizing their properties is important to understanding weather and climate. The Rain in...- publication PDF
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The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district...
Objective: To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana. Methods: A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted...- publication PDF
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Introduction to the deep convective clouds and chemistry (DC3) 2012 studies
The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) project aimed to determine the impact of deep, midlatitude continental convective clouds on tropospheric composition and...- publication PDF
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Wintertime formaldehyde: Airborne observations and source apportionment over...
Formaldehyde (HCHO) is generated from direct urban emission sources and secondary production from the photochemical reactions of urban smog. HCHO is linked to tropospheric ozone...- publication PDF
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Balanced and coherent climate estimation by combining data with a biased...
Given a biased coupled model and the atmospheric and oceanic observing system, maintaining a balanced and coherent climate estimation is of critical importance for producing...- publication PDF
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The frequency, intensity, and diurnal cycle of precipitation in surface and...
Global precipitation data sets with high spatial and temporal resolution are needed for many applications, but they were unavailable before the recent creation of several such...- publication PDF
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Influence of convection on stratospheric water vapor in the North American...
We quantify the connection between deep convective occurrence and summertime 100 hPa water vapor anomaly over the North American (NA) region and find substantial consistency...- publication PDF
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Measurements of heavy convective rainfall in the presence of hail in...
The utility of X-band polarimetric radar to provide rainfall estimations with high spatial and temporal resolution in heavy convective precipitation in the presence of hail is...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability to...
The inclusion of parameterized Nordic Sea overflows in the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) results in a much improved representation of...- publication PDF
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Tropical stratospheric circulation and ozone coupled to pacific...
Observational and modeling evidence suggest a recent acceleration of the stratospheric Brewer-Dobson circulation (BDC), driven by climate change and stratospheric ozone...- publication PDF
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On the dynamics of the East African Jet. I. Simulation of mean conditions for July
The East African jet, also popularly called the Somali jet, is viewed as a western boundary current of the East African highlands. Inertial and Coriolis forces. bottom friction...- publication PDF
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Intercomparison of oxygenated volatile organic compound measurements at the...
This paper presents results from the first large-scale in situ intercomparison of oxygenated volatile organic compound (OVOC) measurements. The intercomparison was conducted...- publication PDF
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Modeling the influence of hypsometry, vegetation, and storm energy on...
Point observations and previous basin modeling efforts have suggested that snowmelt may be a significant input of water for runoff during extreme rain-on-snow floods within...- publication PDF
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Accelerating atmospheric gravity wave simulations using machine learning:...
Gravity waves (GWs) and their associated multi-scale dynamics are known to play fundamental roles in energy and momentum transport and deposition processes throughout the...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale Model Evaluation Testbed (MMET): A Resource for Transitioning NWP...
A wide range of numerical weather prediction (NWP) innovations are under development in the research community that have the potential to positively impact operational models....- publication PDF
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Turbulence vertical structure of the boundary layer during the afternoon transition
We investigate the decay of planetary boundary layer (PBL) turbulence in the afternoon, from the time the surface buoyancy flux starts to decrease until sunset. Dense...- publication PDF
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A new transport mechanism of biomass burning from Indochina as identified by...
Biomass burning in the Indochina Peninsula (Indochina) is one of the important ozone sources in the low troposphere over East Asia in springtime. Moderate Resolution Imaging...- publication PDF
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Data assimilation for the Model for Prediction Across Scales - Atmosphere...
An ensemble of 3D ensemble-variational (En-3DEnVar) data assimilations is demonstrated with the Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI) with the Model for...- publication PDF
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The quasi 2Â day wave response in TIME-GCM nudged with NOGAPS-ALPHA
The quasi 2 day wave (QTDW) is a traveling planetary wave that can be enhanced rapidly to large amplitudes in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region during the...- publication PDF
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Thermospheric damping response to sheath-enhanced geospace storms
We show evidence that solar wind density enhancements and pressure pulses can lead to intense low-energy particle precipitation and an associated, but unexpected, damping of...- publication PDF
