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Solar cycle variations of thermospheric composition at the solstices
We examine the solar cycle variability of thermospheric composition (O/N2) at the solstices. Our observational and modeling studies show that the summer-to-winter latitudinal...- publication PDF
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Interannual surface salinity on Northwest Atlantic shelf
Sea surface salinity (SSS) from the Aquarius and SMOS satellite missions displays a steady increase of approximate to 1 psu over the entire northwestern Atlantic shelf south of...- publication PDF
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A diagnosis of anisotropic eddy diffusion from a high‐resolution global ocean model
Oceanic mesoscale eddies are known to diffuse and stir tracers, and the development of skillful eddy closures is aided considerably by the accurate diagnosis of these processes...- publication PDF
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Building the Sun4Cast System: Improvements in solar power forecasting
As integration of solar power into the national electric grid rapidly increases, it becomes imperative to improve forecasting of this highly variable renewable resource. Thus, a...- publication PDF
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Surface in situ datasets for marine climatological applications
Climatological products are required for monitoring and studying global climate change and accurately identifying secular trends over the past two centuries. These products...- publication PDF
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Simulating the biogeochemical and biogeophysical impacts of transient land...
To assess the climate impacts of historical and projected land cover change in the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4), new time series of transient Community Land...- publication PDF
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Single frequency processing of Ørsted GPS radio occultation measurements
The Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation measurements obtained using the TurboRogue GPS receiver on the Danish satellite Ørsted have been processed using the single...- publication PDF
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Dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclone rapid intensification in...
Hurricane Patricia (2015) over the eastern Pacific was a record-breaking tropical cyclone (TC) under a very favorable environment during its rapid intensification (RI) period,...- publication PDF
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Algorithm for the charge-coupled-device scanning actinic flux...
Stratospheric ozone column data was acquired during four recent aircraft-based validation missions for the Aura satellite flown in years 2004-2006. The data was retrieved by the...- publication PDF
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Moisture and moist static energy budgets of South Asian monsoon low pressure...
The mechanisms that lead to the propagation of anomalous moisture and moist static energy (MSE) in monsoon low and high pressure systems, collectively referred to as synoptic-...- publication PDF
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Favorable circulation patterns and moisture sources for wintertime extreme...
The Balkhash-Junggar (B-J) region is a typical dryland region with strong sensitivity to climate change. The snowstorms of the year 2009 caused financial damage worth of 2,516...- publication PDF
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The use of similarity concepts to represent subgrid variability in land...
This paper develops a multivariate mosaic subgrid approach to represent subgrid variability in land surface models (LSMs). The k-means clustering is used to take an arbitrary...- publication PDF
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Climate change projections of the North American Regional Climate Change...
We investigate major results of the NARCCAP multiple regional climate model (RCM) experiments driven by multiple global climate models (GCMs) regarding climate change for...- publication PDF
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Future abrupt reductions in the summer Arctic sea ice
We examine the trajectory of Arctic summer sea ice in seven projections from the Community Climate System Model and find that abrupt reductions are a common feature of these...- publication PDF
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The climate response to stratospheric aerosol geoengineering can be tailored...
By injecting different amounts of SO2 at multiple different latitudes, the spatial pattern of aerosol optical depth (AOD) can be partially controlled. This leads to the ability...- publication PDF
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Modeling and interpretation of S-band ice crystal depolarization signatures...
Data collected by the National Center for Atmospheric Research S-band polarimetric radar (S-Pol) during the Terrain-Influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (TiMREX) in Taiwan are...- publication PDF
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Measurement of HO₂NO₂ in the free troposphere during the Intercontinental...
The first direct in situ measurements of HO₂NO₂ in the upper troposphere were performed from the NASA DC-8 during the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-North...- publication PDF
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The emergence of open-source software for the weather radar community
Weather radar analysis has become increasingly sophisticated over the past 50 years, and efforts to keep software up to date have generally lagged behind the needs of the users....- publication PDF
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Offshore propagation of coastal precipitation
This work focuses on the seaward propagation of coastal precipitation with and without mountainous terrain nearby. Offshore of India, diurnal propagation of precipitation is...- publication PDF
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Robust land-ocean contrasts in energy and water cycle feedbacks
Building on recent observational evidence showing disproportionate increases in temperature and aridity over land in a warming climate, this study examines simulated land-ocean...- publication PDF
