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Design of the Stonehenge Launch System
This report provides the engineering data required for the construction and use of the Stonehenge Launch System. Because scientific ballooning payloads have become heavier, more...- publication PDF
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Ground-based observations for the upper atmosphere at Jang Bogo Station,...
The second Korean Antarctic station, Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Terra Nova Bay (74°37.4'S, 164°13.7'E), is operational since March 2014. A Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) and...- publication PDF
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The Lake-Induced Convection Experiment and the Snowband Dynamics Project
A severe 5-day lake-effect storm resulted in eight deaths, hundreds of injuries, and over $3 million in damage to a small area of northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the emission inventory for large point emission sources in...
One of the major issues in determining a region's air quality is the uncertainty of large point sources (LPSs) emissions, which significantly affect the local-regional air...- publication PDF
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Development and evaluation of a mosaic approach in the WRF-Noah framework
The current Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Noah modeling framework considers only the dominant land cover type within each grid cell, which here is referred to as the...- publication PDF
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Attribution of North American subseasonal precipitation prediction skill
The skill of NOAA's official monthly U.S. precipitation forecasts (issued in the middle of the prior month) has historically been low, having shown modest skill over the...- publication PDF
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A drop size distribution (DSD)-based model for evaluating the performance of...
A novel analytical method is presented for evaluating the electrical performance of a radome for a dual-polarized phased-array antenna under rain conditions. Attenuation,...- publication PDF
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Evolution of precipitation structure during the November DYNAMO MJO event:...
Evolution of precipitation structures are simulated and compared with radar observations for the November Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) event during the DYNAmics of the MJO...- publication PDF
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Improving quantitative precipitation forecasts in the warm season: A USWRP...
Warm-season quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) are the poorest performance area of forecast systems worldwide. They stubbornly fall further behind while other aspects...- publication PDF
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Influence of sea-ice anomalies on Antarctic precipitation using source...
We conduct sensitivity experiments using a general circulation model that has an explicit water source tagging capability forced by prescribed composites of preindustrial sea-...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric lifetime ratio of CFC-11 and CFC-12 from satellite and model...
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) play a key role in stratospheric ozone loss and are strong infrared absorbers that contribute to global warming. The stratospheric lifetimes of CFCs...- publication PDF
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HESS Opinions: The complementary merits of competing modelling philosophies...
In hydrology, two somewhat competing philosophies form the basis of most process-based models. At one endpoint of this continuum are detailed, high-resolution descriptions of...- publication PDF
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Validation of AIRS version 6 temperature profiles and surface-based...
During the 2010 Concordiasi field experiment, 635 dropsondes were released from the lower stratosphere providing in situ atmospheric profiles from the release height (~60 hPa)...- publication PDF
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Bayesian reduced-order deep learning surrogate model for dynamic systems...
We propose a reduced-order deep-learning surrogate model for dynamic systems described by time-dependent partial differential equations. This method employs space–time...- publication PDF
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Recent decreases in the growth rate of atmospheric HCFC‐22 column derived...
HCFC‐22 is an ozone‐depleting substance with a greenhouse effect. The atmospheric mole fractions of HCFC‐22 have been increasing since the 1950s. Within the...- publication PDF
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The amplifying influence of increased ocean stratification on a future year...
In 1816, the coldest summer of the past two centuries was observed over northeastern North America and western Europe. This so-called Year Without a Summer (YWAS) has been...- publication PDF
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Quantifying structural uncertainty in paleoclimate data assimilation with an...
Paleoclimate reconstruction relies on estimates of spatiotemporal relationships among climate quantities to interpolate between proxy data. This work quantifies how structural...- publication PDF
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Enhancement of thermospheric mass density by soft electron precipitation
Enhancements in F-region electron density and temperature and bottomside Pedersen conductivity caused by soft electron precipitation are shown to enhance the Joule heating per...- publication PDF
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Fast-get-faster explains wavier upper-level jet stream under climate change
Earth’s upper-level jet streams primarily flow in the eastward direction. They often exhibit a north-south component or waviness connected to extreme weather at the...- publication PDF
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Evaluating simulations of interhemispheric transport: Interhemispheric...
Two recent studies using sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) observations to evaluate interhemispheric transport in two different ensembles of atmospheric chemistry models reached...- publication PDF