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Spatial coverage of monitoring networks: A climate observing system...
Observing systems consisting of a finite number of in situ monitoring stations can provide high-quality measurements with the ability to quality assure both the instruments and...- publication PDF
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Common Community Physics Package: Fostering collaborative development in...
The Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) is a state-of-the-art infrastructure designed to facilitate community-wide development of atmospheric physics parameterizations,...- publication PDF
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A comparison of spectral element and finite difference methods using...
A recently developed spectral-element adaptive refinement incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code is applied to simulate the problem of MHD island coalescence instability...- publication PDF
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Modeling extreme precipitation over East China with a global...
The non-hydrostatic atmospheric Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS-A), a global variable-resolution modeling framework, is applied at a range of resolutions from...- publication PDF
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Estimating continuous-coverage instantaneous precipitation rates using...
This study demonstrates a method of temporally and spatially scaling precipitation rates at low probability of precipitation-rate exceedance levels (e.g., 0.1%) from coarser-...- publication PDF
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Secondary circulations in rotating-flow boundary layers
Atmospheric vortices such as tornadoes, waterspouts, dust devils, hurricanes and midlatitude cyclones are influenced by the impermeable frictional boundary that is the Earth's...- publication PDF
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Overview of the Focused Isoprene eXperiment at the California Institute of...
The Focused Isoprene eXperiment at the California Institute of Technology (FIXCIT) was a collaborative atmospheric chamber campaign that occurred during January 2014. FIXCIT is...- publication PDF
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National Hail Research Experiment Data Catalog (1972-1976)
This document constitutes a portion of the final report to the National Science Foundation (NSF) on the National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE). The purpose of the material...- publication PDF
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Ice fog observed at cirrus temperatures at Dome C, Antarctic Plateau
As the near-surface atmosphere over the Antarctic Plateau is cold and pristine, its physico-chemical conditions resemble to a certain extent those of the high troposphere where...- publication PDF
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Observations of the ABL structures over a heterogeneous land surface during IHOP_2002
This study analyzes data collected by aircraft and surface flux sites over a 60-km northâsouth-oriented aircraft track for five fair-weather days during the International H2O...- publication PDF
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Thermospheric responses to the 3 and 4 November 2021 geomagnetic storm...
Leveraging observations by two NASA missions-GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk) and ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer), we investigate concurrent...- publication PDF
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EZPLOT, for Publication-quality Plots
EZPLOT was written to fulfill a need for publication-quality figures within the Climate Analysis Section of the Climate and Global Dynamics Division (CGD) at NCAR. It is built...- publication PDF
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Characterization of surface winds over the Iberian Peninsula
This work presents a characterization of the surface wind climatology over the Iberian Peninsula (IP). For this objective, an unprecedented observational database has been...- publication PDF
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Increased diversity and concordant shifts in community structure of...
Both coral-associated bacteria and endosymbiotic algae (Symbiodiniaceae spp.) are vitally important for the biological function of corals. Yet little is known about their co-...- publication PDF
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Day-to-day variability of prereversal enhancement in the vertical ion drift...
Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) are plasma density irregularities found in the equatorial ionosphere after sunset and are closely related to the upward ExB drift before it...- publication PDF
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The SCD Graphics Utilities
This manual documents the Graphics Utilities used by the Scientific Computing Division (SCD) at NCAR. The utilities are listed alphabetically by utility name.- publication PDF
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The anomalous ionosphere between solar cycles 23 and 24
The solar minimum period during 2008-2009 was characterized by lower thermospheric density than the previous solar minimum and lower than any previously measured. Recent work...- publication PDF
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The responses of cloudiness to the direct radiative effect of sulfate and...
This study investigates the responses of the direct radiative effect of light absorbing and scattering carbonaceous and sulfate aerosols on cloudiness and associated radiative...- publication PDF
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The influence of ozone precursor emissions from four world regions on...
Ozone (Oâ) precursor emissions influence regional and global climate and air quality through changes in tropospheric Oâ and oxidants, which also influence methane (CHâ)...- publication PDF
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Comparing simulated PSC optical properties with CALIPSO observations during...
We simulate polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) during the Antarctic winter of 2010 using the Specified Dynamics version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model/Community...- publication PDF