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Potential impacts of supersonic aircraft emissions on ozone and resulting...
Commercial aircraft flying at supersonic speeds in the lower stratosphere are being discussed once again after a hiatus of almost 20 years. Potential environmental effects from...- publication PDF
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The contribution of subtropical moisture within an atmospheric river on...
The impact of an atmospheric river (AR) on the flux of subtropical moisture across Idaho's Salmon River Mountains and precipitation over the mountains is evaluated using the...- publication PDF
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Monitoring the 2008 cold surge and frozen disasters snowstorm in South China...
In January 2008, South China experienced extremely low temperatures, heavy snowstorms, and severe frosts (2008 Frost Disaster, for short), which led to (partial) failures of...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of PBL parameterizations for modeling surface wind speed during...
This study identifies conditions that determine errors in numerical simulations of 10-m wind speed over moderately complex terrain, emphasizing winds that lead to overhead...- publication PDF
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Investigating the influence of cloud radiative effects on the extratropical...
Recent studies have focused on the role of cloud radiative effects (CRE) in governing the mean atmospheric circulation and its response to climate change. This study instead...- publication PDF
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Observations of a squall line and its near environment using high-frequency...
Rawinsonde data were collected before and during passage of a squall line in Oklahoma on 15 May 2009 during the Second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes...- publication PDF
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A feasibility study of the radio occultation electron density retrieval...
Radio Occultation (RO) has been proven a powerful technique on profiling ionospheric electron density profile. The currently used Abel inversion in RO electron density profile...- publication PDF
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Lower-thermosphere-ionosphere (LTI) quantities: Current status of measuring...
The lower-thermosphere-ionosphere (LTI) system consists of the upper atmosphere and the lower part of the ionosphere and as such comprises a complex system coupled to both the...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale analysis of heavy rainfall episodes from SoWMEX/TiMREX
The authors analyze the mesoscale structure accompanying two multiday periods of heavy rainfall during the Southwest Monsoon Experiment and the Terrain-Induced Mesoscale...- publication PDF
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Rawinsonde Data Obtained During the Line Islands Experiment
A thorough description of the Line Island Experiments (LIE) and a comprehensive list of the kinds of data collected are presented here. This report presents a detailed...- publication PDF
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How often does it really rain?
The perception about whether a place is a nice place to live often depends on how often it rains (or snows). The frequency relates to how dreary the weather appears, and it is...- publication PDF
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Modeling wildland fires : A description of the Coupled Atmosphere-Wildland...
This work describes the Coupled Atmosphere Wildland Fire Environment (CAWFE) model, which is used to simulate wildland fires. CAWFE is comprised of a numerical weather...- publication PDF
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A three-dimensional multivariate modal analysis of atmospheric...
A new methodology for the analysis of ensemble prediction systems (ENSs) is presented and applied to 1 month (December 2014) of ECMWF operational ensemble forecasts. The method...- publication PDF
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The future of winter orographic cloud seeding: A view from scientists and...
A panel of experts representing various sectors and roles in winter orographic cloud-seeding research and operations discussed its vision for the future of the field.- publication PDF
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Locality properties of radial basis function expansion coefficients for...
Many types of radial basis functions (RBFs) are global in terms of having large magnitude across the entire domain. Yet, in contrast, e.g. with expansions in orthogonal...- publication PDF
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Polarimetric properties of flux ropes and sheared arcades in coronal...
The coronal magnetic field is the primary driver of solar dynamic events. Linear and circular polarization signals of certain infrared coronal emission lines contain information...- publication PDF
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Multivariate minimum residual method for cloud retrieval. Part I:...
A new method is presented for cloud detection and the retrieval of three-dimensional cloud fraction from satellite infrared radiances. This method, called multivariate minimum...- publication PDF
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Extreme low-level updrafts and wind speeds measured by dropsondes in...
Previous studies have found surprisingly strong vertical motions in low levels of some tropical cyclones. In this study, all available dropsondes (12 000) within tropical...- publication PDF
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Anthropogenic and internal drivers of wind changes over the Amundsen Sea,...
Ocean-driven ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is asignificant contributor to sea-level rise. Recent ocean variability in theAmundsen Sea is controlled by near-surface...- publication PDF
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Arctic Ocean sea ice snow depth evaluation and bias sensitivity in CCSM
Sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean is a continued focus of attention. This study investigates the impact of the snow overlying the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. The impact of snow...- publication PDF