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Toward a unified view of the American Monsoon Systems
An important goal of the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) research on the American monsoon systems is to determine the sources and limits of predictability of...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of an analytical model for the maximum intensity of tropical cyclones
Several studies have shown that the intensity of numerically simulated tropical cyclones can exceed (by 50%) a theoretical upper limit. To investigate the cause, this study...- publication PDF
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Concentrations and sources of organic carbon aerosols in the free...
Aircraft measurements of water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) aerosol over NE North America during summer 2004 (ITCT-2K4) are simulated with a global chemical transport model...- publication PDF
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Mapping the conjugate and corotating storm-enhanced density during 17 March...
The storm-enhanced density (SED) is an electron density enhancement phenomenon extending from the later afternoon at middle latitude to the noontime in high latitude within a...- publication PDF
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Underutilized spaceborne GPS observations for space weather monitoring
Many of currently operated low Earth orbit satellites, in particular Earth observing meteorological missions, are equipped with dual-frequency Global Positioning System (GPS)...- publication PDF
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Space weather challenge and forecasting implications of Rossby waves
Rossby waves arise in thin layers within fluid regions of stars and planets. These global wave-like patterns occur due to the variation in Coriolis forces with latitude. In the...- publication PDF
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On the Role of Neutral Flow in Field-Aligned Currents
In this brief note we explore the role of the neutral atmosphere in magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. We analyze momentum balance in the ion rest frame to form hypotheses...- publication PDF
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Effects of black carbon aerosols on the Indian monsoon
A six-member ensemble of twentieth-century simulations with changes to only time-evolving global distributions of black carbon aerosols in a global coupled climate model is...- publication PDF
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Use of FLUXNET in the Community Land Model development
The Community Land Model version 3 (CLM3.0) simulates land-atmosphere exchanges in response to climatic forcings. CLM3.0 has known biases in the surface energy partitioning as a...- publication PDF
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Attribution of projected changes in summertime US ozone and PMâ.â ...
The impact that changes in future climate, anthropogenic US emissions, background tropospheric composition, and land-use have on summertime regional US ozone and PMâ.â...- publication PDF
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Rapid emergence of climate change in environmental drivers of marine ecosystems
Climate change is expected to modify ecological responses in the ocean, with the potential for important effects on the ecosystem services provided to humankind. Here we address...- publication PDF
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Electron impact ionization: A new parameterization for 100 eV to 1 MeV electrons
We present a new parameterization of the altitude profile of the ionization rate in the Earth's atmosphere due to precipitating energetic electrons. Precipitating electrons are...- publication PDF
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Selected User Reference Papers
This slim volume represents an amalgam of different user experiences with the NCAR Graphics System. Each of the papers presented herein contains some special application or use...- publication PDF
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Analysis of the diurnal variation of the global electric circuit obtained...
This work analyzes different current source and conductivity parameterizations and their influence on the diurnal variation of the global electric circuit (GEC). The diurnal...- publication PDF
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Mesosphere and lower thermosphere temperature responses to the May 2024...
The storm‐time temperature difference with respect to its quiet‐time expectation (ΔT) in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere were studied during the extreme...- publication PDF
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Assessing the demographics of the 2021 and 2022 CEDAR workshop
The Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) community is made of engineers, scientists, physicists, and students with a mission to understand the...- publication PDF
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The response of the southern hemisphere middle atmosphere to the...
Using the specified-dynamics (SD) Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (SD-WACCM), the effects of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) on the midwinter stratosphere and...- publication PDF
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Pulsation modes in rapidly rotating stellar models based on the...
Context: New observational means such as the space missions CoRoT and Kepler and ground-based networks are and will be collecting stellar pulsation data with unprecedented...- publication PDF
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Improved understanding of multicentury Greenland Ice Sheet response to...
The simulation of ice sheet‐climate interactions, such as surface mass balance fluxes, is sensitive to model grid resolution. Here we simulate the multi‐century...- publication PDF
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Variations in surface ozone and carbon monoxide in the Kathmandu Valley and...
Air pollution resulting from rapid urbanization and associated human activities in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal has been leading to serious public health concerns over the past...- publication PDF