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Does the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols depend on the wind speed...
The size distribution of mineral dust aerosols greatly affects their interactions with clouds, radiation, ecosystems, and other components of the Earth system. Several...- publication PDF
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Simulation of ULF wave modulated electron precipitation during the 17 March...
Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) waves play an important role in radiation belt dynamics, modulation of higher frequency wave modes and energetic particle precipitation. We investigate...- publication PDF
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Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability
While climate change mitigation targets necessarily concern maximum mean state changes, understanding impacts and developing adaptation strategies will be largely contingent on...- publication PDF
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Can a "state of the art" chemistry transport model simulate Amazonian...
We present an evaluation of a nested high-resolution Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS)-Chem chemistry transport model simulation of tropospheric chemistry over tropical...- publication PDF
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Modelling feedbacks between human and natural processes in the land system
The unprecedented use of Earth's resources by humans, in combination with increasing natural variability in natural processes over the past century, is affecting the evolution...- publication PDF
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Inferring carbon monoxide pollution changes from space-based observations
We compare space-based measurements of carbon monoxide ( CO) during April 1994 and October 1984 and 1994 from the early MAPS instrument with those during 2000-2004 from the...- publication PDF
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A simulation study on risks to wind turbine arrays from thunderstorm...
Thunderstorm downbursts have been reported to cause damage or failure to wind turbine arrays. We extend a large-eddy simulation model used in previous work to generate...- publication PDF
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Linking radiativeâadvective equilibrium regime transition to Arctic amplification
Emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases has resulted in greater Arctic warming compared to global warming, known as Arctic amplification (AA). From an energy‐balance...- publication PDF
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On the role of atmospheric simulations horizontal grid spacing for flood modeling
Our study focuses on the hydrologic implications of resolving and modeling atmospheric processes at different spatial scales. Here we use heavy precipitation events from an...- publication PDF
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Short-term variability in the ionosphere due to the nonlinear interaction...
Using the thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere electrodynamics general circulation model simulations, we investigate the short-term ionospheric variability due to the child waves...- publication PDF
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Moisture and dynamical interactions maintaining decoupled Arctic mixed-phase...
Observations suggest that processes maintaining subtropical and Arctic stratocumulus differ, due to the different environments in which they occur. For example, specific...- publication PDF
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Two time scales for the price of one (Almost)
Although differences exist between seasonal- and decadal-scale climate variability, predictability, and prediction, investment in observations, prediction systems, and decision...- publication PDF
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Aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation in eastern China: Results from...
Using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with a spectral-bin microphysics ("SBM") and measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Mobile Facility...- publication PDF
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An algorithm for classification and outlier detection of time series data
An algorithm to perform outlier detection on time-series data is developed, the intelligent outlier detection algorithm (IODA). This algorithm treats a time series as an image...- publication PDF
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Nitrogen availability reduces CMIP5 projections of Twenty-First-Century land...
Coupled carbon cycle--climate models in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, phase 5 (CMIP5), Earth system model ensemble simulate the effects of changes in anthropogenic...- publication PDF
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On Atmospheric Simulation: A Colloquium
To assess a national need for facilities to simulate atmospheric processes, a Colloquium on Atmospheric Simulation was set up to survey current laboratory experimentation on...- publication PDF
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Future directions for whole atmosphere modeling: Developments in the context...
Coupled Sun-to-Earth models represent a key part of the future development of space weather forecasting. With respect to predicting the state of the thermosphere and ionosphere,...- publication PDF
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Large-eddy simulation of the onset of the sea breeze
This paper describes results from a large-eddy simulation (LES) model used in an idealized setting to simulate the onset of the sea breeze. As the LES is capable of simulating...- publication PDF
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Kicking the can down the road: Understanding the effects of delaying the...
Climate change is a prevalent threat, and it is unlikely that current mitigation efforts will be enough to avoid unwanted impacts. One potential option to reduce climate change...- publication PDF
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Barriers to predicting changes in global terrestrial methane fluxes:...
Terrestrial net CHâ surface fluxes often represent the difference between much larger gross production and consumption fluxes and depend on multiple physical, biological, and...- publication PDF