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The global impact of supersaturation in a coupled chemistry-climate model
Ice supersaturation is important for understanding condensation in the upper troposphere. Many general circulation models however do not permit supersaturation. In this study, a...- publication PDF
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Implementing and evaluating variable soil thickness in the Community Land...
One of the recognized weaknesses of land surface models as used in weather and climate models is the assumption of constant soil thickness because of the lack of global...- publication PDF
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Pliocene model intercomparison project (PlioMIP): Experimental design and...
In 2008 the temporal focus of the Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project was expanded to include a model intercomparison for the mid-Pliocene warm period (3.29â2.97...- publication PDF
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The growing threat of heat disasters
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States and indoor exposure is responsible for a significant portion of the resulting fatalities. Evolving...- publication PDF
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From reliable weather forecasts to skilful climate response: A dynamical...
While weather forecasting models can be tested by performing and evaluating many hindcasts, the limited observational record restricts the degree to which climate projections...- publication PDF
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Model study of intermediate-scale tropical inertia-gravity waves and...
A 2-day inertia-gravity wave (IGW) was observed in high-resolution radiosonde soundings of horizontal wind and temperature taken during the 2006 Tropical Warm Pool-International...- publication PDF
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The Hinode Spectro-Polarimeter
The joint Japan/US/UK Hinode mission includes the first large-aperture visible-light solar telescope flown in space. One component of the Focal Plane Package of that telescope...- publication PDF
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An investigation of the Goshen County, Wyoming, tornadic supercell of 5 June...
High-resolution Doppler radar velocities and in situ surface observations collected in a tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during the second Verification of the Origins of...- publication PDF
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A new simplified parameterization of secondary organic aerosol in the...
The Community Earth System Model (CESM) community has been providing versatile modeling options, with simple to complex chemistry and aerosol schemes in a single model, in order...- publication PDF
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Broadening impact of field campaigns: Integrating meteorological and...
Historically, atmospheric field campaigns typically focused on either meteorology or chemistry with very limited complementary observations from the other discipline. In...- publication PDF
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Comparison of drift velocities of nighttime equatorial plasma depletions...
This is the first study to compare plasma depletion drifts with the ambient plasma drifts and neutral winds in the post sunset equatorial ionosphere using global-scale satellite...- publication PDF
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Smoke from 2020 United States wildfires responsible for substantial solar...
The 2020 wildfire season (May through December) in the United States was exceptionally active, with the National Interagency Fire Center reporting over 10 million acres (>40...- publication PDF
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Thermosphere�ionosphere model development: A personal perspective
This is a personal perspective of how some significant upper atmosphere model developments were carried out from the mid-1960s to the early 1990s, including modeling of the...- publication PDF
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Mixed-phase direct numerical simulation: ice growth in cloud-top generating cells
In this study, a state-of-the-art microphysical model using a Lagrangian-particle-based direct numerical simulation framework is presented to examine the growth of ice particles...- publication PDF
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Towards an end-to-end analysis and prediction system for weather, climate,...
The Red Sea, home to the second-longest coral reef system in the world, is a vital resource for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Red Sea provides 90% of the Kingdom's potable...- publication PDF
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Mesh refinement
We study mesh refinement techniques for first-order hyperbolic equations. A refinement method for use with the leap-frog scheme is defined and its stability established. The...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric chemistry signatures of an equatorially symmetric Matsuno-Gill...
Matsuno-Gill circulations have been widely studied in tropical meteorology, but their impact on stratospheric chemistry has seldom been explicitly evaluated. This study...- publication PDF
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International Workshop on the Airborne Measurement of Wind, Turbulence, and...
This report summarizes the sessions of the International Workshop on the Airboune Measurement of Wind, Turbulence and Position. It includes oral presentations as well as working...- publication PDF
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Short-term impacts of 2017 western North American wildfires on meteorology,...
Western North American fires have been increasing in magnitude and severity over the last few decades. The complex coupling of fires with the atmospheric energy budget and...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of biogenic volatile organic compounds to land surface...
Current climate models still have large uncertainties in estimating biogenic trace gases, which can significantly affect atmospheric chemistry and secondary aerosol formation...- publication PDF