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Tropical cyclone asymmetric eyewall evolution and intensification in a...
Radar and satellite imagery of numerous intensifying tropical cyclones (TCs) depict an appearance of a polygonal eyewall structure where deep convection is often located...- publication PDF
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Validation of MOPITT Version 5 thermal-infrared, near-infrared, and...
Validation results are reported for the MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) "Version 5" (V5) product for tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) and are compared to...- publication PDF
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On the Southern Hemisphere stratospheric response to ENSO and its impacts on...
As the leading mode of Pacific variability, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) causes vast and wide-spread climatic impacts, including in the stratosphere. Following discovery...- publication PDF
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Observational constraints on the global atmospheric budget of ethanol
Energy security and climate change concerns have led to the promotion of biomass-derived ethanol, an oxygenated volatile organic compound (OVOC), as a substitute for fossil...- publication PDF
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Population projections for US states under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways...
Population projections across scales are essential for integrated assessment of global environmental changes. Currently, projections at the aggregate national scale, and at the...- publication PDF
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Improving the analog ensemble wind speed forecasts for rare events
An analog-based ensemble technique, the analog ensemble (AnEn), has been applied successfully to generate probabilistic predictions of meteorological variables, wind and solar...- publication PDF
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Satellite observations of the tropical terrestrial carbon balance and...
A constellation of satellites is now in orbit providing information about terrestrial carbon and water storage and fluxes. These combined observations show that the tropical...- publication PDF
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The response of permafrost and high-latitude ecosystems under large-scale...
Climate engineering arises as one of the potential methods that could contribute to meeting the 1.5 degrees C global warming target agreed under the Paris Agreement. We examine...- publication PDF
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Meeting Review: Workshop on Airborne Instrumentation 19-21 October 1988
Approximately 40-50 scientists met in October, 1988 to review needs for airborne instruments and to plan for development of some of the needed instrumentation. This report...- publication PDF
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Retrospective analysis of 2015â2017 wintertime PM2.5 in China: Response to...
To better characterize anthropogenic emission-relevant aerosol species, the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) and Weather Research and Forecasting with Chemistry...- publication PDF
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Disentangling knowledge production and data production
With today's increasing attention to open science and open data, knowledge production and data production have significant impacts on both research and policy arenas. We...- publication PDF
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How does riming influence the observed spatial variability of ice water in...
Observations show that the ice water content (IWC) in mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) tends to occur in clusters. However, it is not sufficiently understood which ice crystal...- publication PDF
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Atlantic climate variability and predictability: A CLIVAR perspective
Three interrelated climate phenomena are at the center of the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Atlantic research: tropical Atlantic variability (TAV), the North...- publication PDF
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Cloud influence on and response to seasonal Arctic sea ice loss
Recent declines in Arctic sea ice extent provide new opportunities to assess cloud influence on and response to seasonal sea ice loss. This study combines unique satellite...- publication PDF
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The CCSM4 ocean component
The ocean component of the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) is described, and its solutions from the twentieth-century (20C) simulations are documented in...- publication PDF
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An Atlas of Variations in the Solar Constant Caused by Sunspot Blocking and...
The purpose of this atlas is to present such a reconstruction for a period of slightly more than a century, for the use of atmospheric and solar physicists for whom a...- publication PDF
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The effect of pseudoâglobal warming on the weatherâclimate system of...
The African easterly jet (AEJ) and the West African Monsoon (WAM) can largely modulate high-impact weather over Africa and the tropical Atlantic. How these features will change...- publication PDF
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Evolution of ocean heat content related to ENSO
As the strongest interannual perturbation to the climate system, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dominates the year-to-year variability of the ocean energy budget. Here we...- publication PDF
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Priorities, opportunities, and challenges for integrating microorganisms...
Climate change jeopardizes human health, global biodiversity, and sustainability of the biosphere. To make reliable predictions about climate change, scientists use Earth system...- publication PDF
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Collaborative research at the intersection of weather and climate
Fundamental barriers to advancing weather and climate diagnosis and prediction on time-scales from days to years are partly attributable to gaps in knowledge and the limited...- publication PDF