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An iterative storm segmentation and classification algorithm for...
Thunderstorm mode strongly impacts the likelihood and predictability of tornadoes and other hazards, and thus is of great interest to severe weather forecasters and researchers....- publication PDF
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Are terrestrial biosphere models fit for simulating the global land carbon sink?
The Global Carbon Project estimates that the terrestrial biosphere has absorbed about one-third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions during the 1959-2019 period. This sink-estimate is...- publication PDF
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Source sector and region contributions to BC and PM2.5 in Central Asia
Particulate matter (PM) mass concentrations, seasonal cycles, source sector, and source region contributions in Central Asia (CA) are analyzed for the period April 2008-July...- publication PDF
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Predicting typhoon Morakot's catastrophic rainfall with a...
This study examines the prediction and predictability of the recent catastrophic rainfall and flooding event over Taiwan induced by Typhoon Morakot (2009) with a state-of-the-...- publication PDF
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Impact of real‐time satellite‐derived green vegetation fraction on National...
Vegetation is parameterized in the operational National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Water Model (NWM) using climatologies of leaf area index and green...- publication PDF
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The relative role of the subsurface Southern Ocean in driving negative...
The low Antarctic sea ice extent following its dramatic decline in late 2016 has persisted over a multiyear period. However, it remains unclear to what extent this low sea ice...- publication PDF
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Effects of high-latitude forcing uncertainty on the low-latitude and...
Ensemble simulations are performed using the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIE-GCM) in order to understand the role of high-latitude forcing...- publication PDF
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ENSO and pacific decadal variability in the Community Earth System Model Version 2
This study presents a description of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific Decadal Variability (PDV) in a multicentury preindustrial simulation of the Community...- publication PDF
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Electrodynamical coupling of the geospace system during solar flares
Reduced daytime upward ExB drifts and weakened fountain effects in equatorial ionosphere have been frequently observed during the initial stage of solar flares. The cause of...- publication PDF
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Assessment of summer rainfall forecast skill in the Intra-Americas in GFDL...
The Caribbean low-level jet (CLLJ) is an important component of the atmospheric circulation over the Intra-Americas Sea (IAS) which impacts the weather and climate both locally...- publication PDF
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PROC02A: Enhancements to the PROC02 Version of the CCM Modular Processor
The report represents the significant number of revisions to the original "CCM Modular Processor User Guide", released in October, 1987. This report should be viewed as a...- publication PDF
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Parameterizing convective organization to escape the entrainment dilemma
Lateral mixing parameters in buoyancy-driven deep convection schemes are among the most sensitive and important unknowns in atmosphere models. Unfortunately, there is not a true...- publication PDF
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Exploring the impacts of physics and resolution on aqua-planet simulations...
The nonhydrostatic Model for Prediction Across Scales (NH-MPAS) provides a global framework to achieve high resolution using regional mesh refinement. Previous studies using the...- publication PDF
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Effects of the Mount Pinatubo eruption on decadal climate prediction skill...
Multi-model simulations show a post-Pinatubo eruption sequence of Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs) that includes a La Niña-like pattern the third northern winter after an...- publication PDF
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On the relationship between Indian Ocean sea surface temperature and the...
The relationship between Indian Ocean sea surface temperature and the transition of El Niño events into either La Niña or El Niño-Southern Oscillation neutral conditions is...- publication PDF
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Freezing drizzle detection with WSR-88D radars
This study describes a freezing drizzle detection algorithm based on the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) measured radar reflectivity. Although radar returns...- publication PDF
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Ice-sheet configuration in the CMIP5/PMIP3 Last Glacial Maximum experiments
We describe the creation of a data set describing changes related to the presence of ice sheets, including ice-sheet extent and height, ice-shelf extent, and the distribution...- publication PDF
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Impact of the interaction between the quasi-2-day wave and tides on the...
The quasi-2 day wave (QTDW) can effectively interact with atmospheric tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. We study the effect of this QTDW-tidal interaction on the...- publication PDF
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Cloud conditions favoring secondary ice particle production in tropical...
Progress in understanding the formation of ice in lower-tropospheric clouds is slowed by the difficulties in characterizing the many complex interactions that lead to ice...- publication PDF
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Robust and nonrobust aspects of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation...
Robust and nonrobust aspects of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) variability and mechanisms are analyzed in several 600-yr simulations with the Community Earth...- publication PDF