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GRACILE: A comprehensive climatology of atmospheric gravity wave parameters...
Gravity waves are one of the main drivers of atmospheric dynamics. The spatial resolution of most global atmospheric models, however, is too coarse to properly resolve the small...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability to...
The inclusion of parameterized Nordic Sea overflows in the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) results in a much improved representation of...- publication PDF
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Quantifying black carbon deposition over the Greenland ice sheet from forest...
Black carbon (BC) concentrations observed in 22 snowpits sampled in the northwest sector of the Greenland ice sheet in April 2014 have allowed us to identify a strong and...- publication PDF
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The Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX): Observations and Opportunities
The Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment (BAMEX) is a research investigation using highly mobile platforms to examine the life cycles of mesoscale convective...- publication PDF
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State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes
Global impact models represent process-level understanding of how natural and human systems may be affected by climate change. Their projections are used in integrated...- publication PDF
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Daytime oxidized reactive nitrogen partitioning in Western U.S. wildfire smoke plumes
The Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption, and Nitrogen (WE-CAN) deployed the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft in summer 2018 across the western U.S. to...- publication PDF
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Examining the stratospheric response to the solar cycle in a coupled WACCM...
The response of the stratosphere to the combined interaction of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and the solar cycle in ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and the influence of the...- publication PDF
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Precipitation response of monsoon low-pressure systems to an idealized...
The monsoon low-pressure systems (LPSs) are one of the most rain-bearing synoptic-scale systems developing during the Indian monsoon. We have performed high-resolution,...- publication PDF
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Radiative forcing and albedo feedback from the Northern Hemisphere...
The extent of snow cover and sea ice in the Northern Hemispherehas declined since 1979, coincident with hemispheric warming and indicative of a positive feedback of surface...- publication PDF
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Turbulent mixing processes in atmospheric bores and solitary waves deduced...
Families of solitary waves ("solitons") associated with two atmospheric bores on the same day were observed by an unprecedented number of ground-based and airborne profiling...- publication PDF
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Dominant effect of relative tropical Atlantic warming on major hurricane occurrence
Here we explore factors potentially linked to the enhanced major hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean during 2017. Using a suite of high-resolution model experiments, we...- publication PDF
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Cyclic evolution of coronal fields from a coupled dynamo potential-field...
The structure of the Sun’s corona varies with the solar-cycle phase, from a near spherical symmetry at solar maximum to an axial dipole at solar minimum. It is widely accepted...- publication PDF
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Negative learning
New technical information may lead to scientific beliefs that diverge over time from the a posteriori right answer. We call this phenomenon, which is particularly problematic in...- publication PDF
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Assessment of marine boundary layer cloud simulations in the CAM with CLUBB...
To assess marine boundary layer (MBL) cloud simulations in three versions of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM), three sets of short-term global hindcasts are performed and...- publication PDF
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Scientific documentation of the NCEP nonhydrostatic multiscale model on the...
This technical note focuses on the scientific and algorithmic approaches in the NMMB dynamics. Discussed are the NMMB dynamics solver, boundary conditions and the horizontal...- publication PDF
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An Overflow parameterization for the ocean component of the Community...
The Overflow Parameterization (OFP) for the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) is presented. The ocean component is based on the Parallel Ocean Program...- publication PDF
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The NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System (NAILS) Design and Operation
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
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Observational tracking of the 2D structure of coronal mass ejections between...
The Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) provides high cadence and high resolution images of the structure and morphology of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the...- publication PDF
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North American extreme temperature events and related large scale...
The objective of this paper is to review statistical methods, dynamics, modeling efforts, and trends related to temperature extremes, with a focus upon extreme events of short...- publication PDF
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Large uncertainties in trends of energy demand for heating and cooling under...
The energy demand for heating and cooling buildings is changing with global warming. Using proxies of climate-driven energy demand based on the heating and cooling Degree-Days...- publication PDF
