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Inclusion of building‐resolving capabilities into the FastEddy® GPU-LES...
As a first step toward achieving full physics urban weather simulation capabilities within the resident-GPU large-eddy simulation (LES) FastEddy (R) model, we have implemented...- publication PDF
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Addition of multilayer urban canopy models to a nonlocal planetary boundary...
The multilayer urban canopy models (UCMs) building effect parameterization (BEP) and BEP + building energy model (BEM; a building energy model integrated in BEP) are added to...- publication PDF
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Does ENSO regularity increase in a warming climate?
The impact of a warming climate on El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is investigated in large-ensemble simulations of the Community Earth System Model (CESM1). These...- publication PDF
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Future changes in regional precipitation simulated by a half-degree coupled...
The global fully coupled half-degree Community Climate System Model Version 4 (CCSM4) was integrated for a suite of climate change ensemble simulations including five historical...- publication PDF
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The worldwide C3S CORDEX grand ensemble: A major contribution to assess...
The collaboration between the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) and the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) provides open access to an unprecedented...- publication PDF
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Evaluating high-resolution forecasts of atmospheric CO and CO2 from a global...
Accurate and consistent monitoring of anthropogenic combustion is imperative because of its significant health and environmental impacts, especially at cityto-regional scale....- publication PDF
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Data citation initiatives and issues
The importance of formally citing scientific research data has been recognized for decades but is only recently gaining momentum. Several federal government agencies urge data...- publication PDF
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Lessons learned from IPCC AR4: Scientific developments needed to understand,...
The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that global warming is "unequivocal" and that most of the observed increase...- publication PDF
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Assessing clouds using satellite observations through three generations of...
Clouds are parameterized in climate models using quantities on the model grid-scale to approximate the cloud cover and impact on radiation. Because of the complexity of...- publication PDF
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Drop size distribution broadening mechanisms in a bin microphysics Eulerian model
In this study, processes that broaden drop size distributions (DSDs) in Eulerian models with two-moment bin microphysics are analyzed. Numerous tests are performed to isolate...- publication PDF
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The effect of entrainment through atmospheric boundary layer growth on...
Ozone concentrations at the Earth's surface are controlled by meteorological and chemical processes and are a function of advection, entrainment, deposition, and net chemical...- publication PDF
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Footprint of tropical mesoscale convective system variability on...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) play a dominant role in tropical climate. However, the variabilities of their occurrences on a tropical-wide scale remain elusive, and the...- publication PDF
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A hyperactive end to the Atlantic hurricane season October-November 2020
The active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season produced 30 named storms, 14 hurricanes, and 7 major hurricanes (category 3+ on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale). Though the...- publication PDF
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Addressing interdependency in a multimodel ensemble by interpolation of...
The diverse set of Earth system models used to conduct the CMIP5 ensemble can partly sample the uncertainties in future climate projections. However, combining those projections...- publication PDF
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Ozone profile retrieval from an advanced infrared sounder: Experiments with...
Motivated by a significant potential for retrieving atmospheric ozone profile information from advanced satellite infrared sounders, this study investigates various methods to...- publication PDF
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The influence of urbanization on the development of a convective storm—A...
One of the main problems faced by the Belem Metropolitan Region (BMR) inhabitants is flash floods caused by precarious infrastructure and extreme rainfall events. The objective...- publication PDF
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The evolving role of humans in weather prediction and communication
A series of webinars and panel discussions were conducted on the topic of the evolving role of humans in weather prediction and communication, in recognition of the 100th...- publication PDF
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If the Sun is so quiet, why is the Earth ringing? A comparison of two solar...
Observations from the recent Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI) solar minimum campaign are compared to last cycle's Whole Sun Month (WSM) to demonstrate that sunspot numbers,...- publication PDF
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Convective initiation near the Andes in subtropical South America
Satellite radar and radiometer data indicate that subtropical South America has some of the deepest and most extreme convective storms on Earth. This study uses the full 15-yr...- publication PDF
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An improved algorithm for low-level turbulence forecasting
A low-level turbulence (LLT) forecasting algorithm is proposed and implemented within the Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG) turbulence forecasting system. The LLT algorithm...- publication PDF
