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An analysis of gravity wave spectral characteristics in moist baroclinic...
This study investigates gravity wave spectral characteristics based on high-resolution mesoscale simulations of idealized moist baroclinic jet-front systems with varying degrees...- publication PDF
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Reframing climate change assessments around risk: Recommendations for the US...
Climate change is a risk management challenge for society, with uncertain but potentially severe outcomes affecting natural and human systems, across generations. Managing...- publication PDF
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The impacts of using mixed physics in the Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble
A well-known problem in high-resolution ensembles has been a lack of sufficient spread among members. Modelers often have used mixed physics to increase spread, but this can...- publication PDF
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Effective ice particle densities derived from aircraft data
In this study, aircraft data are used to derive effective ice particle densities. This density is defined as the ice particle mass divided by the volume of an equivalent...- publication PDF
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Evaluating and improving cloud phase in the Community Atmosphere Model...
Spaceborne lidar observations from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite are used to evaluate cloud amount and cloud phase in...- publication PDF
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The heated condensation framework. Part II: Climatological behavior of...
This is Part II of a two-part study introducing the heated condensation framework (HCF), which quantifies the potential convective state of the atmosphere in terms of...- publication PDF
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A numerical study of the effects of migrating tides on thermosphere midnight...
In this study, we employed the National Center for Atmospheric Research Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIEGCM) and the extended Canadian...- publication PDF
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The effect of solar radio bursts on the GNSS radio occultation signals
Solar radio burst (SRB) is the radio wave emission after a solar flare, covering a broad frequency range, originated from the Sun's atmosphere. During the SRB occurrence, some...- publication PDF
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Quantifying streamflow forecast skill elasticity to initial condition and...
Water resources management decisions commonly depend on monthly to seasonal streamflow forecasts, among other kinds of information. The skill of such predictions derives from...- publication PDF
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Monotone and conservative cascade remapping between spherical grids (CaRS):...
A high-order monotone and conservative cascade remapping algorithm between spherical grids (CaRS) is developed. This algorithm is specifically designed to remap between the...- publication PDF
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Acceleration of the Parameterization of Unified Microphysics Across Scales...
Cloud microphysics is one of the most time-consuming components in a climate model. In this study, we port the cloud microphysics parameterization in the Community Atmosphere...- publication PDF
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The roles of radiative forcing, sea surface temperatures, and atmospheric...
This study investigates the roles of radiative forcing, sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and atmospheric and land initial conditions in the summer warming episodes of the United...- publication PDF
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Reducing uncertainty in projections of terrestrial carbon uptake
Carbon uptake by the oceans and terrestrial biosphere regulates atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and affects Earth's climate, yet global carbon cycle projections over...- publication PDF
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Ground-based Velocity-measurement Performance of the NCAR Airborne Infrared...
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
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Satellite remote-sensing capability to assess tropospheric-column ratios of...
Satellite retrievals of tropospheric-column formaldehyde (HCHO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are frequently used to investigate the sensitivity of ozone (O-3) production to...- publication PDF
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Paleoclimate changes in the Pacific Northwest over the past 36,000 years...
Since the last glacial period, North America has experienced dramatic changes in regional climate, including the collapse of ice sheets and changes in precipitation. We use...- publication PDF
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Simulation of secular trends in the middle atmosphere, 1950-2003
We have used the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model to produce a small (three-member) ensemble of simulations of the period 1950 - 2003. Comparison of model results...- publication PDF
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Operational probabilistic fog prediction based on ensemble forecast system:...
One of the well-known challenges of fog forecasting is the high spatio-temporal variability of fog. An ensemble forecast aims to capture this variability by representing the...- publication PDF
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Impact of solar geoengineering on wildfires in the 21st century in CESM2/WACCM6
We quantify future changes in wildfire burned area and carbon emissions in the 21st century under four Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) scenarios and two SSP5-8.5-based...- publication PDF
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Asymmetric response of land storage to ENSO phase and duration
Emergence of global mean sea level (GMSL) from a 'hiatus' following a persistent La Nina highlights the need to understand the causes of interannual variability in GMSL. Several...- publication PDF
