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The quasi-2 day wave activities during 2007 boreal summer period as revealed...
The ensemble data assimilation version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model+Data Assimilation Research Testbed developed at National Center for Atmospheric Research...- publication PDF
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The impact of smoke on the ultraviolet and visible radiative forcing under...
The quantification of the UV characteristics of smoke aerosols is valuable to UV Index forecasting, air quality studies, air chemistry studies, and assessments of the impacts on...- publication PDF
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A benchmark to test generalization capabilities of deep learning methods to...
This is a test case study assessing the ability of deep learning methods to generalize to a future climate (end of 21st century) when trained to classify thunderstorms in model...- publication PDF
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Diurnal variations of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and...
The diurnal patterns of variation of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau were first investigated using the TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis product for...- publication PDF
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Evolution of DARDAR-CLOUD ice cloud retrievals: New parameters and impacts...
In this paper we present the latest refinements brought to the DARDAR-CLOUD product, which contains ice cloud microphysical properties retrieved from the cloud radar and lidar...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric ozone depletion: An unlikely driver of the regional trends in...
It has been suggested that recent regional trends in Antarctic sea ice might have been caused by the formation of the ozone hole in the late twentieth century. Here we explore...- publication PDF
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The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) vector magnetic field pipeline:...
The Very Fast Inversion of the Stokes Vector (VFISV) is a Milne-Eddington spectral line inversion code used to determine the magnetic and thermodynamic parameters of the solar...- publication PDF
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Climate impacts of parameterized Nordic Sea overflows
A new overflow parameterization (OFP) of density-driven flows through ocean ridges via narrow, unresolved channels has been developed and implemented in the ocean component of...- publication PDF
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A multimodel study of parametric uncertainty in predictions of climate...
One tool for studying uncertainties in simulations of future climate is to consider ensembles of general circulation models where parameterizations have been sampled within...- publication PDF
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Ozone profiles in the Baltimore-Washington region (2006-2011): Satellite...
Much progress has been made in creating satellite products for tracking the pollutants ozone and NO2 in the troposphere. Yet, in mid-latitude regions where meteorological...- publication PDF
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Silver buckshot or bullet: Is a future “energy mix” necessary?
To displace fossil fuels and achieve the global greenhouse-gas emissions reductions required to meet the Paris Agreement on climate change, the prevalent argument is that a mix...- publication PDF
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Convective updraft and downdraft characteristics of continental mesoscale...
The "gray zone" of convective modeling is defined as the range of horizontal grid spacings (Delta x) at which turbulent transport processes are only partially resolved by the...- publication PDF
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Analysis of 1988 and 1989 Measurements of Stellar Spectra With the Lowell...
Report on reducing spectral data to obtain useful measures of stellar activity which includes topics such as the Echelle Spectrograph Stellar Spectra, a summary of Solar...- publication PDF
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Convergent approaches to determine an ecosystem's transpiration fraction
The transpiration (T) fraction of total terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET), T/ET, can vary across ecosystems between 20-95% with a global average of ∼60%. The wide range may...- publication PDF
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Multi-centennial Holocene climate variability in proxy records and transient...
Variability on centennial to multi-centennial timescales is mentioned as a feature in reconstructions of the Holocene climate. As more long transient model simulations with...- publication PDF
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The maximum entropy limit of small-scale magnetic field fluctuations in the quiet Sun
The observed magnetic field on the solar surface is characterized by a very complex spatial and temporal behavior. Although feature-tracking algorithms have allowed us to deepen...- publication PDF
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African easterly wave evolution and tropical cyclogenesis in a pre‐Helene...
Tropical cyclogenesis (TCG) remains an elusive phenomenon partly due to the limited understanding of complex water vapor-convection-wave interactions. The Model for Prediction...- publication PDF
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Evaluating and improving the impact of the atmospheric stability and...
This study assesses the impact of the atmospheric stability on the turbulent orographic form drag (TOFD) generated by unresolved small-scale orography (SSO) focusing on surface...- publication PDF
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The role of humidity in determining future electricity demand in the...
Co-occurrence of high relative humidity levels and high temperatures can increase human discomfort, thereby affecting electricity requirements for space cooling. While relative...- publication PDF
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A spatial model to examine rainfall extremes in Colorado's Front Range
Between 9th and 16th September 2013, northeast Colorado received some of its most extreme rainfall on record. The event affected 6 major rivers and their tributaries and 14...- publication PDF