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Coupling the Rice convection model‐equilibrium to the Lyon‐Fedder‐Mobarry...
The pursuit of realistic simulation of the physics of plasma transport, ring current formation and storm-triggered Earth magnetic and electric field is an ongoing challenge in...- publication PDF
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Lightning data assimilation scheme in a 4DVAR system and its impact on very...
A proof-of-concept method for the assimilation of total lightning observations in the 4DVAR framework is proposed and implemented into the Variational Doppler Radar Analysis...- publication PDF
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Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model...
Climate and environments of the mid-Pliocene warm period (3.264 to 3.025 Ma) have been extensively studied. Whilst numerical models have shed light on the nature of climate at...- publication PDF
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Marine boundary layers above heterogeneous SST: Across-front winds
Turbulent flow in a weakly convective marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) driven by geostrophic winds U-g = 10 m s(-1) and heterogeneous sea surface temperature (SST) is...- publication PDF
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Hydrologic implications of different large-scale meteorological model...
Process-based hydrologic models require extensive meteorological forcing data, including data on precipitation, temperature, shortwave and longwave radiation, humidity, surface...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric aerosols, polar stratospheric clouds, and polar ozone...
We investigate the impact of the 2015 Mount Calbuco eruption and previous eruptions on stratospheric aerosols, polar stratospheric clouds, and ozone depletion using the...- publication PDF
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The SPARC water vapour assessment II: Profile-to-profile comparisons of...
Within the framework of the second SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate) water vapour assessment (WAVAS-II), profile-to-profile comparisons of...- publication PDF
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The impacts of secondary ice production on microphysics and dynamics in...
Secondary ice production (SIP) is an important physical phenomenon that results in an increase in the ice particle concentration and can therefore have a significant impact on...- publication PDF
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A numerical study on the extreme intensification of Hurricane Patricia (2015)
In October 2015 Hurricane Patricia stormed through the eastern Pacific, taking its place as the strongest hurricane in recorded history when its intensity reached a record...- publication PDF
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Can convection‐permitting modeling provide decent precipitation for offline...
Accurate precipitation estimates are critical to simulating seasonal snowpack evolution. We conduct and evaluate high-resolution (4-km) snowpack simulations over the western...- publication PDF
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Ozone sensitivity to varying greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances...
Ozone fields simulated for the first phase of the Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI-1) will be used as forcing data in the 6th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. Here...- publication PDF
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Characterizing seawater oxygen isotopic variability in a regional ocean...
Reconstructions of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are often created using the oxygen isotopic ratio in tropical coral skeletons (δ¹⁸O). However, coral δ¹⁸O can be...- publication PDF
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Assessing the costs of historical inaction on climate change
We consider alternative history scenarios in which explicit climate mitigation begins before the present day, estimating the total costs to date of delayed action. Considering a...- publication PDF
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Assimilating compact phase space retrievals (CPSRs): Comparison with...
Assimilation of atmospheric composition retrievals presents computational challenges due to their high data volume and often sparse information density. Assimilation of compact...- publication PDF
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The impact of ice phase cloud parameterizations on tropical cyclone prediction
The impact of ice phase cloud microphysical processes on prediction of tropical cyclone environment is examined for two microphysical parameterizations using the Coupled Ocean-...- publication PDF
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SuperDARN assimilative mapping
An assimilative mapping procedure is developed to optimally combine information from Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) plasma drift observations and a background...- publication PDF
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Wind Tunnel and Field Investigations of Shapes for Balloon Shelters
This report discusses the results of a series of wind tunnel and field tests performed in support of a program to develop a balloon inflation and launch shelter. The study...- publication PDF
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An evaluation of COSMIC radio occultation data in the lower atmosphere over...
The global positioning system (GPS) radio occultation (RO) method is a relatively new technique for taking atmospheric measurements for use in both weather and climate studies....- publication PDF
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On the mixing-driven formation of the Extratropical Transition Layer (ExTL)
We present a case study on the formation and structure of the Extratropical Transition Layer (ExTL) using in situ observations and a Lagrangian chemical transport model. The...- publication PDF
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The 6.5-day wave and its seasonal variability in the middle and upper atmosphere
The zonal wave number 1 planetary wave of period near 6.5 days is a robust feature in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region with prominent seasonal variability as...- publication PDF
