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Km-scale simulations of mesoscale convective systems over South America - a...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are clusters of thunderstorms that are important in Earth's water and energy cycle. Additionally, they are responsible for extreme events...- publication PDF
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Revisiting the linkages between the variability of atmospheric circulations...
The sharp decline of Arctic sea ice in recent decades has captured the attention of the climate science community. A majority of climate analyses performed to date have used...- publication PDF
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Ozone production and its sensitivity to NOx and VOCs: Results from the...
An observation-constrained box model based on the Carbon Bond mechanism, version 5 (CB05), was used to study photochemical processes along the NASA P-3B flight track and spirals...- publication PDF
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The photoelectron-driven upper hybrid instability as the cause of 150-km echoes
150 kilometer echoes are strong, coherent echoes observed by equatorial radars looking close to perpendicular to Earth's magnetic field. Observations over a day show a distinct...- publication PDF
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Quantification of the Arctic sea ice-driven atmospheric circulation...
A coordinated set of large ensemble atmosphere-only simulations is used to investigate the impacts of observed Arctic sea ice-driven variability (SIDV) on the atmospheric...- publication PDF
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The ENSO transition probabilities
ENSO is investigated here by considering it as a transition from different states. Transition probability matrices can be defined to describe the evolution of ENSO in this way....- publication PDF
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Convective momentum transport associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation...
A better understanding of multiscale interactions within the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO), including momentum exchanges, is critical for improved MJO prediction skill. In...- publication PDF
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Some counterintuitive dependencies of tropical cyclone frequency on...
High-resolution global climate models (GCMs) have been increasingly utilized for simulations of the global number and distribution of tropical cyclones (TCs), and how they might...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric stability influences on coupled boundary layer and canopy turbulence
Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layers interacting with a coupled and resolved plant canopy reveals the influence of atmospheric stability variations from neutral...- publication PDF
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Exploring the radial evolution of interplanetary coronal mass ejections...
Context. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale eruptions coming from the Sun and transiting into interplanetary space. While it is widely known that they are major...- publication PDF
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Equatorial nighttime thermospheric zonal wind jet response to the temporal...
This work investigates the response of the equatorial thermospheric wind jet to the temporal oscillation of the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field using...- publication PDF
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Commentary on using equivalent latitude in the upper troposphere and lower...
We discuss the use of potential vorticity (PV) based equivalent latitude (EqLat) and potential temperature (θ) coordinates in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere...- publication PDF
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Impact of a stochastic kinetic energy backscatter scheme on warm season...
The efficacy of a stochastic kinetic energy backscatter (SKEB) scheme to improve convection-allowing probabilistic forecasts was studied. While SKEB has been explored for...- publication PDF
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Sixteen years of MOPITT satellite data strongly constrain Amazon COÂ fire emissions
Despite the consensus on the overall downward trend in Amazon forest loss in the previous decade, estimates of yearly carbon emissions from deforestation still vary widely....- publication PDF
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The Imaging Magnetograph experiment (IMaX) for the Sunrise balloon-borne...
The Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) is a spectropolarimeter built by four institutions in Spain that flew on board the Sunrise balloon-borne telescope in June 2009...- publication PDF
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Interdecadal variations in ENSO teleconnection to the Indo-Western Pacific...
Slow modulation of interannual variability and its relationship to El Niño--Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is investigated for the period of 1870-2007 using shipboard surface...- publication PDF
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Use of North American and European air quality networks to evaluate global...
e test the current generation of global chemistryâclimate models in their ability to simulate observed, present-day surface ozone. Models are evaluated against hourly surface...- publication PDF
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Exploring the origin of solar energetic electrons. II. Investigating...
Nonthermal particle acceleration in the solar corona is evident from both remote hard X-ray sources in the chromosphere and direct in situ detection in the heliosphere....- publication PDF
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The evaporative demand drought index. Part I: Linking drought evolution to...
Many operational drought indices focus primarily on precipitation and temperature when depicting hydroclimatic anomalies, and this perspective can be augmented by analyses and...- publication PDF
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Investigating the effect of seasonal plant growth and development in...
The authors examine the effect of seasonal crop development and growth on the warm- season mesoscale heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes over the central Great Plains region of...- publication PDF