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Neural network emulation of the formation of organic aerosols based on the...
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) are formed from oxidation of hundreds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from anthropogenic and natural sources. Accurate predictions...- publication PDF
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Temporal oscillations in convective boundary layer forced by mesoscale...
A theoretical approach suggests that the surface heterogeneity on a scale of tens of kilometres can generate mesoscale motions that are not in a quasi-stationary state. The...- publication PDF
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Importance of regional climate model grid spacing for the simulation of...
Summer and winter daily heavy precipitation events (events above the 97.5th percentile) are analyzed in regional climate simulations with 36-, 12-,and 4-km horizontal grid...- publication PDF
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A self-consistent model of helium in the thermosphere
We have found that consideration of neutral helium as a major species leads to a more complete physics-based modeling description of the Earth's upper thermosphere. An augmented...- publication PDF
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Air pollution, air quality, and climate change
The introduction of gases and particulate contaminants in the atmosphere due to natural or human activities causes air pollution. The concentration and toxicity of these...- publication PDF
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Damping characteristics of horizontal Laplacian diffusion filters
Horizontally diffusive computational damping terms are frequently employed in 3D atmospheric simulation models to enhance stability and to suppress small-scale noise. In...- 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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A comparison of Fabry-Perot interferometer and meteor radar wind...
The neutral winds in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) region have been observed at King Sejong Station, Antarctica using a meteor radar (MR) and a Fabry-Perot...- publication PDF
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The Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) Experiment
The Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) experiment was conducted from Guam (13.5°N, 144.8°E) during January–February 2014. Using the NSF/NCAR...- publication PDF
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Organic photolysis reactions in tropospheric aerosols: Effect on secondary...
This study presents the first modeling estimates of the potential effect of gas-and particle-phase organic photolysis reactions on the formation and lifetime of secondary...- publication PDF
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Elevation-dependent temperature response in early Eocene using paleoclimate...
Mountains become warmer with elevation in response to greenhouse gas warming, an effect known as elevation-dependent warming. The Eocene is considered a replica of the future...- publication PDF
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Multiscale interactions in an idealized Walker cell: Simulations with sparse...
This paper discusses the sparse space-time superparameterization (SSTSP) algorithm and evaluates its ability to represent interactions between moist convection and the large-...- publication PDF
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Characterization of errors in satellite-based HCHO ∕ NO2 tropospheric column...
The availability of formaldehyde (HCHO) (a proxy for volatile organic compound reactivity) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) (a proxy for nitrogen oxides) tropospheric columns from...- publication PDF
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Modeling air-land-sea interactions using the Integrated Regional Model...
The air-land-sea interaction in the vicinity of Monterey Bay, California, is simulated and investigated using a new Integrated Regional Model System (I-RMS). This new model...- publication PDF
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Quality control for community-based sea-ice model development
A new collaborative organization for sea-ice model development, the CICE Consortium, has devised quality control procedures to maintain the integrity of its numerical codes'...- publication PDF
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Transient evolution of Langmuir turbulence in ocean boundary layers driven...
A large-eddy simulation (LES) model, which adopts wave-averaged equations with vortex force, is used to investigate Langmuir turbulence and ocean boundary layer (OBL) dynamics...- publication PDF
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Ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation in a Babcock-Leighton solar dynamo...
Accurate knowledge of time variation in meridional flow speed and profile is crucial for estimating the solar cycle's features, which are ultimately responsible for causing...- publication PDF
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Cloud computing efforts for the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model is a numerical weather prediction model supported by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to a worldwide...- publication PDF
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Interpretation of rank histograms for verifying ensemble forecasts
Rank histograms are a tool for evaluating ensemble forecasts. They are useful for determining the reliability of ensemble forecasts and for diagnosing errors in its mean and...- publication PDF
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Stochastically generated North American megadroughts
The importance of interannual-to-decadal sea surface temperature (SST) influences on drought in the United States is examined using a suite of simulations conducted with the...- publication PDF