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Evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet over the next three centuries from an...
The Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP6 (ISMIP6) is the primary effort of CMIP6 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project–Phase 6) focusing on ice sheets, designed to...- publication PDF
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Two dynamical core formulation flaws exposed by a baroclinic instability test case
Two flaws in the semi-Lagrangian algorithm originally implemented as an optional dynamical core in the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM3.1) are exposed by steady-state and...- publication PDF
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Characteristics of raindrop size distributions in Chongqing observed by a...
This study investigates the characteristics of raindrop size distribution (RSD) including the temporal and spatial variabilities and the summer rain RSD features using 34...- publication PDF
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Variability in HDO/H₂O abundance ratios in the tropical tropopause layer
The dehydration of air in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) and mechanisms for the entry of water vapor into the stratosphere are investigated by an analysis of ACE-FTS...- publication PDF
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The essential role of local context in shaping risk and risk reduction...
Climate change-induced shifts in snow storage and snowmelt patterns pose risks for adverse impacts to people, the environment, and irrigated agriculture. Existing research...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of NOAH-MP Land-Model uncertainties over sparsely vegetated sites...
The water budget and energy exchange over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) region play an important role on the Asian monsoon. However, it is not well presented in the current land...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of Collins WXR-700C-G Radar Performance During the MIST Project,...
This report summarizes comparisons of the Collins WXR-700C-G and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratories FL2 Doppler radars. The intent of these...- publication PDF
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Improving the analog ensemble wind speed forecasts for rare events
An analog-based ensemble technique, the analog ensemble (AnEn), has been applied successfully to generate probabilistic predictions of meteorological variables, wind and solar...- publication PDF
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Spatial and temporal variability of interhemispheric transport times
The seasonal and interannual variability of transport times from the northern midlatitude surface into the Southern Hemisphere is examined using simulations of three idealized...- publication PDF
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What controls the seasonal cycle of black carbon aerosols in India?
The seasonal variability of black carbon (BC) aerosols in India is studied using high resolution (10 km) BC simulations conducted using the Weather Research and Forecasting...- publication PDF
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The Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) thesaurus: Standardizing...
Paleoscience data are extremely heterogeneous; hundreds of different types of measurements and reconstructions are routinely made by scientists on a variety of types of physical...- publication PDF
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Investigating the response of leaf area index to droughts in southern...
In many regions of the world, frequent and continual dry spells are exacerbating drought conditions, which have severe impacts on vegetation biomes. Vegetation in southern...- publication PDF
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Representing spatial variability of snow water equivalent in hydrologic and...
This paper evaluates the use of field data on the spatial variability of snow water equivalent (SWE) to guide the design of distributed snow models. An extensive reanalysis of...- publication PDF
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Turbulence in breaking mountain waves and atmospheric rotors estimated from...
Atmospheric turbulence generated in flow over mountainous terrain is studied using airborne in situ and cloud radar measurements over the Medicine Bow Mountains in southeast...- publication PDF
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Aviation 2006 NOx-induced effects on atmospheric ozone and HOx in Community...
The interaction between atmospheric chemistry and ozone (O3) in the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere (UTLS) presents a major uncertainty in understanding the effects of...- publication PDF
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Challenges to adaptation: A fundamental concept for the shared...
The framework for the new scenarios being developed for climate research calls for the development of a set of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), which are meant to differ in...- publication PDF
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Storm-time variability of terrestrial hydrogen exosphere: Kinetic simulation results
Recent studies of TWINS Lyman- α observations have reported an increase in geocoronal column brightness during geomagnetic storms, indicating enhanced exospheric hydrogen atom...- publication PDF
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Development and greenhouse gas emissions deviate from the 'modernization'...
Projections of future climate change partly depend on the assumptions made for future emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). These emissions are typically represented through an...- publication PDF
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Agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S. during SEAC4RS: Emissions of...
Emissions from 15 agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S. were measured from the NASA DC-8 research aircraft during the summer 2013 Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric...- publication PDF
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The role of mesoscale cloud morphology in the shortwave cloud feedback
A supervised neural network algorithm is used to categorize near-global satellite retrievals into three mesoscale cellular convective (MCC) cloud morphology patterns. At...- publication PDF