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Direct online mass spectrometry measurements of ice nucleating particles at...
The formation of ice in clouds can strongly impact cloud properties and precipitation processes during storms, including atmospheric rivers. Sea spray aerosol (SSA) particles...- publication PDF
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Progress and challenges in modeling dynamics–microphysics interactions: From...
The workshop provided a platform for the cloud modeling community to discuss the current issues, progress, and challenges based on the four cases. Each case was assigned a full...- publication PDF
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Trends of ozone total columns and vertical distribution from FTIR...
Ground-based Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) measurements of solar absorption spectra can provide ozone total columns with a precision of 2% but also independent partial...- publication PDF
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Effects of Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption on the hydrological cycle as an...
The problem of global warming arises from the buildup of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels and other human activities that change the...- publication PDF
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Comparing limited-area 3DVAR and hybrid variational-ensemble data...
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) "hybrid" variational-ensemble data assimilation (DA) algorithm was used to initialize WRF model forecasts of three tropical...- publication PDF
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Insights into riming and aggregation processes as revealed by aircraft,...
This study presents aircraft spiral ascent and descent observations intercepting a transition to riming processes during widespread stratiform precipitation. The sequence is...- publication PDF
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Exploring oxidation in the remote free troposphere: Insights from...
Earth's atmosphere oxidizes the greenhouse gas methane and other gases, thus determining their lifetimes and oxidation products. Much of this oxidation occurs in the remote,...- publication PDF
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Upscale feedback of tropical synoptic variability to intraseasonal...
Analysis of observational data suggests two-way interactions between the tropical intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) and synoptic-scale variability (SSV). On one hand, SSV is...- publication PDF
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Gravitational separation of Ar/N2 and age of air in the lowermost...
Accurate simulation of atmospheric circulation, particularly in the lower stratosphere, is challenging due to unresolved wave-mean flow interactions and limited high-resolution...- publication PDF
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Air quality in the Northern Colorado Front Range Metro Area: The Front Range...
We describe the resources used, the deployment strategy, and the outcomes of the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Éxperiment (FRAPPÉ) experiment, which took place in...- publication PDF
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Evaluating lossy data compression on climate simulation data within a large ensemble
High-resolution Earth system model simulations generate enormous data volumes, and retaining the data from these simulations often strains institutional storage resources....- publication PDF
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Willingness to pay for mosquito control: How important is West Nile Virus...
Public health programs that control mosquitoes and other disease vectors have the added benefit of reducing residents' exposure to pest insects. We surveyed homeowners in...- publication PDF
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Comparing ownership and use of bed nets at two sites with differential...
BACKGROUND: Challenges persist in ensuring access to and optimal use of long-lasting, insecticidal bed nets (LLINs). Factors associated with ownership and use may differ...- publication PDF
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Understanding isoprene photooxidation using observations and modeling over a...
The emission, dispersion, and photochemistry of isoprene (C5H8) and related chemical species in the convective boundary layer (CBL) during sunlit daytime were studied over a...- publication PDF
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Ocean mediation of tropospheric response to reflecting and absorbing aerosols
Radiative forcing by reflecting (e.g., sulfate, SO₄) and absorbing (e.g., black carbon, BC) aerosols is distinct: the former cools the planet by reducing solar radiation at the...- publication PDF
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Contributions of natural and anthropogenic forcing to changes in temperature...
Observations averaged over the U.S. for the second half of the 20th century have shown a decrease of frost days, an increase in growing season length, an increase in the number...- publication PDF
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Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster - how models can be used to...
Following the destructive Lahaina Fire in Hawaii, our team has modeled the wind and fire spread processes to understand the drivers of this devastating event. The results are in...- publication PDF
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Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region – a model...
This study investigates and compares soil moisture and hydrology projections of broadly used land models with permafrost processes and highlights the causes and impacts of...- publication PDF
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Selecting a climate model subset to optimise key ensemble properties
End users studying impacts and risks caused by human-induced climate change are often presented with large multi-model ensembles of climate projections whose composition and...- publication PDF
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Quasi-spherical ice in convective clouds
Homogeneous freezing of supercooled droplets occurs in convective systems in low and midlatitudes. This droplet-freezing process leads to the formation of a large amount of...- publication PDF