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Urbanization impacts on evapotranspiration across various spatio-temporal scales
Urbanization has been shown to locally increase the nighttime temperatures creating urban heat islands, which partly arise due to evapotranspiration (ET) reduction. It is...- publication PDF
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The citation impact of hydrology journals
We examine a suite of journal-level productivity and citation statistics for six leading hydrology journals in order to help authors understand the robustness and meaning of...- publication PDF
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The delayed response of the troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere coupling to...
A strong Southern Hemisphere (SH) sudden stratospheric warming event occurred in September 2019 and significantly weakened the stratospheric polar vortex. Due to the positive...- publication PDF
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A formula for the maximum vertical velocity in supercell updrafts
In supercell environments, previous authors have shown strong connections between the vertical wind shear magnitude, updraft width, and entrainment. Based on these results, it...- publication PDF
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A study on local-scale thermal and dynamical mechanisms in the initiation of...
A convective system was initiated under weak forcing on the plains near Beijing on the afternoon of 26 June 2009 and developed into a squall line that resulted in heavy...- publication PDF
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A novel Whole Air Sample Profiler (WASP) for the quantification of volatile...
The emission and fate of reactive volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is of inherent interest to those studying chemical biosphere-atmosphere interactions. In-canopy VOC...- publication PDF
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The BLLAST field experiment: Boundary-layer late afternoon and sunset turbulence
Due to the major role of the sun in heating the earth's surface, the atmospheric planetary boundary layer over land is inherently marked by a diurnal cycle. The afternoon...- publication PDF
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Lake Victoria thunderstorms: Radar-observed initiation and storm evolution modes
The enhanced observation period during the HIGHWAY field campaign in East Africa provided the opportunity to obtain continuous ground-based radar observations over the Lake...- publication PDF
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On optimal stability test spacing for assessing snow avalanche conditions
Assessing snow stability requires a holistic approach, relying on avalanche, snowpack and weather observations. Part of this assessment utilizes stability tests, but these tests...- publication PDF
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An Eulerian scheme for identifying fronts and vortices in quasi-balanced flows
The identification of vortices in a fluid flow is a dynamically interesting problem that has practical applications in oceanography due to the outsized role eddies play in water...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric ice particle shape estimates from polarimetric radar...
A remote sensing approach to retrieve the degree of nonsphericity of ice hydrometeors using scanning polarimetric Ka-band radar measurements from a U.S. Department of Energy...- publication PDF
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Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5...
Future changes in the stratospheric circulation could have an important impact on northern winter tropospheric climate change, given that sea level pressure (SLP) responds not...- publication PDF
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Integrating the interconnections between groundwater and land surface...
Understanding the interactions between the atmosphere, the land, and the subsurface is fundamental to hydrology and is critical for a better assessment of the impacts of climate...- publication PDF
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An observational study of the symmetric boundary layer structure and...
This study analyses Global Positioning System dropsondes to document the axisymmetric tropical cyclone (TC) boundary-layer structure, based on storm intensity. A total of 2608...- publication PDF
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GPS radio occultation for climate monitoring and change detection
Observation of the atmospheric climate and detection of changes require high quality data. Radio Occultation (RO) using Global Positioning System (GPS) signals is based on time...- publication PDF
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Topographic coupling of the Atlantic overturning and gyre circulations
The vorticity dynamics associated with the mean and time-varying gyre and overturning circulations of the Atlantic Ocean are examined in a realistic ocean model hindcast...- publication PDF
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Reexamination of the state of the art of cloud modeling shows real improvements
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- 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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Description and evaluation of a new four-mode version of the Modal Aerosol...
Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols play an important role in the climate system by influencing the Earth's radiation budgets and modifying the cloud properties. Despite the...- publication PDF
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Impact of Biomass Burning Aerosols on the Diurnal Cycle of Convective Clouds...
A coupled weather-aerosol model is used to study the effect of biomass burning aerosols on deep convection over the Borneo Island and surrounding oceans. Simulations are...- publication PDF
