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Impact of assimilating AMSU-A radiances on forecasts of 2008 Atlantic...
The impact of assimilating radiance observations from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) on forecasts of several tropical cyclones (TCs) was studied using the...- publication PDF
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Investigating the impact of high-resolution land-sea masks on hurricane...
Realistic wind information is critical for accurate forecasts of landfalling hurricanes. In order to provide more realistic near-surface wind forecasts of hurricanes over...- publication PDF
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Objective classification of extreme rainfall regions for the UK and updated...
Extreme rainfall events pose considerable threats to society and critical infrastructure yet, by definitions, these events are rare. Reliable estimates of the likelihood of such...- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the Atmospheric Research Aircraft Instrumentation Workshop...
This is part one of a two part report that details the proceedings of the Atmospheric Research Aircraft Instrumentation Workshop and Symposium, held in Oklahoma City, 17 and 18...- publication PDF
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Gravity currents in a deep anelastic atmosphere
This study presents analytic results for steady gravity currents in a channel using the deep anelastic equations. Results are cast in terms of a nondimensional parameter H/H₀...- publication PDF
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Empirical relations between size parameters of ice hydrometeor populations...
Empirical power-law relations between the equivalent radar reflectivity factor Z(e) and the slope parameter of the gamma function Lambda (i.e., Lambda = cZ(e)(d); used to...- publication PDF
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The annual cycle of the energy budget. Part II: Meridional structures and...
Meridional structure and transports of energy in the atmosphere, ocean, and land are evaluated holistically for the mean and annual cycle zonal averages over the ocean, land,...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric responses at low latitudes to the annular solar eclipse on 21 June 2020
In this study, we utilized both ground-based and space-borne observations including total electron content (TEC) from Beidou geostationary satellites, two-dimensional TEC maps...- publication PDF
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Quantifying wintertime boundary layer ozone production from frequent profile...
As part of the Uinta Basin Winter Ozone Study, January-February 2013, we conducted 937 tethered balloon-borne ozone vertical and temperature profiles from three sites in the...- publication PDF
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Terrestrial contribution to the heterogeneity in hydrological changes under...
This study investigates a physical basis for heterogeneity in hydrological changes, which suggests a greater detectability in wet than dry regions. Wet regions are those where...- publication PDF
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Ecosystem function in complex mountain terrain: Combining models and...
Abiotic factors structure plant community composition and ecosystem function across many different spatial scales. Often, such variation is considered at regional or global...- publication PDF
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Role of magnetosheath force balance in regulating the dayside reconnection potential
When the interplanetary magnetic field ( IMF) is southward, most of the ionospheric potential is generated by merging between the IMF and the magnetospheric field. Typically,...- publication PDF
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Statistical characterization of joule heating associated with ionospheric...
Ultra low frequency (ULF; 1 mHz ‐ several Hz) waves are key to energy transport within the geospace system, yet their contribution to Joule heating in the upper...- publication PDF
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Century-long monitoring of solar irradiance and Earth's albedo using a...
An inert sphere of a few metres diameter, placed in a special stable geosynchronous orbit in perpetuo, can be used for a variety of scientific experiments. Ground-based...- publication PDF
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Patterns and frequency of projected future tropical cyclone genesis are...
Potential future changes in the genesis frequency and distribution of tropical cyclones are important for society, yet uncertain. Confidence in the model projections largely...- publication PDF
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An improved parameterization of wind-blown sand flux on Mars that includes...
Saltation, the wind-driven hopping motion of sand grains, forms dunes and ripples, and ejects fine dust particles into the atmosphere on Mars. Although the wind speed at which...- publication PDF
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Dissimilarity of scalar transport in the convective boundary layer in...
A land-surface model (LSM) is coupled with a large-eddy simulation (LES) model to investigate the vegetation-atmosphere exchange of heat, water vapour, and carbon dioxide (CO2)...- publication PDF
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An empirical model of the Earth's horizontal wind fields: HWM07
The new Horizontal Wind Model (HWM07) provides a statistical representation of the horizontal wind fields of the Earth's atmosphere from the ground to the exosphere (0-500 km)....- publication PDF
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Deriving tropospheric transit time distributions using airborne trace gas...
This study investigates the use of airborne in situ measurements to derive transit time distributions (TTD) from the boundary layer (BL) to the upper troposphere (UT) over the...- publication PDF
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Performance of the HOMME dynamical core in the aqua-planet configuration of...
A new atmospheric dynamical core, named the High Order Method Modeling Environment (HOMME), has been recently included in the NCAR-Community Climate System Model version 4...- publication PDF
