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Aerosol microphysical impact on summertime convective precipitation in the...
We present an aerosol-cloud-precipitation modeling study of convective clouds using the Weather Research and Forecasting model fully coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) version...- publication PDF
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Ensemble forecasts of air quality in eastern China – Part 1: Model...
An operational multi-model forecasting system for air quality including nine different chemical transport models has been developed and provides daily forecasts of ozone,...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the impact of planetary boundary layer, land surface model, and...
Infrared brightness temperatures (BTs) from the Geostationary Observing Environmental Satellite-16 Advanced Baseline Imager are used to examine the ability of several...- publication PDF
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The MATERHORN: Unraveling the intricacies of mountain weather
Emerging application areas such as air pollution in megacities, wind energy, urban security, and operation of unmanned aerial vehicles have intensified scientific and societal...- publication PDF
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Multi-sensor Advection Diffusion nowCast (MADCast) for cloud analysis and...
A new approach designed for the analysis and short-term forecasting of clouds,called Multi-sensor Advection-Diffusion nowCast (MADCast), has been implemented within the Weather...- publication PDF
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The extratropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
The extratropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (Ex-UTLS) is a transition region between the stratosphere and the troposphere. The Ex-UTLS includes the tropopause, a...- publication PDF
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Mesoanalysis of the interactions of precipitating convection and the boundary layer
The Oklahoma Mesonet surface wind data and the Arkansas Basin River Forecast Center (ABRFC) gridded hourly precipitation data from May to August, 1997, were used to demonstrate...- publication PDF
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Description of NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM0B)
This report presents the details of the governing equations, physical parameterizations and numerical algorithms defining the version of the NCAR Community Climate Model...- publication PDF
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Complexities of a 3-D plasmoid flux rope as shown by an MHD simulation
The results of a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation of a pair of magnetospheric substorms on 11 August 2002 are presented. Comparisons of data with simulation results...- publication PDF
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The dynamics of vulnerability: Why adapting to climate variability will not...
Recent reports and scholarship suggest that adapting to current climate variability may represent a 'no regrets' strategy for adapting to climate change. Addressing 'adaptation...- publication PDF
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Roles of forests in moderating the diurnal cycle of land-atmosphere interactions
Forests moderate the microclimate through evapotranspiration and biomass heat flux. However, understanding the contributions of dense forests remains challenging due to...- publication PDF
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Helioseismology
Oscillations detected on the solar surface provide a unique opportunity for investigations of the interior properties of a star. Through major observational efforts, including...- publication PDF
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Impact of the January 2012 solar proton event on polar mesospheric clouds
We use data from the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission and simulations using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model to determine the impact of the 23-30 January...- publication PDF
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Feature-based validation of the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry magnetohydrodynamical model
Field-aligned currents (FACs) play an important role in the coupling between the ionosphere and magnetosphere. Numerical simulation of these phenomena is of increasing interest,...- publication PDF
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The Niwot Ridge Subalpine Forest US-NR1 AmeriFlux site -- Part 1: Data...
The Niwot Ridge Subalpine Forest AmeriFlux site (US-NR1) has been measuring eddy-covariance ecosystem fluxes of carbon dioxide, heat, and water vapor since 1 November 1998....- publication PDF
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Potential climate impact of black carbon emitted by rockets
A new type of hydrocarbon rocket engine is expected to power a fleet of suborbital rockets for commercial and scientific purposes in coming decades. A global climate model...- publication PDF
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Comparison of snow data assimilation system with GPS reflectometry snow...
In this study, we compare gridded snow depth estimates from the Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS) with snow depth observations derived from GPS interferometric...- publication PDF
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Generation of inflow turbulence in large-eddy simulations of nonneutral...
Realistic multiscale simulations involve coupling of mesoscale and large-eddy simulation (LES) models, thus requiring efficient generation of turbulence in nested LES domains....- publication PDF
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Improvements in wintertime surface temperature variability in the Community...
The Community Earth System Model (CESM) is widely used for the prediction and understanding of climate variability and change. Accurate simulation of the behavior of near...- publication PDF
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Magnetic-field- and hyperfine-induced 3P0-1S0 transitions in Be- and Ne-like ions
In this work, we investigate the magnetic-field-and hyperfine-induced P-3(0) -> S-1(0) transitions in Be-and Ne-like ions along the respective isoelectronic sequence by using...- publication PDF