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An improved representation of rimed snow and conversion to graupel in a...
This paper describes the development of a new multicomponent detailed bin ice microphysics scheme that predicts the number concentration of ice as well as the rime mass mixing...- publication PDF
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Improving canopy processes in the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4)...
The Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) overestimates gross primary production (GPP) compared with data-driven estimates and other process models. We use global, spatially...- publication PDF
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Arctic Landscapes in Transition: Responses to Thawing Permafrost
Observations indicate that over the past several decades, geomorphic processes in the Arctic have been changing or intensifying. Coastal erosion, which currently supplies most...- publication PDF
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A range of outcomes: The combined effects of internal variability and...
Disentangling the effects of internal variability and anthropogenic forcing on regional climate trends remains a key challenge with far-reaching implications. Due to its largely...- publication PDF
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Dependence of the high-latitude thermospheric densities on the...
The systematic analysis of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) By and Bz influences on observed thermospheric density is presented. For this purpose, the high-latitude...- publication PDF
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Adaptive capacity to extreme heat: Results from a household survey in Houston, Texas
Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related mortality in the United States, suggesting the necessity for better understanding population vulnerability to extreme heat....- publication PDF
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MicroPulse DIAL (MPD) â A diode-laser-based lidar architecture for...
Continuous water vapor and temperature profiles are critically needed for improved understanding of the lower atmosphere and potential advances in weather forecasting skill....- publication PDF
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The Ice Particle and Aggregate Simulator IPAS). Part III: Verification and...
The Ice Particle and Aggregate Simulator (IPAS) is used to theoretically represent the aggregation process of ice crystals. Aggregates have a variety of formations based on...- publication PDF
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A semiparametric multivariate and multisite weather generator
We propose a semiparametric multivariate weather generator with greater ability to reproduce the historical statistics, especially the wet and dry spells. The proposed approach...- publication PDF
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Improvement of snow gauge collection efficiency through a knowledge of solid...
The collection efficiency of a typical precipitation gauge-shield configuration decreases with increasing wind speed, with a high scatter for a given wind speed. The high...- publication PDF
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Modern and prospective technologies for weather modification activities: A...
Present-day weather modification technologies are scientifically based and have made controlled technological advances since the late 1990s, early 2000s. The technological...- publication PDF
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Description and demonstration of the Coupled Community Earth System Model v2...
Earth system/ice-sheet coupling is an area of recent, major Earth System Model (ESM) development. This work occurs at the intersection of glaciology and climate science and is...- publication PDF
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Efficient sssimilation of simulated observations in a high-dimensional...
This study presents the first application of a localized particle filter (PF) for data assimilation in a high-dimensional geophysical model. Particle filters form Monte Carlo...- publication PDF
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Impact of hygroscopic seeding on the initiation of precipitation formation:...
A hybrid bin microphysical scheme is developed in a parcel model framework to study how natural aerosol particles and different types of hygroscopic seeding materials affect the...- publication PDF
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Assimilation of simulated doppler radar observations with an ensemble Kalman filter
Assimilation of Doppler radar data into cloud models is an important obstacle to routine numerical weather prediction for convective-scale motions; the difficulty lies in...- publication PDF
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Utilizing SMAP soil moisture data to constrain irrigation in the Community Land Model
Irrigation representation in land surface models has been advanced over the past decade, but the soil moisture (SM) data from SMAP satellite have not yet been utilized in large-...- publication PDF
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An improved OSIRIS NO2 profile retrieval in the upper troposphereâlower...
The v7.2 NO2 retrieval for the Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System (OSIRIS) was designed to improve sensitivity in the upper troposphere-lower stratosphere (UTLS)...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of Fengyun-4A Lightning Mapping Imager (LMI) performance during...
This study investigates the characteristics of space-borne Lightning Mapping Imager (LMI) lightning products and their relationships with cloud properties using ground-based...- publication PDF
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Pollution and its Impacts on the South American Cryosphere
This article is a review of the science goals and activities initiated within the framework of the Pollution and its Impacts on the South American Cryosphere (PISAC) initiative....- publication PDF
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Biosphere-atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) Version 1e as Coupled to the...
This report describes the physical processes, current numerical parameterizations, and some of the code structure of BATSle. BATSle, a piece of software, that runs as an offline...- publication PDF
