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A comparative study of various approaches for producing probabilistic...
The skill of operational deterministic turbulence forecasts is impacted by the uncertainties in both weather forecasts from the underlying numerical weather prediction (NWP)...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric chemistry of isopropyl formate and tert-butyl formate
Formates are produced in the atmosphere as a result of the oxidation of a number of species, notably dialkyl ethers and vinyl ethers. This work describes experiments to define...- publication PDF
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Future warming patterns linked to today's climate variability
The reliability of model projections of greenhouse gas (GHG)-induced future climate change is often assessed based on models' ability to simulate the current climate, but there...- publication PDF
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Variational assimilation of slant-path wet delay measurements from a...
With the recent advance in Global Positioning System (GPS) atmospheric sensing technology, slant wet delay along each ray path can be measured with a few millimeters accuracy....- publication PDF
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Wave-induced boundary layer separation in the lee of the Medicine Bow...
Mountain waves and rotors in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains in southeastern Wyoming are investigated in a two-part paper. Part I by French et al. delivers a detailed...- publication PDF
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Systems approach to polarization calibration for the Daniel K. Inouye solar...
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) advances studies of solar magnetism through high-precision and accuracy in polarimetry at frontier spatial and temporal scales. A...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume IX: Balloon 70K
Early Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon tests have resulted in valuable upper air wind data, particularly in the data-poor mid-latitudes over southern...- publication PDF
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A community diagnostic tool for chemistry climate model validation
This technical note presents an overview of the Chemistry-Climate Model Validation Diagnostic (CCMVal-Diag) tool for model evaluation. The CCMVal-Diag tool is a flexible and...- publication PDF
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Sensing vegetation growth with reflected GPS signals
Estimates of vegetation state are required for hydrometeorological modeling and validation of satellite estimates of land surface conditions. A linkage is described between...- publication PDF
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An examination of urban heat island characteristics in a global climate model
A parameterization for urban surfaces has been incorporated into the Community Land Model as part of the Community Climate System Model. The parameterization allows global...- publication PDF
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Periodic variations in solar wind and responses of the magnetosphere and...
TIMED/GUVI observed thermospheric column n-ary sumation O/N-2 depletion in both hemispheres between March 1 and 21, 2017 which was caused by large periodic variations in...- publication PDF
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Building the next generation of climate modelers: Scale-aware physics...
The Second WCRP Summer School brought together expert scientists to share knowledge with early career scientists on the latest developments in global atmospheric models with an...- publication PDF
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Mitigation of 21st century Antarctic sea ice loss by stratospheric ozone recovery
We investigate the effect of stratospheric ozone recovery on Antarctic sea ice in the next half-century, by comparing two ensembles of integrations of the Whole Atmosphere...- publication PDF
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The impact of smoke on the ultraviolet and visible radiative forcing under...
The quantification of the UV characteristics of smoke aerosols is valuable to UV Index forecasting, air quality studies, air chemistry studies, and assessments of the impacts on...- publication PDF
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Groundwater depletion in the Middle East from GRACE with implications for...
In this study, we use observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission to evaluate freshwater storage trends in the north-central Middle...- publication PDF
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Role of AMOC in transient climate response to greenhouse gas forcing in two...
As the greenhouse gas concentrations increase, a warmer climate is expected. However, numerous internal climate processes can modulate the primary radiative warming response of...- publication PDF
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Polarization lidar at summit, Greenland, for the detection of cloud phase...
Accurate measurements of cloud properties are necessary to document the full range of cloud conditions and characteristics. The Cloud, Aerosol Polarization and Backscatter Lidar...- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the 2021 Improving Scientific Software Conference
The Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) is a loosely structured group of software engineers and scientists who write scientific software, mostly but not only at NCAR and mostly...- publication PDF
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Projecting Antarctica's contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice...
The sea level contribution of the Antarctic ice sheet constitutes a large uncertainty in future sea level projections. Here we apply a linear response theory approach to 16...- publication PDF
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Asteroseismic inferences on red giants in open clusters NGC 6791, NGC 6819,...
Four open clusters are present in the Kepler field of view and timeseries of nearly a year in length are now available. These timeseries allow us to derive asteroseismic global...- publication PDF