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Advanced two-moment bulk microphysics for global models. Part II: Global...
A modified microphysics scheme is implemented in the Community Atmosphere Model, version 5 (CAM5). The new scheme features prognostic precipitation. The coupling between the...- publication PDF
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Influence of initial conditions and climate forcing on predicting Arctic sea ice
The recent sharp decline in Arctic sea ice has triggered an increase in the interest of Arctic sea ice predictability, not least driven by the potential of significant human...- publication PDF
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A User's Guide to the VEMAP Phase 1 Database
The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) is an ongoing multi-institutional, international effort addressing the response of biogeography and...- publication PDF
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An ERA5 climatology of synoptic-scale negative potential vorticity–jet...
Abstract. Recent numerical modeling and theoretical work deduce that potential vorticity (PV) can turn negative in the Northern Hemisphere as a result of localized convective...- publication PDF
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Testing GISS-MM5 physics configurations for use in regional impacts studies
The Mesoscale Modeling System Version 5 (MM5) was one-way nested to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies global climate model (GISS GCM), which provided the boundary...- publication PDF
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Spatial coverage of monitoring networks: A climate observing system...
Observing systems consisting of a finite number of in situ monitoring stations can provide high-quality measurements with the ability to quality assure both the instruments and...- publication PDF
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A feasibility study of the radio occultation electron density retrieval...
Radio Occultation (RO) has been proven a powerful technique on profiling ionospheric electron density profile. The currently used Abel inversion in RO electron density profile...- publication PDF
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Trends in latent and sensible heat fluxes over the oceans surrounding the...
The trends in latent and sensible heat fluxes (LHF and SHF) over the oceans surrounding the Arctic Ocean and the contributions of the Arctic Oscillation, the Arctic dipole...- publication PDF
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Seasonal predictability of extratropical storm tracks in GFDL's...
The seasonal predictability of extratropical storm tracks in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's (GFDL)'s high-resolution climate model has been investigated using an...- publication PDF
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Could a future "Grand Solar Minimum" like the Maunder Minimum stop global warming?
A future Maunder Minimum type grand solar minimum, with total solar irradiance reduced by 0.25% over a 50 year period from 2020 to 2070, is imposed in a future climate change...- publication PDF
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A subtropical oceanic mesoscale convective vortex observed during SoWMEX/TiMREX
This study examines a subtropical oceanic mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) that occurred from 1800 UTC 4 June to 1200 UTC 6 June 2008 during intensive observing period (IOP) 6...- publication PDF
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Sub-seasonal predictability of North American Monsoon precipitation
North American Monsoon (NAM) rainfall is a vital water resource in the United States Southwest, providing 60-80% of the region's annual precipitation. However, NAM rainfall is...- publication PDF
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Comparison of regime-sorted tropical cloud profiles observed by CloudSat...
CloudSat observed tropical liquid and ice water content (L/IWC, Version 4) profiles are compared with GEOS5 analyses, NCAR-CAM3, and GFDL-AM2 simulations. Both the analyses and...- publication PDF
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Data assimilation retrieval of electron density profiles from radio...
In this paper, the Kalman filter is used to retrieve the electron density profile along the tangent points by assimilating the slant total electron content data observed during...- publication PDF
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Spatial patterns of turbulence near thunderstorms
Many people have a turbulence story: perhaps a specific memorable experience or just an unpleasant flight where the seatbelt sign remained on for hours. While more rare, severe...- publication PDF
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Studies in Climate
The Climate Project at the National Center for Atmospheric Research held a symposium on analysis and modeling of climate on large spatial scales from 29 November to 2 December...- publication PDF
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Development of an intense, warm-core mesoscale vortex associated with the 8...
In this study, the dynamical processes contributing to warm-core meso-β-scale vortex formation associated with the 8 May 2009 "super derecho" are examined utilizing two...- publication PDF
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Mountain-wave turbulence in the presence of directional wind shear over the...
Mountain-wave turbulence in the presence of directional wind shear over the Rocky Mountains in Colorado is investigated. Pilot reports (PIREPs) are used to select cases in which...- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Climate Informatics: CI 2019
Climate informatics is an emerging research area that combines the fields of climate science and data science (specifically machine learning, data mining and statistics) to...- publication PDF
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Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science
Synthesis research in ecology and environmental science improves understanding, advances theory, identifies research priorities, and supports management strategies by linking...- publication PDF
