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Idealized simulations of the tropical climate and variability in the Single...
To explore the interactions among column processes in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM), the single-column version of CAM (SCAM) is integrated for 1000 days in radiative-...- publication PDF
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Modeling hydroclimatic change in southwest Louisiana rivers
We applied the newly developed WRF-Hydro model to investigate the hydroclimatic trend encompassing the three basins in Southwest Louisiana as well as their connection with...- publication PDF
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Case Studies on Convective Storms / Case Study 2, 22 July 1976: First Echo Case
This is one of a series of documents reporting data on aircraft penetrations in convective clouds, ranging from cumulus congestus to thunderstorms, in northeastern Colorado and...- publication PDF
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Wavenumber-frequency spectra of normal mode function decomposed atmospheric...
The study of tropical tropospheric disturbances has led to important challenges from both observational and theoretical points of view. In particular, the observed wavenumber-...- publication PDF
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Model-space localization in serial ensemble filters
Ensemble-based data assimilation systems typically use covariance localization to dampen spurious correlations associated with sampling error while increasing the rank of the...- publication PDF
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A real-time on-orbit signal tracking algorithm for GNSS surface observations
This manuscript describes real-time on-orbit instrument compatible open loop signal tracking techniques for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) reflection observations....- publication PDF
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Volcanic eruption signatures in the Isotope-Enabled Last Millennium Ensemble
Explosive volcanic eruptions are one of the largest natural climate perturbations, but few observational constraints exist on either the climate responses to eruptions or the...- publication PDF
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Validation of Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment (SOFIE) nitric oxide measurements
Nitric oxide (NO) measurements from the Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment (SOFIE) are validated through detailed uncertainty analysis and comparisons with independent...- publication PDF
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Chemistry of hydrogen oxide radicals (HOx) in the Arctic troposphere in spring
We use observations from the April 2008 NASA ARCTAS aircraft campaign to the North American Arctic, interpreted with a global 3-D chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem), to better...- publication PDF
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Observational evidence of horizontal transport-driven dehydration in the TTL
A recent airborne study obtained extensive measurements in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) over the western Pacific and provided the first opportunity to examine the...- publication PDF
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Ash particles detected in the tropical lower stratosphere
We report here on measurements of relatively large (up to â5-μm maximum dimension) particles detected in the tropical western Pacific lower stratosphere. The particles were...- publication PDF
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Improving ECC ozonesonde data quality: Assessment of current methods and...
We review the current state of knowledge of ozonesonde uncertainty and bias, with reference to recent developments in laboratory and field experiments. In the past 20îyears...- publication PDF
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Adaptive localization for satellite radiance observations in an ensemble...
Localization is essential to effectively assimilate satellite radiances in ensemble Kalman filters. However, the vertical location and separation from a model grid point...- publication PDF
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The evaporative demand drought index. Part II: CONUS-wide assessment against...
Precipitation, soil moisture, and air temperature are the most commonly used climate variables to monitor drought; however, other climatic factors such as solar radiation, wind...- publication PDF
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What controls stratospheric water vapor in the NH summer monsoon regions?
Water vapor in the lower stratosphere exhibits localized maximum values during Northern Hemisphere summer in the Asian and North American (NA) monsoon regions. The processes...- publication PDF
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Global Atmospheric Circulation Statistics, 1000-1 mb
This atlas presents atmospheric general circulation statistics derived from twelve years (1979-1990) of daily National Meteorological Center (NMC) operational geopotential...- publication PDF
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Global atmospheric budget of acetaldehyde: 3-D model analysis and...
We construct a global atmospheric budget for acetaldehyde using a 3-D model of atmospheric chemistry (GEOS-Chem), and use an ensemble of observations to evaluate present...- publication PDF
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GAMERA: A three-dimensional finite-volume MHD solver for non-orthogonal...
Efficient simulation of plasmas in various contexts often involves the use of meshes that conform to the intrinsic geometry of the system under consideration. We present here a...- publication PDF
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First results for Solar Soft X-Ray irradiance measurements from the...
Three generations of the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) have flown on small satellites with the goal "to explore the energy distribution of soft X-ray (SXR)...- publication PDF
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The role of large-scale feedbacks in cumulus convection parameter estimation
Uncertainty in cumulus convection parameterization is one of the most important causes of model climate drift through interactions between large-scale background and local...- publication PDF