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CCM Progress Report--July 1990
This report is a accumulation of brief reports required of all Community Climate Model (CCM) users both inside and outside of NCAR. The report serves to augment periodically...- publication PDF
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A review of ice particle shapes in cirrus formed in situ and in anvils
Results from 22 airborne field campaigns, including more than 10 million high-resolution particle images collected in cirrus formed in situ and in convective anvils, are...- publication PDF
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Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region â a model...
This study investigates and compares soil moisture and hydrology projections of broadly used land models with permafrost processes and highlights the causes and impacts of...- publication PDF
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An observation-based, reduced-form model for oxidation in the remote marine...
The hydroxyl radical (OH) fuels atmospheric chemical cycling as the main sink for methane and a driver of the formation and loss of many air pollutants, but direct OH...- publication PDF
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The importance of ENSO phase during volcanic eruptions for detection and attribution
Comparisons of the observed global-scale cooling following recent volcanic eruptions to that simulated by climate models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5)...- publication PDF
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A hybrid-3D hillslope hydrological model for use in Earth system models
Hillslope-scale rainfall-runoff processes leading to a fast catchment response are not explicitly included in land surface models (LSMs) for use in earth system models (ESMs)...- publication PDF
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The coupled boundary layers and air-sea transfer experiment in low winds
The Office of Naval Research's Coupled Boundary Layers and AirâSea Transfer (CBLAST) program is being conducted to investigate the processes that couple the marine boundary...- publication PDF
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Downscaling Global Spatial Population Projections from 1/8-degree to 1-km Grid Cells
Global spatial population projections consistent with the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are important for understanding interactions between societal and climatic...- publication PDF
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Development and validation of a time-lag correction for Vaisala radiosonde...
This study presents a method of improving the accuracy of relative humidity (RH) measurements from Vaisala RS80 and RS90 radiosondes by applying sensor-based corrections for...- publication PDF
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The fall speed variability of similarly sized ice particle aggregates
The terminal velocity (Vt) of ice hydrometeors is of high importance to atmospheric modeling. Vt is governed by the physical characteristics of a hydrometeor, including mass and...- publication PDF
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Vegetation representation influences projected streamflow changes in the...
Vegetation parameters for the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrologic model were recently up-dated using observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging...- publication PDF
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Towards simplification of hydrologic modeling: identification of dominant processes
The Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS), a distributed-parameter hydrologic model, has been applied to the conterminous US (CONUS). Parameter sensitivity analysis was...- publication PDF
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Campanian Ignimbrite volcanism, climate, and the final decline of the Neanderthals
The eruption of the Campanian Ignimbrite at ca. 40 ka coincided with the final decline of Neanderthals in Europe. Environmental stress associated with the eruption of the...- publication PDF
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The Data Assimilation Research Testbed: A community facility
The Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART) is an open-source community facility for data assimilation education, research, and development. DART's ensemble data assimilation...- publication PDF
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Observed interhemispheric meridional heat transports and the role of the...
The net surface energy flux is computed as a residual of the energy budget using top-of-atmosphere radiation combined with the divergence of the column-integrated atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Wind and temperature effects on thermosphere mass density response to the...
A unique conjunction of the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) and the Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) satellites provided simultaneous...- publication PDF
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The role of hydrogen sulfide in a Permian-Triassic boundary ozone collapse
Using a three-dimensional chemistry-climate model of the troposphere and stratosphere, we find that hydrogen sulfide alone is unlikely to directly affect stratospheric ozone,...- publication PDF
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High-resolution modeling of air quality in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) using a...
In West African cities, the impacts of the air quality on the health of the population is expected to increase significantly in the near future. For the first time to our...- publication PDF
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Eighth FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data Users' Workshop, 30 September to 2 October 2014
The Eighth FORMOSAT-3/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) Data Users' Workshop was held in Boulder, Colorado, from 30 September to 2...- publication PDF
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Spatiotemporal patterns of changes in maximum and minimum temperatures in...
This paper analyzes and attributes spatial and temporal patterns of changes in the diurnal cycle of land surface air temperature in 20 simulations from 11 global coupled...- publication PDF