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Sensitivity of tropical cyclone intensity to ventilation in an axisymmetric model
The sensitivity of tropical cyclone intensity to ventilation of cooler, drier air into the inner core is examined using an axisymmetric tropical cyclone model with parameterized...- publication PDF
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Spectropolarimetric evidence for a siphon flow along an emerging magnetic flux tube
We study the dynamics and topology of an emerging magnetic flux concentration using high spatial resolution spectropolarimetric data acquired with the Imaging Magnetograph...- publication PDF
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AMSR2 all-sky radiance assimilation and its impact on the analysis and...
A method to assimilate all-sky radiances from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) was developed within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model's data...- publication PDF
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Longitudinal variations of topside ionospheric and plasmaspheric TEC
The upward looking ionospheric total electron content (TEC) from the MetOp-A and TSX satellites during 2008-2015 has been used to systematically study the longitudinal...- publication PDF
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Improvements in September Arctic sea ice predictions via assimilation of...
Because of a spring predictability barrier, the seasonal forecast skill of Arctic summer sea ice is limited by the availability of melt-season sea ice thickness (SIT)...- publication PDF
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Temperature and rainfall interact to control carbon cycling in tropical forests
Tropical forests dominate global terrestrial carbon (C) exchange, and recent droughts in the Amazon Basin have contributed to short-term declines in terrestrial carbon dioxide...- publication PDF
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Thermodynamic Profiling Technologies Workshop report to the National Science...
The Thermodynamic Profiling Technologies Workshop was convened on 12-14 April 2011 to assess the merits of ground-based remote sensing technologies applicable to highly resolved...- publication PDF
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The potential impacts of a sulfur- and halogen-rich supereruption such as...
The supereruption of Los Chocoyos (14.6 degrees N, 91.2 degrees W) in Guatemala similar to 84 kyr ago was one of the largest volcanic events of the past 100 000 years. Recent...- publication PDF
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Study of ozone "weekend effect" in Shanghai
Analysis of observed ozone data in 2006 from five monitoring sites (Xujiahui, Chongming, Baoshan, Pudong, Jinshan) in Shanghai reveals that ozone (Oâ) concentrations in...- publication PDF
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Mid-Pliocene West African Monsoon rainfall as simulated in the PlioMIP2 ensemble
The mid-Pliocene warm period (mPWP; similar to 3.2 million years ago) is seen as the most recent time period characterized by a warm climate state, with similar to modern...- publication PDF
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Global investigation of the Mg atom and ion layers using SCIAMACHY/Envisat...
Mg and Mg+ concentration fields in the upper mesosphere/lower thermosphere (UMLT) region are retrieved from SCIAMACHY/Envisat limb measurements of Mg and Mg+ dayglow emissions...- publication PDF
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Causes of early Holocene desertification in arid central Asia
Paleoclimate records of effective moisture (precipitation minus evaporation, or P-E) show a dry (low effective moisture) period in mid-latitude arid/semi-arid central Asia...- publication PDF
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A new scenario framework for climate change research: Background, process,...
The scientific community is developing new global, regional, and sectoral scenarios to facilitate interdisciplinary research and assessment to explore the range of possible...- publication PDF
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Observations and simulations of quasiperiodic ionospheric oscillations and...
A numerical simulation was performed to investigate quasiperiodic ionospheric oscillations that were observed with periods of 4-5 h by the ionosonde network (Okinawa, Yamagawa,...- publication PDF
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Impacts of transported background ozone on California air quality during the...
Multi-scale tracer and full-chemistry simulations with the STEM atmospheric chemistry model are used to analyze the effects of transported background ozone (Oâ) from the...- publication PDF
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A stochastic convective approach to account for model uncertainty due to...
Forecast uncertainty can result from the neglect of humidity variability on spatial scales not resolved by forecast models. To account for this, a stochastic convective scheme...- publication PDF
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The East African Great Lake Environments (EAGLE) Climate Downscaling Dataset
The East African Great Lake Environments (EAGLE) climate downscaling dataset was created to provide a high-resolution depiction of present and future climate scenarios in the...- publication PDF
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A process-based evaluation of biases in extratropical...
Two-way coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere is recognized as an important source of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictability and can open windows of...- publication PDF
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Data citation initiatives and issues
The importance of formally citing scientific research data has been recognized for decades but is only recently gaining momentum. Several federal government agencies urge data...- publication PDF
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The effect of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the mesospheric migrating...
The response of the mesospheric migrating diurnal (DW1) tide to the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) is investigated for the first time using a simulation from the Specified-...- publication PDF