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Multi-decade measurements of the long-term trends of atmospheric species by...
Solar absorption spectra were recorded for the first time in 5 years with the McMath Fourier transform spectrometer at the US National Solar Observatory on Kitt Peak in southern...- publication PDF
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Quantification of structural uncertainty in climate data records from GPS...
Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation (RO) has provided continuous observations of the Earth's atmosphere since 2001 with global coverage, all-weather capability,...- publication PDF
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Annual and seasonal precipitation and their extremes over the Tibetan...
Based on daily precipitation data from 115 climate stations, seasonal and annual precipitation and their extremes over the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings (TPS) in...- publication PDF
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Air Motions in a Rotating Spheroidal Shell
This report comprises translations of three papers by Max Margules on atmospheric oscillations, namely "Luftbewegungen in einer rotierenden Spharoidschale bei zonaler...- publication PDF
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Potential predictability of net primary production in the ocean
Interannual variations in marine net primary production (NPP) contribute to the variability of available living marine resources, as well as influence critical carbon cycle...- publication PDF
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Les résultats exceptionnels de Iasi, sondeur atmosphérique hyperspectral de Metop
La deuxième conférence internationale Iasi (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer), qui s'est tenue à Sévrier (Haute-Savoie) du 24 au 29 janvier 2010, a rassemblé 150...- publication PDF
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The bow and arrow mesoscale convective structure
The accurate prediction of warm-season convective systems and the heavy rainfall and severe weather associated with them remains a challenge for numerical weather prediction...- publication PDF
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Evaluating high-resolution forecasts of atmospheric CO and CO2 from a global...
Accurate and consistent monitoring of anthropogenic combustion is imperative because of its significant health and environmental impacts, especially at cityto-regional scale....- publication PDF
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Detecting changes in marine responses to ENSO from 850 to 2100 C.E.:...
It is open whether El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) varies under climate change and how potential changes in the marine system are detectable. Here differences in the...- publication PDF
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Toward a mechanistic modeling of nitrogen limitation on vegetation dynamics
Nitrogen is a dominant regulator of vegetation dynamics, net primary production, and terrestrial carbon cycles; however, most ecosystem models use a rather simplistic...- publication PDF
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Unified parameterization of the planetary boundary layer and shallow...
This paper describes the coupling of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) version 5 with a unified multi-variate probability density function (PDF) parameterization, Cloud...- publication PDF
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Forecast-based decision support for San Francisco International Airport: A...
During summer, marine stratus encroaches into the approach to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) bringing low ceilings. Low ceilings restrict landings and result in a...- publication PDF
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Comparison of two-moment bulk microphysics schemes in idealized supercell...
Idealized three-dimensional supercell simulations were performed using the two-moment bulk microphysics schemes of Morrison and Milbrandt - Yau in the Weather Research and...- publication PDF
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Implications of Arctic sea ice changes for North Atlantic deep convection...
Using CCSM4 climate simulations for 1850-2300 with four different future forcing scenarios, we show that the maximum strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation...- publication PDF
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The COMBLE campaign: A study of marine boundary layer clouds in Arctic...
One of the most intense air mass transformations on Earth happens when cold air flows from frozen surfaces to much warmer open water in cold-air outbreaks (CAOs), a process...- publication PDF
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Seasonal cycles of Oâ in the marine boundary layer: Observation and model...
We present a two-step approach for quantitatively comparing modeled and measured seasonal cycles of Oâ: (1) fitting sine functions to monthly averaged measurements and model...- publication PDF
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The Fire INventory from NCAR (FINN): A high resolution global model to...
The Fire INventory from NCAR version 1.0 (FINNv1) provides daily, 1 km resolution, global estimates of the trace gas and particle emissions from open burning of biomass, which...- publication PDF
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A statistical analysis of the influence of deep convection on water vapor...
The factors that control the influence of deep convective detrainment on water vapor in the tropical upper troposphere are examined using observations from multiple satellites...- publication PDF
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Recent warming of landfalling atmospheric rivers along the west coast of the...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) often generate extreme precipitation, with AR temperature strongly influencing hydrologic impacts by altering the timing and magnitude of runoff. Long-...- publication PDF
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Carbon dioxide physiological forcing dominates projected eastern Amazonian drying
Future projections of east Amazonian precipitation indicate drying, but they are uncertain and poorly understood. In this study we analyze the Amazonian precipitation response...- publication PDF