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Bark beetle impacts on forest evapotranspiration and its partitioning
Insect outbreaks affect forest structure and function and represent a major category of forest disturbance globally. However, the resulting impacts on evapotranspiration (ET),...- publication PDF
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Impact of the 2016 Southeastern US wildfires on the vertical distribution of...
We present an integrated analysis of measurements from ozonesonde, ozone (O-3) Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL), ceilometer, surface monitors, and space-borne observations...- publication PDF
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A comprehensive framework for tourism and recreation drought vulnerability reduction
The effects of drought are vast, but loss statistics often do not reflect the impacts on the tourism and recreation sector, which for many places is one of the most critical...- publication PDF
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Ms. Hisako Koyama: From Amateur Astronomer to Long-Term Solar Observer
The path to science for a girl of any nationality born in the early twentieth century was formidable-to-nonexistent. Yet paths were forged by a few. We present the little-known...- publication PDF
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Hydrological extremes across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a changing climate
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is projected to experience significant impacts from future climate change and these impacts include but are not limited to increases in extreme...- publication PDF
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Comparison of upper tropospheric carbon monoxide from MOPITT, ACE-FTS, and HIPPO-QCLS
Products from the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument are regularly validated using in situ airborne measurements. However, few of these...- publication PDF
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Ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of the solar corona at the...
We review the history of ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy with a specific focus on such activities at the Naval Research Laboratory and on studies of the...- publication PDF
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The Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) Framework v6
The Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) is a collection of physical atmospheric parameterizations for use in Earth system models and a framework that couples the physics to...- publication PDF
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Scientific documentation of the NCEP nonhydrostatic multiscale model on the...
This technical note focuses on the scientific and algorithmic approaches in the NMMB dynamics. Discussed are the NMMB dynamics solver, boundary conditions and the horizontal...- publication PDF
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On the seasonal forecasting of regional tropical cyclone activity
Tropical cyclones (TCs) are a hazard to life and property and a prominent element of the global climate system; therefore, understanding and predicting TC location, intensity,...- publication PDF
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The influence of aerosols on satellite infrared radiance simulations and...
For a variational data assimilation (DA) system that assimilates radiance observations, the simulated brightness temperature (BT) at the top of the atmosphere and the...- publication PDF
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Implementation of a silver iodide cloud-seeding parameterization in WRF....
Four cloud-seeding cases over southern Idaho during the 2010/11 winter season have been simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using the coupled silver...- publication PDF
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Exploring NWS forecasters' assessment of AI guidance trustworthiness
As artificial intelligence (AI) methods are increasingly used to develop new guidance intended for operational use by forecasters, it is critical to evaluate whether forecasters...- publication PDF
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Jet alignment in a two-layer quasigeostrophic channel using one-dimensional...
Because of position errors traditional methods of data assimilation can broaden and weaken jets or other flow structures leading to reduced forecast skill. Here a technique to...- publication PDF
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Geoengineering by cloud seeding: Influence on sea ice and climate system
General circulation model computations using a fully coupled oceanâatmosphere model indicate that increasing cloud reflectivity by seeding maritime boundary layer clouds with...- publication PDF
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Research campaign: The convective and orographically induced precipitation...
The international field campaign called the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) took place from June to August 2007 in southwestern Germany/eastern...- publication PDF
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Five social and ethical considerations for using wildfire visualizations as...
Background Increased use of visualizations as wildfire communication tools with public and professional audiences-particularly 3D videos and virtual or augmented reality-invites...- publication PDF
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Predicted chance that global warming will temporarily exceed 1.5 °C
The Paris Agreement calls for efforts to limit anthropogenic global warming to less than 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial levels. However, natural internal variability may...- publication PDF
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Twentieth century tropical sea surface temperature trends revisited
This study compares the global distribution of 20th century SST and marine air temperature trends from a wide variety of data sets including un-interpolated archives as well as...- publication PDF
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The resolution dependence of contiguous U.S. precipitation extremes in...
Precipitation extremes have a widespread impact on societies and ecosystems; it is therefore important to understand current and future patterns of extreme precipitation. Here,...- publication PDF
