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Inconsistent strategies to spin up models in CMIP5: implications for ocean...
During the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) substantial efforts were made to systematically assess the skill of Earth system models. One goal was...- publication PDF
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An investigation of the Goshen County, Wyoming, tornadic supercell of 5 June...
High-resolution Doppler radar velocities and in situ surface observations collected in a tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during the second Verification of the Origins of...- publication PDF
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Composition and reactivity of volatile organic compounds in the South Coast...
Comprehensive aircraft measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) covering the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) and San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California were obtained in...- publication PDF
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Medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances created by primary gravity...
This study explores the meteorological source and vertical propagation of gravity waves (GWs) that drive daytime traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs), using the specified...- publication PDF
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Interaction of jets and submesoscale dynamics leads to rapid ocean ventilation
Ocean ventilation is the process by which climatically important tracers such as heat and carbon are exchanged between the atmosphere and ocean interior. In this paper a series...- publication PDF
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Removing circulation effects to assess central U.S. land-atmosphere...
Interannual variability of summer surface air temperature (SAT) in the central United States (U.S.) is influenced by atmospheric circulation and land surface feedbacks. Here a...- publication PDF
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GPU computing for atmospheric modeling: Experience with a small kernel and...
Modern graphics processing units (GPUs) offer the potential for extremely high performance floating point computation. Many important kernels, as well as certain types of...- publication PDF
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Combined effects of midlevel dry air and vertical wind shear on tropical...
This study examines how midlevel dry air and vertical wind shear (VWS) can modulate tropical cyclone (TC) development via downdraft ventilation. A suite of experiments was...- publication PDF
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Stormtime substorm onsets: Occurrence and flow channel triggering
Bright auroral emissions during geomagnetic storms provide a good opportunity for testing the proposal that substorm onset is frequently triggered by plasma sheet flow bursts...- publication PDF
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Sensitivities of land cover-precipitation feedback to convective triggering
The land surface state can be an important factor in the triggering of precipitation, whose depiction in Earth system models (ESMs) crucially relies on the representation of...- publication PDF
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The influence of local feedbacks and northward heat transport on the...
This study uses coupled climate model experiments to identify the influence of atmospheric physics [Community Atmosphere Model, versions 4 and 5 (CAM4; CAM5)] and ocean model...- publication PDF
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Simple global ocean Biogeochemistry with Light, Iron, Nutrients and Gas...
Simulation of coupled carbon-climate requires representation of ocean carbon cycling, but the computational burden of simulating the dozens of prognostic tracers in state-of-...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume VIII: Balloon 60TA
Early Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon tests have resulted in valuable upper air wind data, particularly in the data-poor mid-latitudes over southern...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the accuracy and uncertainty of atmospheric and wave model...
Various uncertainties exist in a hindcast due to the inabilities of numerical models to resolve all the complicated atmosphere-sea interactions, and the lack of certain ground...- publication PDF
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Ocean biogeochemistry control on the marine emissions of brominated very...
Halogenated very short lived substances (VSLS) affect the ozone budget in the atmosphere. Brominated VSLS are naturally emitted from the ocean, and current oceanic emission...- publication PDF
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On the linearity of local and regional temperature changes from 1.5°C to...
Given the Paris Agreement it is imperative there is greater understanding of the consequences of limiting global warming to the target 1.5 degrees and 2 degrees C levels above...- publication PDF
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The impact of oceanic near-inertial waves on climate
The Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) is used to assess the climate impact of wind-generated near-inertial waves (NIWs). Even with high-frequency coupling, CCSM4...- publication PDF
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Numerical simulations of low-CAPE flows over a mountain ridge
In a recent study, the authors performed numerical simulations of conditionally unstable flows past a mesoscale mountain ridge in order to investigate the statistically...- publication PDF
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Quantifying and visualizing severe thunderstorm motion uncertainty for...
Forecasts and observations of thunderstorm motion are key components of severe thunderstorm communication and decision support for preparedness and protective behaviors, as all...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric gravity wave fluxes and scales during DEEPWAVE
During the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE) project in June and July 2014, the Gulfstream V research aircraft flew 97 legs over the Southern Alps of New...- publication PDF
