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Quantifying uncertainty in source term estimation with tensorflow probability
Fast and accurate location and quantification of a dangerous chemical, biological or radiological release plays a significant role in evaluating emergency situations and their...- publication PDF
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The regional hydroclimate response to stratospheric sulfate geoengineering...
Geoengineering methods could potentially offset aspects of greenhouse gas-driven climate change. However, before embarking on any such strategy, a comprehensive understanding of...- publication PDF
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Disentangling regional drivers of top Antarctic snowfall days with a...
Snowfall is the primary contributor to Antarctic surface mass balance. Identifying regional‐scale mechanisms that drive heavy snowfall provides context for changes in...- publication PDF
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An evaluation of relationships between radar-inferred kinematic and...
Lightning flash rate parameterizations based on polarimetric and multi-Doppler radar inferred microphysical (e.g., graupel volume, graupel mass, 35 dBZ volume) and kinematic...- publication PDF
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Observational characteristics of double tropopauses
Temperature profiles in the extratropics often exhibit multiple tropopauses (as defined using the lapse rate definition). In this work we study the observational characteristics...- publication PDF
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Global modeling of thermospheric airglow in the far ultraviolet
The Global Airglow (GLOW) model has been updated and extended to calculate thermospheric emissions in the far ultraviolet, including sources from daytime photoelectron-driven...- publication PDF
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Polaris: a GPS-navigated ocean acoustic current profiler
Results from an initial feasibility study to test whether Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can be combined with more traditional acoustic methods to measure ocean...- publication PDF
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Wavelet decomposition of forced turbulence: Applicability of the iterative...
We examine the decomposition of forced Taylor-Green and Arn'old-Beltrami-Childress (ABC) flows into coherent and incoherent components using an orthonormal wavelet...- publication PDF
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Beyond sunspots: Studies using the McIntosh Archive of global solar magnetic...
In 1964 (Solar Cycle 20; SC 20), Patrick McIntosh began creating hand-drawn synoptic maps of solar magnetic features, based on Hñ images. These synoptic maps were unique in...- publication PDF
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An ensemble-based explicit four-dimensional variational assimilation method
The adjoint and tangent linear models in the traditional four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4DVAR) are difficult to obtain if the forecast model is highly nonlinear...- publication PDF
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Using stable isotopes of hydrogen to quantify biogenic and thermogenic...
Global atmospheric concentrations of methane (CH4), a powerful greenhouse gas, are increasing, but because there are many natural and anthropogenic sources of CH4, it is...- publication PDF
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Calibration of machine learning-based probabilistic hail predictions for...
In this study, we use machine learning (ML) to improve hail prediction by postprocessing numerical weather prediction (NWP) data from the new High-Resolution Ensemble Forecast...- publication PDF
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The impact of fine-scale currents on biogeochemical cycles in a changing ocean
Fine-scale currents, O(1–100 km, days–months), are actively involved in the transport and transformation of biogeochemical tracers in the ocean. However, their...- publication PDF
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Diagnostics of coronal magnetic fields through the Hanle effect in UV and IR lines
The plasma thermodynamics in the solar upper atmosphere, particularly in the corona, are dominated by the magnetic field, which controls the flow and dissipation of energy. The...- publication PDF
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Geolocation, calibration and surface resolution of CYGNSS GNSS-R land observations
This paper presents the processing algorithms for geolocating and calibration of the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) level 1 land data products, as well as...- publication PDF
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Seasonality of Pacific Decadal Oscillation prediction skill
We investigate coupled climate model initialized predictions of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) prediction skill in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Seasonal to...- publication PDF
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Exacerbation of the 2013-2016 pan-Caribbean drought by anthropogenic warming
The Caribbean islands are expected to see more frequent and severe droughts from reduced precipitation and increased evaporative demand due to anthropogenic climate change....- publication PDF
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Targeted dropwindsondes in complex terrain
The dropwindsonde (or dropsonde) is a frequently utilized tool in geophysical research and its use over ocean and flat terrain is a reliable and well-established practice. Its...- publication PDF
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Observed World Ocean Seasonal Surface Currents on a 5 Degree Grid
A digitized ocean current data set for use in ocean model or diagnostic computer studies is described. Various sources of observed ocean currents are examined, and surface...- publication PDF
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Simulation of flow fields in complex terrain with WRF-LES: Sensitivity...
A multiscale modeling study of a real case has been conducted to explore the capability of the large-eddy simulation version of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF-...- publication PDF