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Advances in land surface models and indicators for drought monitoring and prediction
Millions of people across the globe are affected by droughts every year, and recent droughts have highlighted the considerable agricultural impacts and economic costs of these...- publication PDF
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Will perturbing soil moisture improve warm-season ensemble forecasts? A...
Current generation short-range ensemble forecast members tend to be unduly similar to each other, especially for components such as surface temperature and precipitation. One...- publication PDF
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Linking large-scale circulation patterns to low-cloud properties
The North Pacific High (NPH) is a fundamental meteorological feature present during the boreal warm season. Marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds, which are persistent in this...- publication PDF
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A road map to success of international field campaigns in atmospheric and...
Understanding and predicting Earth's environment requires information and -knowledge of detailed physical, chemical, and biological processes directly from observations. Well-...- publication PDF
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Dry layers in the tropical troposphere observed during CONTRAST and global...
The Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) experiment was an aircraft-based field campaign conducted from Guam (14°N, 145°E) during January–February...- publication PDF
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Data-driven simulation of effects of a solar flare with extreme-ultraviolet...
Effects of the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) late phase of solar flares on the ionosphere were rarely studied. Here we simulated such effects on the ionospheric electron density...- publication PDF
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Solar wind driving of magnetospheric ULF waves: Pulsations driven by...
We present results from global, three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the solar wind/magnetosphere interaction. These MHD simulations are used to study...- publication PDF
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Auroral, ionospheric and ground magnetic signatures of magnetopause surface modes
Surface waves on Earth's magnetopause have a controlling effect upon global magnetospheric dynamics. Since spacecraft provide sparse in situ observation points, remote sensing...- publication PDF
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Statistical–dynamical seasonal forecast of western North Pacific and East...
This study attempts to improve the prediction of western North Pacific (WNP) and East Asia (EA) landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) using modes of large-scale climate...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of physics options of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)...
In this paper the performance of Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for simulation of heavy rainfall events in presence of monsoon depressions over the Indian monsoon...- publication PDF
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Using TES retrievals to investigate PAN in North American biomass burning plumes
Peroxyacyl nitrate (PAN) is a critical atmospheric reservoir for nitrogen oxide radicals, and plays a lead role in their redistribution in the troposphere. We analyze new...- publication PDF
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Ice properties of single-layer stratocumulus during the Mixed-Phase Arctic...
Measurements from the US Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program's 2004 Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE) provide a unique opportunity to study...- publication PDF
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Investigating the sources and atmospheric processing of fine particles from...
During the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment, Phase B (INTEX-B), in the spring of 2006, airborne measurements...- publication PDF
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Understanding the influence of assimilating subsets of enhanced atmospheric...
Recent studies have shown that assimilating enhanced satellite-derived atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) has improved mesoscale forecast of tropical cyclones (TC) track and...- publication PDF
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Modulation of shallow-water equatorial waves due to a varying equivalent...
The dynamics of convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) is analyzed in an idealized model of the large-scale atmospheric circulation. The model is composed of a linear...- publication PDF
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WiFEX: Walk into the warm fog over Indo-Gangetic Plain region
The presence of persistent heavy fog in northern India during winter creates hazardous situations for transportation systems and disrupts the lives of about 400 million people....- publication PDF
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Electron acceleration by magnetosheath jet-driven bow waves
Magnetosheath jets are localized fast flows with enhanced dynamic pressure. When they supermagnetosonically compress the ambient magnetosheath plasma, a bow wave or shock can...- publication PDF
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Observations and modeling of increased nitric oxide in the Antarctic polar...
Nitric oxide (NO) produced in the polar middle and upper atmosphere by energetic particle precipitation depletes ozone in the mesosphere and, following vertical transport in the...- publication PDF
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Investigating the impact of Saharan dust aerosols on analyses and forecasts...
This study incorporates aerosol effects into satellite radiance calculations within the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) to investigate its impact on the analyses and...- publication PDF
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Plant physiological responses to rising CO2 modify simulated daily runoff...
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of flooding events and, thus, the risks of flood-related mortality and infrastructure damage. Global-scale assessments of...- publication PDF
