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Polarimetric size sorting signatures in the convective regions of mesoscale...
An object-based technique was utilized to identify hydrometeor size-sorting signatures at lower levels in the convective regions of 10 mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) during...- publication PDF
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Contrasting the roles of regional anthropogenic aerosols from the western...
The multi-decadal variations in the Pacific climate are extensively discussed as being influenced by external forcings such as greenhouse gases (GHGs) and anthropogenic aerosols...- publication PDF
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Modeling photosynthesis in sea ice-covered waters
The lower trophic levels of marine ecosystems play a critical role in the Earth System mediating fluxes of carbon to the ocean interior. Many of the functional relationships...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric ozone response to sulfate geoengineering: Results from the...
Geoengineering with stratospheric sulfate aerosols has been proposed as a means of temporarily cooling the planet, alleviating some of the side effects of anthropogenic COâ...- publication PDF
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Thermospheric nitric oxide cooling responses to the 14 December 2020 solar eclipse
The behaviors of the nitric oxide (NO) cooling in the lower thermosphere during the 14 December 2020 solar eclipse are studied using Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband...- publication PDF
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Attribution of the Australian bushfire risk to anthropogenic climate change
Disastrous bushfires during the last months of 2019 and January 2020 affected Australia, raising the question to what extent the risk of these fires was exacerbated by...- publication PDF
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Northern Hemisphere stratosphere-troposphere circulation change in CMIP6...
We analyze the sources for spread in the response of the Northern Hemisphere wintertime stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) to global warming in Climate Model Intercomparison...- publication PDF
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NCAR Graphics User's Guide: Version 2.00
This manual is a reference guide for users of the NCAR Graphics package. The manual is for use by two audiences: people who have never used a previous NCAR graphics package, and...- publication PDF
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Global observing needs in the deep ocean
The deep ocean below 200 m water depth is the least observed, but largest habitat on our planet by volume and area. Over 150 years of exploration has revealed that this dynamic...- publication PDF
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The Visible Spectro-Polarimeter (ViSP) for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
The Visible Spectro-Polarimeter (ViSP) is one of the first light instruments for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST). It is an echelle spectrograph designed to...- publication PDF
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Distinct responses of Asian summer monsoon to black carbon aerosols and...
Black carbon (BC) aerosols emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources induce positive radiative forcing and global warming, which in turn significantly affect the Asian...- publication PDF
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A modeling study on the responses of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere...
Joule heating and radiative cooling usually play key roles in high-latitude thermospheric temperature changes during geomagnetic storms. In the mesosphere and lower thermosphere...- publication PDF
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Use of the L2C signal for inversions of GPS radio occultation data in the...
Results from processing FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC radio occultations (RO) with the new GPS L2C signal acquired both in phase locked loop (PLL) and open loop (OL) modes are presented....- publication PDF
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Parallel implementations of ensemble data assimilation for atmospheric prediction
Numerical models are used to find approximate solutions to the coupled nonlinear partial differential equations associated with the prediction of the atmosphere. The model state...- publication PDF
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Submesoscales enhance storm-driven vertical mixing of nutrients: Insights...
Storms deepen the mixed layer, entrain nutrients from the pycnocline, and fuel phytoplankton blooms in midlatitude oceans. However, the effects of oceanic submesoscale (0.1-10...- publication PDF
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Long-term trends in aerosols, low clouds, and large-scale meteorology over...
A continuous decrease in aerosols over the Western North Atlantic Ocean (WNAO) on a decadal timescale provides a long-term benchmark to evaluate how various natural and...- publication PDF
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Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology
In this synthesis paper addressing hydrologic scaling and similarity, we posit that roadblocks in the search for universal laws of hydrology are hindered by our focus on...- publication PDF
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Quantifying stratospheric biases and identifying their potential sources in...
The stratosphere can be a source of predictability for surface weather on timescales of several weeks to months. However, the potential predictive skill gained from...- publication PDF
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Summary Report--Fellowship in Scientific Computing Summer 1972
The 1972 Summer Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing was held at the NCAR Laboratory from June 19 through the end of August. The collection of papers included in this...- publication PDF
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Validating precision estimates in horizontal wind measurements from a Doppler lidar
Results from a recent field campaign are used to assess the accuracy of wind speed and direction precision estimates produced by a Doppler lidar wind retrieval algorithm. The...- publication PDF
