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Strong sub-seasonal wintertime cooling over East Asia and Northern Europe...
East Asia experienced a record-breaking cold event during the 2015/16 boreal winter, with pronounced impacts on livelihood in the region. We find that this large-scale cold...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the Pliocene...
The mid-Pliocene (similar to 3 Ma) is one of the most recent warm periods with high CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere and resulting high temperatures, and it is often cited...- publication PDF
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Atlas of Simultaneous Occurrence of Different Cloud Types Over Land
This is the second atlas in a series of four atlases from a study of the global cloud distribution from ground-based observations. The atlas covers cloud observations over the...- publication PDF
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Instability and breakdown of a vertical vortex pair in a strongly stratified fluid
The dynamics of a counter-rotating pair of columnar vortices aligned parallel to a stable density gradient are investigated. By means of numerical simulation, we extend the...- publication PDF
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The structure for unifying multiple modeling alternatives (SUMMA), Version...
This note describes the conservation equations and flux parameterizations used in the Structure for Unifying Multiple Modeling Alternatives (SUMMA). The processes considered...- publication PDF
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An ozone depletion event in the sub-arctic layer over Hudson Bay, Canada
During the Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox (TOPSE) program, aircraft flights during April 7-11, 2000 revealed a large area air mass capped below -500 m...- publication PDF
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Sources of water vapor and their effects on water isotopes in precipitation...
Climate records of ratios of stable water isotopes of oxygen (delta O-18) are used to reconstruct the past Indian monsoon precipitation. Identifying the sources of water vapor...- publication PDF
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The MUMBA campaign: measurements of urban, marine and biogenic air
The Measurements of Urban, Marine and Biogenic Air (MUMBA) campaign took place in Wollongong, New South Wales (a small coastal city approximately 80 km south of Sydney,...- publication PDF
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A total energy error analysis of dynamical cores and physics-dynamics...
A closed total energy (TE) budget is of utmost importance in coupled climate system modeling; in particular, the dynamical core or physics-dynamics coupling should ideally not...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the impact of emissions regulations on the emissions reduction...
In order to guarantee good air quality for the 15th International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships (22-30 August) and the China Victory Day parade (3...- publication PDF
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Rotating turbulence under "precession-like" perturbation
The effects of changing the orientation of the rotation axis on homogeneous turbulence is considered. We perform direct numerical simulations on a periodic box of 10243 grid...- publication PDF
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Asteroseismology and interferometry
Asteroseismology provides us with a unique opportunity to improve our understanding of stellar structure and evolution. Recent developments, including the first systematic...- publication PDF
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An unusual hailstorm on 24 June 2006, Boulder, Colorado, Part I: Mesoscale...
An unusual, isolated hailstorm descended on Boulder, Colorado, on the evening of 24 June 2006. Starting with scattered large, flattened, disk-shaped hailstones and ending with a...- publication PDF
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Simulations of Cyclone Sidr in the Bay of Bengal with a high-resolution...
The predictability of Cyclone Sidr in the Bay of Bengal was explored in terms of track and intensity using the Advanced Research Hurricane Weather Research Forecast (AHW) model....- publication PDF
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A new approach to homogenize daily radiosonde humidity data
Radiosonde humidity records represent the only in situ observations of tropospheric water vapor content with multidecadal length and quasi-global coverage. However, their use...- publication PDF
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A seasonal study of mesospheric temperatures and emission intensities at...
Aerospace imagers operating at Alice Springs (23°42'S, 133°53'E) and Adelaide (34°55'S, 138°36'E) have collected more than 4-year of OH and O₂ atmospheric emission data. Images...- publication PDF
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NCAR Local Network
The NCAR Local Network is an interconnection of all of the computer systems of the SCD and some of the computer systems of other NCAR divisions. It is the function of the...- publication PDF
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Observational study of the 4-day wave in the mesosphere preceding the sudden...
We have examined the Michelson Interferometer (MI) OH airglow measurements at the South Pole Station and the National Center for Environment Prediction (NCEP) temperatures to...- publication PDF
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Cracking the MJO nut
The Madden-Julian oscillation poses great challenges to our understanding and prediction of tropical convection and the large-scale circulation. Several internationally...- publication PDF
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The representative concentration pathways: an overview
This paper summarizes the development process and main characteristics of the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), a set of four new pathways developed for the climate...- publication PDF
