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Observational quantification of the separation of simple and complex...
The impact of ice clouds on weather and climate is a function of ice particle shape through light scattering properties and cloud lifetime through ice particle sedimentation...- publication PDF
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Global thermosphere-ionosphere response to onset of 20 November 2003 magnetic storm
There is great interest in understanding how the thermosphere-ionosphere system responds to geomagnetic storms. New insights are possible using the new generation of fully...- publication PDF
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Reduced-order modeling for linearized representations of microphysical process rates
Representing cloud microphysical processes in large scale atmospheric models is challenging because many processes depend on the details of the droplet size distribution (DSD,...- publication PDF
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Inherent sea ice predictability in a rapidly changing Arctic environment of...
Seasonal predictions of Arctic sea ice have typically been based on statistical regression models or on results from ensemble ice model forecasts driven by historical...- publication PDF
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Prompt ionospheric/magnetospheric responses 29 October 2003 Halloween storm:...
3D multifluid simulations of the 29 October 2003 Halloween storm show the event to be a good example of conditions which lead to prompt penetration of solar wind electric field...- publication PDF
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A statistical estimate of errors in the calculation of radio-occultation...
Atmospheric data from National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) analyses and orbital parameters from 133 real Global Positioning System (GPS) meteorological data...- publication PDF
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Turbulent mixing processes in atmospheric bores and solitary waves deduced...
Families of solitary waves ("solitons") associated with two atmospheric bores on the same day were observed by an unprecedented number of ground-based and airborne profiling...- publication PDF
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Changes in observed daily precipitation over the United States between...
Changes in observed daily precipitation over the conterminous United States between two 30-yr periods (1950-79 and 1980-2009) are examined using a 60-yr daily precipitation...- publication PDF
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A comprehensive analysis of multiscale field-aligned currents:...
We explore the characteristics, controlling parameters, and relationships of multiscale field-aligned currents (FACs) using a rigorous, comprehensive, and cross-platform...- publication PDF
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A revised model for radial profiles of hurricane winds
A revision to the Holland (1980) parametric approach to modeling the radial profile of winds in hurricanes is presented. The approach adopted uses information readily available...- publication PDF
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A new paradigm of quantifying ecosystem stress through chemical signatures
Stress-induced emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from terrestrial ecosystems may be one of the dominant sources of VOC emissions worldwide. Understanding...- publication PDF
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Effects of snow water storage on hydrologic partitioning across the...
In the montane western United States, where the majority of downstream water resources are derived from snowmelt, a warming climate threatens the timing and amount of future...- publication PDF
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On the influence of swell propagation angle on surface drag
A combination of turbulence-resolving large-eddy simulations and observations are used to examine the influence of swell amplitude and swell propagation angle on surface drag....- publication PDF
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Enhanced simulated early 21st century Arctic sea ice loss due to CMIP6...
The mechanisms underlying decadal variability in Arctic sea ice remain actively debated. Here, we ability in boreal biomass burning (BB) emissions strongly influences simulated...- publication PDF
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Accelerated Greenland ice sheet mass loss under high greenhouse gas forcing...
The Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is now losing mass at a rate of 0.7 mm of sea level rise (SLR) per year. Here we explore future GrIS evolution and interactions with global and...- publication PDF
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Impacts of the Sudden Stratospheric Warming on Equatorial Plasma Bubbles:...
This study investigates the day-to-day variability of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) over the Atlantic-American region and their connections to atmospheric planetary waves...- publication PDF
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On the relation between gravity waves and wind speed in the lower...
The relationship between gravity wave momentum fluxes and local wind speed is investigated for oceanic regions at high southern latitudes during austral spring. The motivation...- publication PDF
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How well are we measuring snow: The NOAA/FAA/NCAR Winter Precipitation Test Bed
This paper presents recent efforts to understand the relative accuracies of different instrumentation and gauges with various windshield configurations to measure snowfall....- publication PDF
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Development of WACCM with the non-hydrostatic MPAS-A dynamical core
The non-hydrostatic Model for Prediction Across Scales-Atmosphere (MPAS-A) dynamical core has recently been adapted for the Specified Chemistry Whole Atmosphere Community...- publication PDF
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A model-model and data-model comparison for the early Eocene hydrological cycle
A range of proxy observations have recently provided constraints on how Earth's hydrological cycle responded to early Eocene climatic changes. However, comparisons of proxy data...- publication PDF