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Contribution of meteorological downscaling to skill and precision of...
Research in meteorological prediction on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scales has seen growth in recent years. Concurrent with this growth, demand for seasonal drought...- publication PDF
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The representation of alkalinity and the carbonate pump from CMIP5 to CMIP6...
Ocean alkalinity is critical to the uptake of atmospheric carbon in surface waters and provides buffering capacity towards the associated acidification. However, unlike...- publication PDF
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A long-term, high-quality, high-vertical-resolution GPS dropsonde dataset...
A GPS dropsonde is a scientific instrument deployed from research and operational aircraft that descends through the atmosphere by a parachute. The dropsonde provides high-...- publication PDF
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Emissions of black carbon, organic, and inorganic aerosols from biomass...
Reliable assessment of the impact of aerosols emitted from boreal forest fires on the Arctic climate necessitates improved understanding of emissions and the microphysical...- publication PDF
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Statistical characteristics of nighttime Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric...
For the first time, we used the machine learning method to analyze the statistical occurrence and propagation characteristics of nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric...- publication PDF
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Improvements in a half degree atmosphere/land version of the CCSM
A decadal climate projection between 1980 and 2030 using a nominal 0.5° resolution in the atmosphere and land components has been performed using the Community Climate System...- publication PDF
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Simulations of large winds and wind shears induced by gravity wave breaking...
Using a fully nonlinear two-dimensional (2-D) numerical model, we simulated gravity waves (GWs) breaking and their contributions to the formation of large winds and wind shears...- publication PDF
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DART/CAM: An ensemble data assimilation system for CESM atmospheric models
The Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) has been interfaced to the Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART), a community facility for ensemble data assimilation. This provides a...- publication PDF
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The Variable Infiltration Capacity model version 5 (VIC-5): Infrastructure...
The Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model is a macroscale semi-distributed hydrologic model. VIC development began in the early 1990s and the model has since been used...- publication PDF
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Geolocation of the ionospheric irregularities in the equatorial F layer by...
Plasma irregularities in the ionosphere induce scintillation of radio signals. Radio occultation (RO) observations of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals from...- publication PDF
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Method for Object-Based Diagnostic Evaluation
This technical note discusses the Method for Object-Based Diagnostic Evaluation (MODE), which is part of the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) verification software package. MODE is...- publication PDF
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A spatial model to examine rainfall extremes in Colorado's Front Range
Between 9th and 16th September 2013, northeast Colorado received some of its most extreme rainfall on record. The event affected 6 major rivers and their tributaries and 14...- publication PDF
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Mid-Pliocene climate forcing, sea surface temperature patterns, and...
Characterized by similar-to-today CO 2 levels (∼400 ppm) and surface temperatures approximately 3°–4°C warmer than the preindustrial, the mid-Pliocene warm...- publication PDF
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Simulation of United States Mesoscale Convective Systems using GFDL's new...
Accurate representation of mesoscale scale convective systems (MCSs) in climate models is of vital importance to understanding global energy, water cycles, and extreme weather....- publication PDF
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Electron precipitation models in global magnetosphere simulations
General methods for improving the specification of electron precipitation in global simulations are described and implemented in the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry (LFM) global simulation...- publication PDF
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Evaluating uncertainty and modes of variability for Antarctic atmospheric rivers
Antarctic atmospheric rivers (ARs) are driven by their synoptic environments and lead to profound and varying impacts along the coastlines and over the continent. The definition...- publication PDF
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HOx chemistry during INTEX-A 2004: Observation, model calculation, and...
OH and HOâ were measured with the Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor (ATHOS) as part of a large measurement suite from the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the...- publication PDF
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Identifying climate change information needs for the Himalayan region:...
Here we present results of a workshop designed to bring together stakeholders from different states of the Indian side of the Himalayan arc and an international group of climate...- publication PDF
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Excitation of rainfall over the Tropical Western Pacific
The authors have examined 4 years of satellite-derived SST and rainfall data in anticipation of a relationship between SST structure and the excitation of convective rainfall....- publication PDF
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A new vertical diffusion package with an explicit treatment of entrainment processes
This paper proposes a revised vertical diffusion package with a nonlocal turbulent mixing coefficient in the planetary boundary layer (PBL). Based on the study of Noh et al. and...- publication PDF