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Thicker clouds and accelerated Arctic sea ice decline: The atmosphere-sea...
Observations show that increased Arctic cloud cover in the spring is linked with sea ice decline. As the atmosphere and sea ice can influence each other, which one plays the...- publication PDF
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Microphysical piggybacking in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
This paper presents incorporation of the microphysical piggybacking into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Microphysical piggybacking is to run a single...- publication PDF
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Simulated WSR-88D velocity and reflectivity signatures of numerically...
Low-altitude radar reflectivity measurements of tornadoes sometimes reveal a donut-shaped signature (low-reflectivity eye surrounded by a high-reflectivity annulus) and at other...- publication PDF
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Investigating the role of cloud-radiation interactions in subseasonal...
Cloud locking, a method that prescribes cloud properties for radiative tendency calculations, is traditionally used to explore climate feedbacks, but here is applied novelly to...- publication PDF
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Chinese regulations are working—Why is surface ozone over industrialized...
Observational data indicate increasing trends of surface ozone (O3) in China, despite emission controls that have resulted in reductions of precursor emissions. Here, we explore...- publication PDF
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Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements above Mexico City and...
The concentration, size, and composition of non-refractory submicron aerosol (NR-PM₁) was measured over Mexico City and central Mexico with a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight...- publication PDF
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Very short-lived halogens amplify ozone depletion trends in the tropical...
In contrast to the general stratospheric ozone recovery following international agreements, recent observations show an ongoing net ozone depletion in the tropical lower...- publication PDF
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A collaborative effort to better understand, measure, and model atmospheric...
In this essay, we highlight some challenges the atmospheric community is facing concerning adequate treatment of flows over mountains and their implications for numerical...- publication PDF
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The Oklahoma squall line of 19 May 1977. Part II: Mechanisms for maintenance...
Mechanisms for maintenance of the strong convection along the leading edge of a broad squall line that occurred in Oklahoma on 19 May 1977 are investigated. The findings are...- publication PDF
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Estimating snow water storage in North America using CLM4, DART, and snow...
This paper addresses continental-scale snow estimates in North America using a recently developed snow radiance assimilation (RA) system. A series of RA experiments with the...- publication PDF
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The Northern Hemisphere wintertime storm track simulated in the...
With a pair of high-resolution (HR, 10 km ocean and 25 km atm) and low-resolution (LR, 100 km ocean and 100 km atm) Community Earth System Model (CESM) simulations, we...- publication PDF
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In-canopy gas-phase chemistry during CABINEX 2009: Sensitivity of a 1-D...
Vegetation emits large quantities of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC). At remote sites, these compounds are the dominant precursors to ozone and secondary organic...- publication PDF
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Present-day climate forcing and response from black carbon in snow
We apply our Snow, Ice, and Aerosol Radiative (SNICAR) model, coupled to a general circulation model with prognostic carbon aerosol transport, to improve understanding of...- publication PDF
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Informing the Prediction of Compression Method and Level for Climate Model...
Increased computing power makes it possible to simulate larger Earth system model ensembles with higher output frequency, finer spatial resolution, and extended simulation...- publication PDF
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Wind turbulence over misaligned surface waves and air-sea momentum flux....
Air-sea momentum and scalar fluxes are strongly influenced by the coupling dynamics between turbulent winds and a spectrum of waves. Because direct field observations are...- publication PDF
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Whole atmosphere simulation of anthropogenic climate change
We simulated anthropogenic global change through the entire atmosphere, including the thermosphere and ionosphere, using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model-eXtended....- publication PDF
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The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC):...
The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) is an international global network of more than 90 stations making high-quality measurements of...- publication PDF
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Transition from global to local control of dayside reconnection from...
We have conducted a series of controlled numerical simulations to investigate the response of dayside reconnection to idealized, ionosphere-sourced mass loading processes to...- publication PDF
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A review and evaluation of planetary boundary layer parameterizations in...
This paper reviews the evolution of planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterization schemes that have been used in the operational version of the Hurricane Weather Research and...- publication PDF
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Impacts of asian megacity emissions on regional air quality during spring 2001
Measurements from the Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) and Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia) field experiments...- publication PDF
