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Trends in sunspots and North Atlantic sea level pressure
We analyze the periods 1878-1944 and 1944-2008. The quasi-stationary wave in the North Atlantic region was stronger and the baroclinity steeper in 1878-1944 than in 1944-2008....- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the CAM6 climate model using cloud observations at McMurdo...
A comparative analysis between observational data from McMurdo Station, Antarctica and the Community Atmosphere Model version 6 (CAM6) simulation is performed focusing on cloud...- publication PDF
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STEREO observations of quasi-periodically driven high velocity outflows in...
Context. Plumes are one of the most ubiquitous features seen at the limb in polar coronal holes and are considered to be a source of high density plasma streams to the fast...- publication PDF
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Pre-industrial to end 21st century projections of tropospheric ozone from...
Present day tropospheric ozone and its changes between 1850 and 2100 are considered, analysing 15 global models that participated in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model...- publication PDF
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Global precipitation and thunderstorm frequencies. Part II: Diurnal variations
Three-hourly present weather reports from ~15000 stations around the globe and from the Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set from 1975 to 1997 were analyzed for diurnal...- publication PDF
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Evidence of mixing between polluted convective outflow and stratospheric air...
Aircraft measurements, including non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs), long-lived halocarbons, carbon monoxide (CO), and ozone (O3) collected on board the NASA DC-8 during the Deep...- publication PDF
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Upper-stratospheric temperature trends: New results from the Optical...
Abstract. Temperature trends in the upper stratosphere, particularly above ∼ 45 km, are difficult to quantify due to a lack of observational data with high...- publication PDF
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The mesoscale kinetic energy spectrum of a baroclinic life cycle
The atmospheric mesoscale kinetic energy spectrum is investigated through numerical simulations of an idealized baroclinic wave life cycle, from linear instability to mature...- publication PDF
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Skillful multi-month predictions of ecosystem stressors in the surface and...
Anthropogenic carbon emissions and associated climate change are driving rapid warming, acidification, and deoxygenation in the ocean, which increasingly stress marine...- publication PDF
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Two limits of initial-value decadal predictability in a CGCM
When the climate system experiences time-dependent external forcing (e.g., from increases in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations), there are two inherent limits on the...- publication PDF
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Shower thoughts: why scientists should spend more time in the rain
Stormwater is a vital resource and dynamic driver of terrestrial ecosystem processes. However, processes controlling interactions during and shortly after storms are often...- publication PDF
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Simulating the Pineapple Express in the half degree Community Climate System...
Atmospheric rivers are recognized as major contributors to the poleward transport of water vapor. Upon reaching land, these phenomena also play a critical role in extreme...- publication PDF
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Climate change projections of the North American Regional Climate Change...
We investigate major results of the NARCCAP multiple regional climate model (RCM) experiments driven by multiple global climate models (GCMs) regarding climate change for...- publication PDF
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Mixing characteristics within the tropopause transition layer over the Asian...
The structure of the tropopause transition layer (TTL) over the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) anticyclone is analyzed on the basis of high-resolution balloon soundings of...- publication PDF
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Arctic sea ice in two configurations of the CESM2 during the 20th and 21st centuries
We provide an assessment of the current and future states of Arctic sea ice simulated by the Community Earth System Model version 2 (CESM2). The CESM2 is the version of the CESM...- publication PDF
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Orogenic propagating precipitation systems over the United States in a...
In the lee of major mountain chains worldwide, diurnal physics of organized propagating convection project onto seasonal and climate time scales of the hydrologic cycle, but...- publication PDF
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The UserDoc Collection
This technical note is a set of four documents describing the steps in using SCD computing. Introductory. The Primer : Version 2.2 is the first technical manual you read about...- publication PDF
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An approach for retrieving marine boundary layer refractivity from GPS...
The global positioning system (GPS) radio occultation (RO) technique has demonstrated the ability to precisely probe earth's atmosphere globally with high vertical resolution....- publication PDF
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On the parameter dependence of the whistler anisotropy instability
The evolution of the whistler anisotropy instability relevant to whistler-mode chorus waves in the Earth's inner magnetosphere is studied using kinetic simulations and is...- publication PDF
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Quantitative precipitation estimation of the epic 2013 Colorado flood event:...
The accuracy of rain-rate estimation using polarimetric radar measurements has been improved as a result of better characterization of radar measurement quality and rain...- publication PDF