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The SPARC intercomparison of middle-atmosphere climatologies
An updated assessment of uncertainties in "observed" climatological winds and temperatures in the middle atmosphere (over altitudes ~10-80 km) is provided by detailed...- publication PDF
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Opinion: The scientific and community-building roles of the Geoengineering...
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) is a coordinating framework, started in 2010, that includes a series of standardized climate model experiments aimed at...- publication PDF
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On long-term SABER CO2 trends and effects due to nonuniform space and time sampling
The Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument on board the TIMED satellite has been continuously operating for more than 16 years, since...- publication PDF
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Implementation and comparison of a suite of heat stress metrics within the...
We implement and analyze 13 different metrics (4 moist thermodynamic quantities and 9 heat stress metrics) in the Community Land Model (CLM4.5), the land surface component of...- publication PDF
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Decadal prediction centers prepare for a major volcanic eruption
The World Meteorological Organization’s Lead Centre for Annual-to-Decadal Climate Prediction issues operational forecasts annually as guidance for regional climate...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric gravity waves generated by multiscale tropical convection
The generation of gravity waves by multiscale cloud systems evolving in an initially motionless and thermodynamically uniform environment is explored using a two-dimensional...- publication PDF
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Overcoming barriers to enable convergence research by integrating ecological...
Global change research demands a convergence among academic disciplines to understand complex changes in Earth system function. Limitations related to data usability and...- publication PDF
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Chemistry contribution to stratospheric ozone depletion after the...
Following the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) eruption in January 2022, stratospheric ozone depletion was observed at Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes and over Antarctica...- publication PDF
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Intensification and weakening of equatorial plasma bubble development...
Equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) development during different phases of the geomagnetic storm of 3-4 November 2021 (SYMHmin = -118 nT) was examined using observations and...- publication PDF
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Modulation of the seasonal cycle of the Antarctic sea ice extent by sea ice...
The seasonal cycle of the Antarctic sea ice extent is strongly asymmetric, with a relatively slow increase after the summer minimum followed by a more rapid decrease after the...- publication PDF
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How the Great Plains Dust Bowl drought spread heat extremes around the...
Extraordinary heat extremes occurred in the 1930s in areas of the Northern Hemisphere far from the record setting heat over the US associated with the Great Plains Dust Bowl...- publication PDF
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The temporal trend of stratospheric carbonyl sulfide
Using a database of spectra collected with an airborne infrared spectrometer between 1978 and 2005, the longest record of this type, we have searched for a temporal trend in the...- publication PDF
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Ducting and biases of GPS radio occultation bending angle and refractivity...
Radio occultation (RO) can provide high-vertical-resolution thermodynamic soundings of the planetary boundary layer (PBL). However, sharp moisture gradients and strong...- publication PDF
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NCAR-NOAA Community Modeling Infrastructure Meeting Report
Leadership from the NCAR and NOAA modeling communities spearheaded an effort to identify collaboration opportunities in effort to advance weather and climate prediction...- publication PDF
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A framework for conducting and communicating probabilistic wildland fire forecasts
Fire models predict fire behavior and effects. However, there is a need to know how confident users can be in forecasts. This work developed a probabilistic methodology based on...- publication PDF
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A PDRMIP multimodel study on the impacts of regional aerosol forcings on...
Atmospheric aerosols such as sulfate and black carbon (BC) generate inhomogeneous radiative forcing and can affect precipitation in distinct ways compared to greenhouse gases...- publication PDF
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Subseasonal potential predictability of horizontal water vapor transport and...
Accurate forecasts of weather conditions have the potential to mitigate the social and economic damages they cause. To make informed decisions based on forecasts, it is...- publication PDF
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Unified parameterization of the planetary boundary layer and shallow...
This paper describes the coupling of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) version 5 with a unified multi-variate probability density function (PDF) parameterization, Cloud...- publication PDF
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Validation of AIRS v4 ozone profiles in the UTLS using ozonesondes from...
Ozonesonde observations from Lauder (45.0°S, 169.7°E) and Boulder (39.9°N, 105.3°W) are used to examine the quality of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) v4 vertical ozone...- publication PDF
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Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing: Internship Program for Minority Students
This represents a collection of papers written by graduate students participating in the 1975 Summer Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing. This report also includes...- publication PDF
