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Analysis of the long-term surface wind variability over complex terrain...
This work uses a WRF numerical simulation from 1960 to 2005 performed at a high horizontal resolution (2 km) to analyze the surface wind variability over a complex terrain...- publication PDF
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Changes in continental freshwater discharge from 1948 to 2004
A new dataset of historical monthly streamflow at the farthest downstream stations for the world's 925 largest ocean-reaching rivers has been created for community use....- publication PDF
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Ocean temperature forcing by aerosols across the Atlantic tropical cyclone...
Recent work has shown a statistical climatological link between African dust outbreaks and North Atlantic tropical cyclone frequency and intensity. However, a definite causal...- publication PDF
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COVID-19 impact on the oil and gas industry NO2 emissions: A case study of...
COVID-19 caused a historic collapse in fossil fuel demand, a general decline in economic activity, and hydrocarbon price volatility. This resulted in an unprecedented scenario...- publication PDF
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The influence of major sudden stratospheric warming and elevated stratopause...
We investigate the influence of major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) and elevated stratopause (ES) events in the Northern Hemisphere winter on the transport of NOx produced...- publication PDF
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Climatology of westerly wind events in the lee of the Sierra Nevada
A 5-yr climatology of westerly wind events in Owens Valley, California, is derived from data measured by a mesoscale network of 16 automatic weather stations. Thermally driven...- publication PDF
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Amplified upward trend of the joint occurrences of heat and ozone extremes...
Climate change and air pollution are two intimately interlinked global concerns. The frequency, intensity, and duration of heat waves are projected to increase globally under...- publication PDF
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Study of HD 169392A observed by CoRoT and HARPS
Context. The results obtained by asteroseismology with data from space missions such as CoRoT and Kepler are providing new insights into stellar evolution. After five years of...- publication PDF
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The impact of rising atmospheric CO₂ on simulated sea ice induced...
The impact of rising atmospheric CO2 levels on the sea ice induced low frequency variability of the North Atlantic climate is examined using a coupled ice/ocean/atmosphere...- publication PDF
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Persistent increases in nighttime heat stress from urban expansion despite...
Urban areas generally have higher near-surface air temperature and lower air humidity than rural areas. Little is known about how heat stress, the combined effect of high air...- publication PDF
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Importance of regional climate model grid spacing for the simulation of...
Summer and winter daily heavy precipitation events (events above the 97.5th percentile) are analyzed in regional climate simulations with 36-, 12-,and 4-km horizontal grid...- publication PDF
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Chemical (Atmospheric) and Biological Measurements in Panama. Volume 1: General
This report presents the chemical measurements made by the Atmospheric Chemistry Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for the project, Trace Chemistry of...- publication PDF
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A spatiotemporal assessment of extreme cold in northwestern North America...
Two large volcanic eruptions contributed to extreme cold temperatures during the early 1800s, one of the coldest phases of the Little Ice Age. While impacts from the massive...- publication PDF
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Robust global detection of forced changes in mean and extreme precipitation...
Detection and attribution (D&A) of forced precipitation change are challenging due to internal variability, limited spatial, and temporal coverage of observational records...- publication PDF
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Convective transport and scavenging of peroxides by thunderstorms observed...
One of the objectives of the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field experiment was to determine the scavenging of soluble trace gases by thunderstorms. We present an...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric annual asymmetry observed by the COSMIC radio occultation...
Average F2-layer electron densities at December solstice are higher than those at June solstice. This phenomenon, which is often called the F2-layer annual asymmetry, has been...- publication PDF
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Ensemble Kalman filter assimilation of radar observations of the 8 May 2003...
Ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) techniques have been proposed for obtaining atmospheric state estimates on the scale of individual convective storms from radar and other...- publication PDF
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The Concordiasi project in Antarctica
The Concordiasi project is making innovative observations of the atmosphere above Antarctica. The most important goals of the Concordiasi are as follows: 1. To enhance the...- publication PDF
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Advancements, measurement uncertainties, and recent comparisons of the NOAA...
The NOAA frost point hygrometer (FPH) is a balloon-borne instrument flown monthly at three sites to measure water vapor profiles up to 28 km. The FPH record from Boulder,...- publication PDF
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Combining in situ and satellite observations to understand the vertical...
Tropical anvil clouds have a profound impact on Earth's weather and climate. Their role in Earth's energy balance and hydrologic cycle is heavily modulated by the vertical...- publication PDF
