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Validation of ionospheric specifications during geomagnetic storms: TEC and...
Assessing space weather modeling capability is a key element in improving existing models and developing new ones. In order to track improvement of the models and investigate...- publication PDF
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Tropical upper-tropospheric trends in ozone and carbon monoxide...
We analyze tropical ozone (O3) and carbon monoxide (CO) distributions in the upper troposphere (UT) for 2005â2020 using Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) observations and...- publication PDF
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Diurnal variation of summer rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau and its...
This paper investigates the diurnal variation of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and its neighboring areas using the TMPA (TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation...- publication PDF
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Numerical simulations of the three-dimensional distribution of meteoric dust...
Micrometeorites that ablate in the lower thermosphere and upper mesosphere are thought to recondense into nanometer-sized smoke particles and then coagulate into larger dust...- publication PDF
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Growth of cloud droplets by turbulent collision--coalescence
An open question in cloud physics is how rain forms in warm cumulus as rapidly as it is sometimes observed. In particular, the growth of cloud droplets across the size gap from...- publication PDF
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The POLARCAT Model Intercomparison Project (POLMIP): Overview and evaluation...
A model intercomparison activity was inspired by the large suite of observations of atmospheric composition made during the International Polar Year (2008) in the Arctic. Nine...- publication PDF
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Understanding the mechanism and importance of brown carbon bleaching across...
Aerosol absorption of visible light has an important impact on global radiative forcing. Wildfires are one of the major sources of light-absorbing aerosol, but there remains...- publication PDF
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DOppler RAdar Data Exchange Format DORADE
The purpose of this article is to document the DORADE format version 1, which will be used to exchange data collected by the ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler radar and the NCAR...- publication PDF
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Preface to a special issue "Megacity Air Pollution Studies (MAPS)"
Large urban areas, commonly referred to as megacities, generally consume a huge amount of energy due to the high population density along with concentrated economic activities,...- publication PDF
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Future directions for whole atmosphere modeling: Developments in the context...
Coupled Sun-to-Earth models represent a key part of the future development of space weather forecasting. With respect to predicting the state of the thermosphere and ionosphere,...- publication PDF
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A revised lower estimate of ozone columns during Earth's oxygenated history
The history of molecular oxygen (O-2) in Earth's atmosphere is still debated; however, geological evidence supports at least two major episodes where O-2 increased by an order...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric semidiurnal lunar tide climatology simulated by the Whole...
The atmospheric semidiurnal lunar tide is added to the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) through inclusion of an additional forcing mechanism. The simulated...- publication PDF
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Parameterization of riming intensity and its impact on ice fall speed using ARM data
Riming within mixed-phase clouds can have a large impact on the prediction of clouds and precipitation within weather and climate models. The increase of ice particle fall speed...- publication PDF
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Dependence of the high-latitude lower thermospheric wind vertical vorticity...
We analyze the vertical component of vorticity and the horizontal divergence of the high-latitude neutral wind field in the lower thermosphere during the southern summer time...- publication PDF
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Towards a unified setup to simulate mid-latitude and tropical mesoscale...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are the main source of precipitation in the tropics and parts of the mid-latitudes and are responsible for high-impact weather worldwide....- publication PDF
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Evolution of ozone pollution in China: What track will it follow?
Increasing surface ozone (O3) concentrations has emerged as a key air pollution problem in many urban regions worldwide in the last decade. A longstanding major issue in...- publication PDF
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Convective transport of formaldehyde to the upper troposphere and lower...
We have developed semi-independent methods for determining CH2O scavenging efficiencies (SEs) during strong midlatitude convection over the western, south-central Great Plains,...- publication PDF
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A deep learning framework for instrument-to-instrument translation of solar...
The constant improvement of astronomical instrumentation provides the foundation for scientific discoveries. In general, these improvements have only implications forward in...- publication PDF
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A new method for ice-ice aggregation in the Adaptive Habit Model
A novel methodology for modeling ice-ice aggregation is presented. This methodology combines a modified hydrodynamic collection algorithm with bulk aggregate characteristic...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the HOMME dynamical core in the aqua-planet configuration of...
The NCAR-Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) includes a new dynamical core option based on NCAR's High-Order Method Modeling Environment (HOMME). HOMME is a...- publication PDF