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Using large ensembles to identify regions of systematic biases in...
Because of internal variability in both the real-world and global climate models, it is unclear whether disagreement between models and observations reflects true systematic...- publication PDF
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Tropical cyclone characteristics in the MERRA-2 reanalysis and AMIP simulations
This study evaluates the tropical cyclone (TC) activity in two high-resolution data sets-MERRA-2 Reanalysis (Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications,...- publication PDF
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The value of sustained ocean observations for sea ice predictions in the Barents Sea
Dynamical prediction systems have shown potential to meet the emerging need for seasonal forecasts of regional Arctic sea ice. Observationally constrained initial conditions are...- publication PDF
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Comparison of COSMIC ionospheric measurements with ground-based observations...
Electron densities retrieved from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) radio occultation (RO) measurements are compared with...- publication PDF
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Laboratory studies of organic peroxy radical chemistry: An overview with...
Organic peroxy radicals (often abbreviated ROâ) play a central role in the chemistry of the Earth's lower atmosphere. Formed in the atmospheric oxidation of essentially every...- publication PDF
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The hotplate precipitation gauge
A new instrument designed to measure precipitation, the "hotplate precipitation gauge," is described. The instrument consists of a heated thin disk that provides a reliable,...- publication PDF
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Understanding the impact of urban expansion and lake shrinkage on summer...
Wuhan has witnessed unprecedented urban expansion that encroached upon sizable inland lakes. However, the impacts of urban expansion on climate and heat stress for such a city...- publication PDF
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The impact of NOAH-MP physical parameterizations on modeling water...
Texas is subject to severe droughts, including the record-breaking one in 2011. To investigate the critical hydrometeorological processes during drought, we use a land surface...- publication PDF
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ENSO's changing influence on temperature, precipitation, and wildfire in a...
On interannual to decadal time scales, the climate mode with many of the strongest societal impacts is the El NiñoâSouthern Oscillation (ENSO). However, quantifying ENSO's...- publication PDF
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Simulated high-latitude soil thermal dynamics during the past 4 decades
Soil temperature (Ts) change is a key indicator of the dynamics of permafrost. On seasonal and interannual timescales, the variability of Ts determines the active-layer depth,...- publication PDF
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The Geoscience Community Analysis Toolkit: An open development, community...
The Geoscience Community Analysis Toolkit (GeoCAT) team develops and maintains data analysis and visualization tools on structured and unstructured grids for the geosciences...- publication PDF
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Batch Computing on the CRAY-1
This report defines and guides the user through various processes on the CRAY-1 computer.- publication PDF
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Daytime oxidized reactive nitrogen partitioning in Western U.S. wildfire smoke plumes
The Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption, and Nitrogen (WE-CAN) deployed the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft in summer 2018 across the western U.S. to...- publication PDF
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Rain in shallow cumulus over the ocean: The RICO campaign
Shallow, maritime cumuli are ubiquitous over much of the tropical oceans, and characterizing their properties is important to understanding weather and climate. The Rain in...- publication PDF
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The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district...
Objective: To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana. Methods: A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted...- publication PDF
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Introduction to the deep convective clouds and chemistry (DC3) 2012 studies
The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) project aimed to determine the impact of deep, midlatitude continental convective clouds on tropospheric composition and...- publication PDF
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Wintertime formaldehyde: Airborne observations and source apportionment over...
Formaldehyde (HCHO) is generated from direct urban emission sources and secondary production from the photochemical reactions of urban smog. HCHO is linked to tropospheric ozone...- publication PDF
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Balanced and coherent climate estimation by combining data with a biased...
Given a biased coupled model and the atmospheric and oceanic observing system, maintaining a balanced and coherent climate estimation is of critical importance for producing...- publication PDF
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The frequency, intensity, and diurnal cycle of precipitation in surface and...
Global precipitation data sets with high spatial and temporal resolution are needed for many applications, but they were unavailable before the recent creation of several such...- publication PDF
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Influence of convection on stratospheric water vapor in the North American...
We quantify the connection between deep convective occurrence and summertime 100 hPa water vapor anomaly over the North American (NA) region and find substantial consistency...- publication PDF
