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Tropospheric ozone assessment report: Assessment of global-scale model...
The goal of the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) is to provide the research community with an up-to-date scientific assessment of tropospheric ozone, from the surface...- publication PDF
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Changes in wood biomass and crop yields in response to projected CO2, O3,...
As the world's population increases, so will the demand for food and timber resources. Though carbon dioxide (CO2) fertilization and, to a lesser extent, nitrogen (N) deposition...- publication PDF
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Zonally uniform tidal oscillations in the tropical stratosphere
By analyzing data from satellite measurements, a reanalysis, and a chemistry-climate model, we found clear zonally uniform tidal signals in the tropical stratosphere,...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the causes of differences in tropospheric OH within global models
The hydroxyl radical (OH) is the primary daytime oxidant in the troposphere and provides the main loss mechanism for many pollutants and greenhouse gases, including methane...- publication PDF
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Turbulent collision-coalescence in maritime shallow convection
This paper discusses cloud simulations aiming at quantitative assessment of the effects of cloud turbulence on rain development in shallow ice-free convective clouds. Cloud...- publication PDF
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Composite structure of tropopause polar cyclones
Tropopause polar vortices are coherent circulation features based on the tropopause in polar regions. They are a common feature of the Arctic, with typical radii less than 1500...- publication PDF
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Improved clouds over Southern Ocean amplify Antarctic precipitation response...
Increasing precipitation on the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) in a warming climate has the potential to partially mitigate Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise. We show that...- publication PDF
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Emergency managers on-line survey on extratropical and tropical cyclone...
We report on a web-based survey of emergency managers (EMs) that is part of a larger body of work with the goal of better understanding how certain NOAA weather forecast...- publication PDF
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Astronaut Operations Requirements Document for the White Light Coronagraph...
This manual presents information for performing the observers' function in the White Light Coronagraph (WLCE) portion of the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) experiments. The...- publication PDF
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Waves and Magnetism in the Solar Atmosphere (WAMIS)
Magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere provide the energy for most varieties of solar activity, including high-energy electromagnetic radiation, solar energetic particles,...- publication PDF
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Modelling global tropical cyclone wind footprints
A novel approach to modelling the surface wind field of landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) is presented. The modelling system simulates the evolution of the low-level wind...- publication PDF
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Biases in stratospheric and tropospheric temperature trends derived from...
Temperature trends derived from historical radiosonde data often show substantial differences compared to satellite measurements. These differences are especially large for...- publication PDF
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Modelled land use and land cover change emissions – a spatio-temporal...
Quantifying the net carbon flux from land use and land cover changes (f(LULCC)) is critical for understanding the global carbon cycle and, hence, to support climate change...- publication PDF
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Annual asymmetry in thermospheric density: Observations and simulations
In this paper, the Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) observations during 2002-2010 are utilized to study the...- publication PDF
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The influence of internal atmospheric variability on the ionosphere response...
The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model eXtended is used to investigate the extent to which neglecting the realistic day-to-day lower atmospheric variability introduces...- publication PDF
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Turbulence comes in bursts in stably stratified flows
There is a clear distinction between simple laminar and complex turbulent fluids; however, in some cases, as for the nocturnal planetary boundary layer, a stable and well-...- publication PDF
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A mass-weighted isentropic coordinate for mapping chemical tracers and...
We introduce a transformed isentropic coordinate M theta(e), defined as the dry air mass under a given equivalent potential temperature surface (theta(e)) within a hemisphere....- publication PDF
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Community-developed geoscience cyberinfrastructure
Discoveries in the geosciences are increasingly taking place across traditional disciplinary boundaries. The EarthCube program, a community-driven project supported by the U.S....- publication PDF
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Scale-aware and definition-aware evaluation of modeled near-surface...
CloudSat's 94-GHz Cloud Profiling Radar provides unique near-global observations of precipitation frequency and intensity. Here CloudSat-based diagnostics for near-surface...- publication PDF
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Design of the Stonehenge Launch System
This report provides the engineering data required for the construction and use of the Stonehenge Launch System. Because scientific ballooning payloads have become heavier, more...- publication PDF