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The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX):...
The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX) used three P3 aircraft aided by high-resolution numerical modeling and satellite communications to investigate...- publication PDF
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Assimilation of global positioning system radio occultation observations...
The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) mission launched six small satellites in April 2006, each carrying a GPS radio occultation...- publication PDF
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Improving the simulation of extreme precipitation events by stochastic...
[1] Stochastic weather generators are commonly used to generate scenarios of climate variability or change on a daily timescale. So the realistic modeling of extreme events is...- publication PDF
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An aircraft wetland inundation experiment using GNSS reflectometry
In early May of 2017, a flight campaign was conducted over Caddo Lake, Texas, to test the ability of Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) to detect water...- publication PDF
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Limits to penetration of meridional circulation below the Solar Convection Zone
We show that meridional circulation, such as that observed at the top of and in the solar convection zone (CZ) by direct doppler and helioseismic techniques, cannot penetrate...- publication PDF
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Decadal disruption of the QBO by tropical volcanic supereruptions
The Los Chocoyos (14.6 degrees N, 91.2 degrees W) supereruption happened similar to 75,000 years ago in Guatemala and was one of the largest eruptions of the past 100,000 years....- publication PDF
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Climate model intercomparisons: Preparing for the next phase
Since 1995, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) has coordinated climate model experiments involving multiple international modeling teams. Through CMIP, climate...- publication PDF
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Divergent controls of soil organic carbon between observations and...
The storage and cycling of soil organic carbon (SOC) are governed by multiple co-varying factors, including climate, plant productivity, edaphic properties, and disturbance...- publication PDF
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The influence of shallow convection on tropical cyclone track forecasts
Accurate tropical cyclone (TC) track forecasts depend on having skillful numerical model predictions of the environmental wind field. Given that wind and temperature are related...- publication PDF
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Conakry, Republic of Guinea: Analysis...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), dates back to December 29, 2019, in Wuhan, China. It quickly...- publication PDF
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The quantification and correction of wind-induced precipitation measurement errors
Hydrologic measurements are important for both the short- and long-term management of water resources. Of the terms in the hydrologic budget, precipitation is typically the most...- publication PDF
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Probabilistic machine learning estimation of ocean mixed layer depth from...
The ocean mixed layer plays an important role in the coupling between the upper ocean and atmosphere across a wide range of time scales. Estimation of the variability of the...- publication PDF
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SNICAR-ADv3: A community tool for modeling spectral snow albedo
The Snow, Ice, and Aerosol Radiative (SNICAR) model has been used in various capacities over the last 15 years to model the spectral albedo of snow with light-absorbing...- publication PDF
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Using sonic anemometer temperature to measure sensible heat flux in strong winds
Sonic anemometers simultaneously measure the turbulent fluctuations of vertical wind (w') and sonic temperature (Ts'), and are commonly used to measure sensible heat flux (H)....- publication PDF
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The generation and forecast of extreme winds during the origin and...
On 8-9 October 2017, fourteen wildfires developed rapidly during a strong Diablo wind event in northern California including the Tubbs Fire, which travelled over 19 km in 3.25...- publication PDF
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Detected climatic change in global distribution of tropical cyclones
Owing to the limited length of observed tropical cyclone data and the effects of multidecadal internal variability, it has been a challenge to detect trends in tropical cyclone...- publication PDF
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Solar irradiance nowcasting case studies near Sacramento
The Sun4Cast solar power forecasting system, designed to predict solar irradiance and power generation at solar farms, is composed of several component models operating on both...- publication PDF
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A comparison of higher-order vertical velocity moments in the convective...
We have analyzed measurements of vertical velocity w statistics with the NOAA high resolution Doppler lidar (HRDL) from about 390 m above the surface to the top of the...- publication PDF
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Recent tropical expansion: Natural variability or forced response?
Previous studies have documented a poleward shift in the subsiding branches of Earth's Hadley circulation since 1979 but have disagreed on the causes of these observed changes...- publication PDF
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Statistical downscaling of a high-resolution precipitation reanalysis using...
This study explores the first application of an analog-based method to downscale precipitation estimates from a regional reanalysis. The utilized analog ensemble (AnEn) approach...- publication PDF
