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Climate model response from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)
Solar geoengineering--deliberate reduction in the amount of solar radiation retained by the Earth--has been proposed as a means of counteracting some of the climatic effects of...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the weak constraint data assimilation approach for estimating...
A number of studies have estimated turbulent heat fluxes by assimilating sequences of land surface temperature (LST) observations into the strong constraint-variational data...- publication PDF
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Airport capacity prediction with explicit consideration of weather forecast...
This paper describes a stochastic analytical model for predicting airport capacity with a look-ahead horizon suitable for strategic traffic flow management. The model extends...- publication PDF
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Production and transport mechanisms of NO in the polar upper mesosphere and...
A reservoir of nitric oxide (NO) in the lower thermosphere efficiently cools the atmosphere after periods of enhanced geomagnetic activity. Transport from this reservoir to the...- publication PDF
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Increases in extreme precipitation over the Northeast United States using...
Extreme precipitation is among the most destructive natural disasters. Simulating changes in regional extreme precipitation remains challenging, partially limited by climate...- publication PDF
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Forecast indices from a ground-based microwave radiometer for operational meteorology
Today, commercial microwave radiometer profilers (MWRPs) are robust and unattended instruments providing real-time, accurate atmospheric observations at ~ 1 min temporal...- publication PDF
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A microphysics guide to cirrus – Part 2: Climatologies of clouds and...
This study presents airborne in situ and satellite remote sensing climatologies of cirrus clouds and humidity. The climatologies serve as a guide to the properties of cirrus...- publication PDF
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Wave-induced boundary layer separation in the lee of the Medicine Bow...
Two cases of mountain waves, rotors, and the associated turbulence in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains in southeastern Wyoming are investigated in a two-part study using...- publication PDF
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The anatomy and physics of ZDR columns: Investigating a polarimetric radar...
Polarimetric radar observations of deep convective storms frequently reveal columnar enhancements of differential reflectivity ZDR. Such "ZDR columns" can extend upward more...- publication PDF
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Probabilistic forecasts of mesoscale convective system initiation using the...
A data mining and statistical learning method known as a random forest (RF) is employed to generate 2-h forecasts of the likelihood for initiation of mesoscale convective...- publication PDF
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Building a land data assimilation community to tackle technical challenges...
Over 100 participants from the Earth system modeling and numerical weather prediction land data assimilation communities met virtually to discuss technical challenges faced in...- publication PDF
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Acceleration of the southern African easterly jet driven by the radiative...
The direct and semi-direct radiative effects of biomass burning aerosols (BBAs) are investigated over southern Africa and the southeastern Atlantic during the Aerosols,...- publication PDF
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Assessment of the data assimilation framework for the Rapid Refresh Forecast...
The Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) is currently under development and aims to replace the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) operational suite of...- publication PDF
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The LaGrange tornado during VORTEX2: Part 1: Photogrammetric analysis of the...
This study presents a single-Doppler radar analysis combined with cloud photography of the LaGrange, Wyoming, tornado on 5 June 2009 in an attempt to relate the radar-observed...- publication PDF
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Probing the physics of the solar atmosphere with the Multi-slit Solar...
The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) is a proposed mission composed of a multislit extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrograph (in three spectral bands around 171 angstrom, 284...- publication PDF
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Mobile doppler radar observations of a tornado in a supercell near Bassett,...
This is Part II of a paper detailing an analysis of high-resolution wind and reflectivity data collected by a mobile, W-band Doppler radar; the analysis depicts the near-surface...- publication PDF
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An analytical model of maximum potential intensity for tropical cyclones...
An analytical model of maximum potential intensity (PI) for tropical cyclones (TCs) incorporating wind-induced ocean cooling is developed on the basis of Emanuel's PI theory....- publication PDF
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Effect of anomalous electron heating on the transpolar potential in the LFM...
The tendency of global MHD models to overestimate the transpolar potential in simulations of strong geomagnetic storms and evidence of an adverse feedback of the ionospheric...- publication PDF
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Evolution of the global coupled climate response to Arctic sea ice loss...
The role of transient Arctic sea ice loss in the projected greenhouse gas-induced late-twentieth- to late-twenty-first-century climate change is investigated using the...- publication PDF
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Asteroseismology and interferometry
Asteroseismology provides us with a unique opportunity to improve our understanding of stellar structure and evolution. Recent developments, including the first systematic...- publication PDF