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On the importance of small ice crystals in tropical anvil cirrus
In situ measurements of ice crystal concentrations and sizes made with aircraft instrumentation over the past two decades have often indicated the presence of numerous...- publication PDF
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Line-of-sight velocity as a tracer of coronal cavity magnetic structure
We present a statistical analysis of 66 days of observations of quiescent (non-erupting) coronal cavities and associated velocity and thermal structures. We find that nested...- publication PDF
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Longitudinal variation of tides in the MLT region: 2. Relative effects of...
Part 2 of our study examines the relative importance of radiative heating and latent heating in accounting for vertically propagating tides that impose longitude variability on...- publication PDF
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Linking large-scale circulation patterns to low-cloud properties
The North Pacific High (NPH) is a fundamental meteorological feature present during the boreal warm season. Marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds, which are persistent in this...- 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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Suppression of the polar tongue of ionization during the 21 August 2017 solar eclipse
It has long been recognized that during solar eclipses, the ionosphere-thermosphere system changes greatly within the eclipse shadow, due to the rapid reduction of solar...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model simulations of ozone...
The work presented here evaluates polar stratospheric ozone simulations from the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) for the Arctic winter of 2004–2005. We use the...- publication PDF
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A new algorithm to generate a priori trace gas profiles for the GGG2020...
Optimal estimation retrievals of trace gas total columns require prior vertical profiles of the gases retrieved to drive the forward model and ensure the retrieval problem is...- publication PDF
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Source and meteorological influences on air quality (CO, CH₄ & CO₂) at a...
Wollongong, Australia is an urban site at the intersection of anthropogenic, biomass burning, biogenic and marine sources of atmospheric trace gases. The location offers a...- publication PDF
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Calibration of the total carbon column observing network using aircraft profile data
The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) produces precise measurements of the column average dry-air mole fractions of CO₂, CO, CH₄, N₂O and H₂O at a variety of sites...- publication PDF
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Impact of aerosols from urban and shipping emission sources on terrestrial...
This study quantifies the immediate influences of aerosols from urban anthropogenic and shipping emission sources on carbon and water fluxes in East Asia on a cloudy day in...- publication PDF
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The Impacts of a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on...
This study quantifies the impacts of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) on the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) under anthropogenic warming by comparing...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of modeled Indian monsoon to Chinese and Indian aerosol emissions
The South Asian summer monsoon supplies over 80% of India's precipitation. Industrialization over the past few decades has resulted in severe aerosol pollution in India....- publication PDF
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Subtropical mode water variability in a climatologically forced model in the...
A climatologically forced high-resolution model is used to examine variability of subtropical mode water (STMW) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Despite the use of annually...- publication PDF
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Multiconstituent data assimilation with WRF‐CHEM/DART: Potential for...
We use the Weather Research and Forecasting Model with the chemistry/Data Assimilation Research Testbed (WRF‐Chem/DART) chemical weather forecasting/data assimilation system...- publication PDF
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Wave-induced boundary layer separation in the lee of the Medicine Bow...
Mountain waves and rotors in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains in southeastern Wyoming are investigated in a two-part paper. Part I by French et al. delivers a detailed...- publication PDF
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Ground-based observations of the polar region space environment at the Jang...
Jang Bogo Station (JBS), the second Korean Antarctic research station, was established in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica in February 2014 in order to expand the Korea Polar Research...- publication PDF
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Simulated solar cycle effects on the middle atmosphere: WACCM3 Versus WACCM4
The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model version 4 (WACCM4) is used to quantify solar cycle impacts, including both irradiance and particle precipitation, on the middle...- publication PDF
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Ms. Hisako Koyama: From Amateur Astronomer to Long-Term Solar Observer
The path to science for a girl of any nationality born in the early twentieth century was formidable-to-nonexistent. Yet paths were forged by a few. We present the little-known...- publication PDF
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Solar wind originating in funnels: Fast or slow?
Aims. We model a hydrogen-helium solar wind originating in funnels, regions of rapid flux tube expansion at the base of the solar corona.', Methods. The time-dependent model...- publication PDF