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The role of subtropical irreversible PV mixing in the zonal mean circulation...
The atmospheric circulation response to the global warming-like tropical upper tropospheric heating is revisited using a dry atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) in...- publication PDF
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Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) collection 4: Establishing a 17-year-long...
The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) was launched on 15 July 2004, with an expected mission lifetime of 5 years. After more than 17 years in orbit the instrument is still...- publication PDF
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The potential for geostationary remote sensing of NO2 to improve weather prediction
Observations of winds in the planetary boundary layer remain sparse making it challenging to simulate and predict atmospheric conditions that are most important for describing...- publication PDF
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A New paradigm in Earth environmental monitoring with the CYGNSS small...
A constellation of small, low-cost satellites is able to make scientifically valuable measurements of the Earth which can be used for weather forecasting, disaster monitoring,...- publication PDF
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Detecting changes in marine responses to ENSO from 850 to 2100 C.E.:...
It is open whether El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) varies under climate change and how potential changes in the marine system are detectable. Here differences in the...- publication PDF
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Role of the atmospheric mean state on the initiation of the Madden-Julian...
Tropical channel models, defined as models that are global in the zonal direction but bounded in the meridional direction, are particularly useful for simulating the Madden-...- publication PDF
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Flow visualization and field line advection in computational fluid dynamics:...
Accurately interpreting three dimensional (3D) vector quantities output as solutions to high-resolution computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations can be an arduous, time-...- publication PDF
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Objective tropical cyclone center tracking using Single-Doppler Radar
This study presents an extension of the ground-based velocity track display (GBVTD)-simplex tropical cyclone (TC) circulation center--finding algorithm to further improve the...- publication PDF
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Submesoscale effects on changes to export production under global warming
We examine the effects of the submesoscale in mediating the response to projected warming of phytoplankton new production and export using idealized biogeochemical tracers in a...- publication PDF
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Primary and secondary sources of formaldehyde in urban atmospheres: Houston...
We evaluate the rates of secondary production and primary emission of formaldehyde (CH₂O) from petrochemical industrial facilities and on-road vehicles in the Houston Texas...- publication PDF
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The dispersion of silver iodide particles from ground-based generators over...
A numerical modeling study has been conducted to explore the ability of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model-based large-eddy simulation (LES) with 100-m grid...- publication PDF
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Tracking the strength of the Walker circulation with stable isotopes in water vapor
General circulation models (GCMs) predict that the global hydrological cycle will change in response to anthropogenic warming. However, these predictions remain uncertain, in...- publication PDF
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Quasi-biennial oscillation and solar cycle influences on winter Arctic total ozone
The total column ozone (TCO) observed from satellites and assimilated in the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts since 1979 is used as an atmospheric tracer to...- publication PDF
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A Carrier Balloon for Tropical Soundings
During July 1970 to January 1971, a series of tests was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining wind data in the tropical troposphere and lower stratosphere by...- publication PDF
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Agreement in late twentieth century Southern Hemisphere stratospheric...
[1] We present a comparison of temperature trends using different satellite and radiosonde observations and climate (GCM) and chemistry-climate model (CCM) outputs, focusing on...- publication PDF
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Characterization of NOx, SO₂, ethene, and propene from industrial emission...
The Houston-Galveston-Brazoria urban area contains industrial petrochemical sources that emit volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides, resulting in rapid and efficient...- publication PDF
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Removing circulation effects to assess central U.S. land-atmosphere...
Interannual variability of summer surface air temperature (SAT) in the central United States (U.S.) is influenced by atmospheric circulation and land surface feedbacks. Here a...- publication PDF
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Impacts of the Denver Cyclone on regional air quality and aerosol formation...
We present airborne measurements made during the 2014 Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Experiment (FRAPPÉ) project to investigate the impacts of the Denver Cyclone...- publication PDF
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Arctic Ocean freshwater: How robust are model simulations?
The Arctic freshwater (FW) has been the focus of many modeling studies, due to the potential impact of Arctic FW on the deep water formation in the North Atlantic. A comparison...- publication PDF
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Chemical (Atmospheric) and Biological Measurements in Panama. Volume 1: General
This report presents the chemical measurements made by the Atmospheric Chemistry Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for the project, Trace Chemistry of...- publication PDF