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Mechanisms for a record-breaking rainfall in the coastal metropolitan city of...
Record-breaking rainfall of 524.1mm in 24hr occurred in the coastal metropolitan city of Guangzhou, China, during 6-7 May 2017 and caused devastating flooding. Observation...- publication PDF
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Variability and trends in the global tropopause estimated from radiosonde data
This study examines global tropopause variability on synoptic, monthly, seasonal, and multidecadal timescales using 1980-2004 radiosonde data. On synoptic and monthly...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric sounding using GPS radio occultation
This paper summarizes the radio occultation (RO) technique for remote sounding of the Earth’s atmosphere using the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and GPS receivers...- publication PDF
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Global volcanic aerosol properties derived from emissions, 1990-2014, using C...
Accurate representation of global stratospheric aerosols from volcanic and nonvolcanic sulfur emissions is key to understanding the cooling effects and ozone losses that may be...- publication PDF
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A dynamic hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin method for shallow-water flows o...
A discontinuous Galerkin model solving the shallow-water equations on the sphere is presented. It captures the dynamically varying key aspects of the flows by having the...- publication PDF
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Potential for ground-based glaciogenic cloud seeding over mountains in the in...
Glaciogenic cloud seeding has long been practiced as a way to increase water availability in arid regions, such as the interior western United States. Many seeding programs in...- publication PDF
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A drop size distribution (DSD)-based model for evaluating the performance of ...
A novel analytical method is presented for evaluating the electrical performance of a radome for a dual-polarized phased-array antenna under rain conditions. Attenuation,...- publication PDF
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Facilitating strongly coupled ocean-atmosphere data assimilation with an inte...
In a strongly coupled data assimilation (DA), a cross-fluid covariance is specified that allows measurements from a coupled fluid (e.g., atmosphere) to directly impact analysis...- publication PDF
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Getting ahead of flash drought: From early warning to early action
Flash droughts, characterized by their unusually rapid intensification, have garnered increasing attention within the weather, climate, agriculture, and ecological communities...- publication PDF
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The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional Earth system model: se...
In this study, a new regional Earth system model is developed and applied to the Med-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) region. The ENEA-REG system is...- publication PDF
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Demonstration of ensemble data assimilation for Mars using DART, MarsWRF, and...
We describe a global atmospheric data assimilation scheme that has been adapted for use with a Martian General Circulation Model (GCM), with the ultimate goal of creating...- publication PDF
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Regional energy and water budget of a precipitating atmosphere over ocean
Effects of water mass imbalance and hydrometeor transport on the enthalpy flux and water phase on diabatic heating rate in computing the regional energy and water budget of the...- publication PDF
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The role of flare‐driven ionospheric electron density changes on the doppler ...
Trans-ionospheric high frequency (HF: 3-30 MHz) signals experience strong attenuation following a solar flare-driven sudden ionospheric disturbance (SID). Solar flare-driven HF...- publication PDF
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Bias-Corrected CMIP5 CESM Data in WRF/MPAS Intermediate File Format
This technical note describes the generation of global bias corrected climate model output files from version 1 of NCAR's Community Earth System Model (CESM; Hurrell et al....- publication PDF
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Normal modes of atmospheric variability in observations, numerical weather pr...
MOTIVATION. Normal modes, which we deal with here, are eigensolutions to the linearized primitive equations of the atmosphere. Known as the solutions of the first and second...- publication PDF
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Impact of upstream urbanization on the urban heat island effects along the Wa...
Although there has been considerable research on urban heat island (UHI) effects, most of the previous studies have attributed UHI effects to localized, surface processes. In...- publication PDF
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MHD‐test particles simulations of moderate CME and CIR‐driven geomagnetic sto...
As part of the Whole Heliosphere and Planetary Interactions initiative, contrasting drivers of radiation belt electron response at solar minimum have been investigated with...- publication PDF
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GPS surveying with 1 mm precision using corrections for atmospheric slant pat...
Multipath and atmospheric effects can limit GPS surveying precision. We surveyed a 43 km baseline using large diameter choke ring antennas to reduce multipath and pointed...- publication PDF
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Atomic oxygen in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere derived from SABER: Al...
Atomic oxygen (O) is a fundamental component in chemical aeronomy of Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere region extending from approximately 50-km to over 100-km in...- publication PDF
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Influence of the Valley Surroundings on Valley Wind Dynamics
In a recent study, the authors investigated the mechanisms leading to the formation of diurnal along-valley winds in a valley formed by two isolated mountain ridges on a...- publication PDF
