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Tropical cyclone sensitivities to CO2 doubling: Roles of atmospheric resoluti...
Responses of tropical cyclones (TCs) to CO2 doubling are explored using coupled global climate models (GCMs) with increasingly refined atmospheric/land horizontal grids (~ 200...- publication PDF
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Simulating coupled carbon and nitrogen dynamics following mountain pine beetl...
Insect outbreaks are major ecosystem disturbances, affecting a similar area as forest fires annually across North America. Tree mortality caused by bark beetle outbreaks alters...- publication PDF
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The impacts of Taiwan topography on the predictability of Typhoon Morakot's r...
In this study, we examine the impact of Taiwan topography on the extreme rainfall of Typhoon Morakot and the predictability of this rainfall with a high-resolution (4-km)...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric stability influences on coupled boundary layer and canopy turbulence
Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layers interacting with a coupled and resolved plant canopy reveals the influence of atmospheric stability variations from neutral...- publication PDF
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Effects of time step size on the simulation of tropical climate in NCAR-CAM3
This paper describes the effects of time step on the simulation of tropical climate in the NCAR-Community Atmosphere Model version 3 (CAM3). A set of multi-year integrations are...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric bioaerosols transported via dust storms in the western United States
Measurements are presented showing the presence of biological material within frequent dust storms in the western United States. Previous work has indicated that biological...- publication PDF
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The equatorial El Niño-Southern Oscillation Signatures observed by FORMOSAT-3...
This paper uses the tropospheric pressure, temperature, and water vapor pressure observed by six micro-satellites of the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (F3/C) constellation to study El...- publication PDF
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The properties of optical lightning flashes and the clouds they illuminate
Optical lightning sensors like the Optical Transient Detector and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) measure total lightning across large swaths of the globe with high detection...- publication PDF
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Material Strength Properties of Winzen StratoFilm
This report is part of a series prepared for the Materials Research Project of the NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility in order to extend the reliability and capabilities of...- publication PDF
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Terannual variation in the F₂ layer peak electron density (NmF₂) at middle la...
Ionosonde data from 33 stations in three longitude sectors from 1969 to 1986 have been used to study the seasonal variations of ionospheric FIonosonde data from 33 stations in...- publication PDF
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Estimation of Spatial Covariances From the Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
The Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE) was an attempt to observe mesoscale ocean eddies in the western North Atlantic, primarily during the spring of 1973. A variety of...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity to glacial forcing in the CCSM4
Results are presented from the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4), simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison...- publication PDF
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Observational evidence of particle hygroscopic growth in the upper tropospher...
We measured the vertical profiles of backscatter ratio (BSR) using the balloon-borne, lightweight Compact Optical Backscatter AerosoL Detector (COBALD) instruments above Linzhi,...- publication PDF
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Numerical investigation of the quasi 2 day wave in the mesosphere and lower t...
The zonal wave number 3 planetary wave with about a 2 day period is a recurrent wave feature in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT). The quasi 2 day wave (QTDW) exhibits...- publication PDF
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On the secular trend of COx and CO₂ in the lower thermosphere
An analysis of recent observations (2004-2013) made by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) instrument indicate that total carbon (COx =...- publication PDF
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A climatology of hurricane eye formation
This paper presents a climatology of the initial eye formations of a broad set of Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) during 1989 - 2008. A new dataset of structure and intensity...- publication PDF
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Uncertainties of estimates of inertio-gravity energy in the atmosphere. Part ...
This paper presents the application of the normal-mode functions to diagnose the atmospheric energy spectra in terms of balanced and inertia-gravity (IG) contributions. A set of...- publication PDF
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Similarity theory in the surface layer of large-eddy simulations of the wind-...
Monin–Obukhov similarity theory is applied to the surface layer of large-eddy simulations (LES) of deep Southern Ocean boundary layers. Observations from the Southern Ocean Flux...- publication PDF
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A Bayesian ANOVA scheme for calculating climate anomalies, with applications ...
Climate data sets with both spatial and temporal components are often studied after removing from each time series a temporal mean calculated over a common reference interval,...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations
Palaeoclimate simulations improve our understanding of the climate, inform us about the performance of climate models in a different climate scenario, and help to identify...- publication PDF
