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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
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East Pacific ocean eddies and their relationship to subseasonal variability i...
Subseasonal variability in sea surface height (SSH) over the East Pacific warm pool off Central America is investigated using satellite observations and an eddy-resolving ocean...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric methanol observations from space: Retrieval evaluation and const...
Methanol retrievals from nadir-viewing space-based sensors offer powerful new information for quantifying methanol emissions on a global scale. Here we apply an ensemble of...- publication PDF
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High-resolution gridded daily rainfall and temperature for the Hawaiian Islan...
Spatially continuous data products are essential for a number of applications including climate and hydrologic modeling, weather prediction, and water resource management. In...- publication PDF
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Intensification of Hurricane Sandy (2012) through extratropical warm core sec...
Hurricane Sandy's landfall along the New Jersey shoreline at 2330 UTC 29 October 2012 produced a catastrophic storm surge stretching from New Jersey to Rhode Island that...- publication PDF
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Lower-stratospheric aerosol measurements in eastward-shedding vortices over J...
Eastward air-mass transport from the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) anticyclone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) often involves eastward-shedding vortices,...- publication PDF
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Normalized convective characteristics of tropical cyclone rapid intensificati...
The relationship between tropical cyclone (TC) convective characteristics and TC intensity change is explored using infrared and passive microwave satellite imagery of TCs in...- publication PDF
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Solar irradiance nowcasting case studies near Sacramento
The Sun4Cast solar power forecasting system, designed to predict solar irradiance and power generation at solar farms, is composed of several component models operating on both...- publication PDF
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Analysis of plasmaspheric hiss wave amplitudes inferred from low-altitude POE...
Plasmaspheric hiss plays an important role in controlling the overall structure and dynamics of the Earth's radiation belts. The interaction of plasmaspheric hiss with radiation...- publication PDF
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Improving quantitative precipitation forecasts in the warm season: A USWRP re...
Warm-season quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) are the poorest performance area of forecast systems worldwide. They stubbornly fall further behind while other aspects...- publication PDF
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Improved Madden–Julian oscillations with improved physics: The impact of modi...
Two modifications are made to the deep convection parameterization in the NCAR Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3): a dilute plume approximation and an...- publication PDF
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Marine cloud brightening: Regional applications
The general principle behind the marine cloud brightening (MCB) climate engineering technique is that seeding marine stratocumulus clouds with substantial concentrations of...- publication PDF
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Rhodolith beds are major CaCO₃ bio-factories in the tropical south west Atlantic
Rhodoliths are nodules of non-geniculate coralline algae that occur in shallow waters (<150 m depth) subjected to episodic disturbance. Rhodolith beds stand with kelp beds,...- publication PDF