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Adapting the MPAS dynamical core for applications extending into the thermosp...
To extend the nonhydrostatic global Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) for deep-atmosphere (geospace) applications, we have modified the model equations and numerics to...- publication PDF
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Macroscopic impacts of cloud and precipitation processes in shallow convection
This paper presents application of the EULAG model combined with a sophisticated double-moment warm-rain microphysics scheme to the model intercomparison case based on RICO...- publication PDF
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Rocket-borne in situ measurements of meteor smoke: Charging properties and im...
Rocket-borne observations of meteoric smoke particles (MSPs) are presented from three campaigns at polar latitudes (69?N) in September 2006, and in the summers of 2007 and 2008....- publication PDF
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The potential utility of high-resolution ensemble sensitivity analysis for ob...
Expansion in the availability of relocatable near-surface atmospheric observing sensors introduces the question of where placement maximizes gain in forecast accuracy. As one...- publication PDF
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The potential for structural errors in emergent constraints
Studies of emergent constraints have frequently proposed that a single metric can constrain future responses of the Earth system to anthropogenic emissions. Here, we illustrate...- publication PDF
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Implementation of a nonlinear subfilter turbulence stress model for large-edd...
Two formulations of a nonlinear turbulence subfilter-scale (SFS) stress model were implemented into the Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF), version...- publication PDF
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Pursuing the method of multiple working hypotheses for hydrological modeling
Ambiguities in the representation of environmental processes have manifested themselves in a plethora of hydrological models, differing in almost every aspect of their...- publication PDF
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Ground-based observations of the polar region space environment at the Jang B...
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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Operational implementation of COSMIC observations into NCEP's Global Data Ass...
The next generation of NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System became operational on 1 May 2007. This system incorporates the assimilation of global positioning system (GPS)...- publication PDF
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A comparison of the effects of CIR- and CME-induced geomagnetic activity on t...
So far studies of the effect of geomagnetic storms on thermospheric density and satellite orbits have been mainly focused on severe storm events caused by Coronal Mass Ejections...- publication PDF
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Framing the way to relate climate extremes to climate change
The atmospheric and ocean environment has changed from human activities in ways that affect storms and extreme climate events. The main way climate change is perceived is...- publication PDF
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The value of multiproxy reconstruction of past climate
Understanding the dynamics of climate change in its full richness requires the knowledge of long temperature time series. Although long-term, widely distributed temperature...- publication PDF
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Comparison of drift velocities of nighttime equatorial plasma depletions with...
This is the first study to compare plasma depletion drifts with the ambient plasma drifts and neutral winds in the post sunset equatorial ionosphere using global-scale satellite...- publication PDF
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Thermal chains and entrainment in cumulus updrafts. Part I: Theoretical descr...
Recent studies have shown that cumulus updrafts often consist of a succession of discrete rising thermals with spherical vortex-like circulations. In this paper, a theory is...- publication PDF
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An Overview of the Scientific Computing Division
This document is an expanded revision of An Overview of NCAR's Computing Environment (NCAR/TN-177+IA). It contains a new chapter describing the various departments within SCD...- publication PDF
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Forest drought resistance at large geographic scales
Forest conservation and carbon sequestration efforts are on the rise, yet the long-term stability of these efforts under a changing climate remains unknown. We generate nearly...- publication PDF
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Assessing the uptake of persistent identifiers by research infrastructure users
Significant progress has been made in the past few years in the development of recommendations, policies, and procedures for creating and promoting citations to data sets,...- publication PDF
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Multimodel assessment of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Extrat...
A multimodel assessment of the performance of chemistry-climate models (CCMs) in the extratropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS) is conducted for the first time....- publication PDF
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The influence of boreal biomass burning emissions on the distribution of trop...
We have analysed the sensitivity of the tropospheric ozone distribution over North America and the North Atlantic to boreal biomass burning emissions during the summer of 2010...- publication PDF
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The strong impact of weak horizontal convergence on continental shallow conve...
Idealized large-eddy simulation (LES) is a basic tool for studying three-dimensional turbulence in the planetary boundary layer. LES is capable of providing benchmark solutions...- publication PDF