The Tambora Project reconstructs on a global scale the most destructive episode of abrupt climate change in the modern historical record. The volcanic sulfate veil produced by the Tambora eruption in the period 1815-18 ...

The effective radius (Re) of the cloud droplet size distribution is an Essential Climate Variable identified by the Global Climate Observing System for its important role in energy and water cycle studies. It is retrieved ...

Persistent cloud cover over the Southern Ocean exerts a powerful influence on the global radiative balance and climate projections. Satellite-based cloud phase studies suggest these clouds contain supercooled liquid water ...

Clouds continue to contribute the largest uncertainty to estimates and interpretations of the Earth's energy budget, and their representation in climate models has been recognized for decades as a dominant source of ...

Skillful subseasonal-to-seasonal (hereafter S2S; 10 days - 12 weeks) prediction can greatly benefit decision-making on resource management and agricultural planning that falls into the weekly to seasonal time ranges. The ...

One of the most notable ways the Laurentian Great Lakes impact the region’s climate is by augmenting snowfall in downwind locations during autumn and winter months. Among many negative consequences, this surplus of snow ...

Observing precipitation in tropical regions of complex terrain is a challenging problem. While ground-based instrumentation including rain gauge networks and radar data offer some insights, the lack of spatially complete ...

Before the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) field campaign that took place near Antigua and Barbuda from 2004-2005, it was thought that most trade wind cumulus clouds do not precipitate. The main goal of the RICO ...

Mesoscale models that predict the temporal evolution of tropical cyclones (TCs) are sensitive to the representation of cloud microphysical processes through their effect on modeled latent heat release. The cloud parameterizations ...

The Beaufort Anticyclone is the dominate pressure feature over the Arctic Ocean in all seasons and has a large influence on the surface wind regime and sea-ice motion. Sea level pressure (SLP) from the NCAR/NCEP Reanalysis ...