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Accelerated Arctic warming. Simulations by global climate models show that when sea ice is in rapid decline, the rate of predicted Arctic warming over land can more than triple.

Events: Next 2 Weeks

Workshop
When: Monday, 25 June 2012, at 12:00 pm to 29 June 2012
Location: CG1 Auditorium(full)
WRF Users' Workshop

Seminar
When: Monday, 25 June 2012, at 3:30 pm
Location: ML Main Seminar
Regional climate change projections for Hawaii - preliminary results
Kevin Hamilton, (University of Hawaii) - Speaker's Homepage

Seminar
When: Sunday, 8 July 2012, at 3:30 pm
Location: FL2 1001
Response of tropospheric aerosols to changes in anthropogenic emissions over Europe during the 1990-2009 period-a regional air quality study with COSMO-ART
Christoph Knote, (ACD)

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Recent NESL Publications

Modeling high-impact weather and climate: Lessons from a tropical cyclone perspective 2012-06. James Done; Greg Holland; Cindy Bruyere; L Leung; Asuka Suzuki-Parker. [OpenSky] [PDF]

The isotopic record of Northern Hemisphere atmospheric carbon monoxide since 1950: implications for the CO budget Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2012-05-16. Z Wang; J Chappellaz; Patricia Martinerie; K Park; V Petrenko; E Barstow; Louisa Emmons; T Blunier; C Brenninkmeijer; John Mak. [OpenSky] [DOI] [PDF]

Simulations over south Asia using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem): Chemistry evaluation and initial results Geoscientific Model Development, 2012-05-11. Rohilla Kumar; Manish Naja; Gabriele Pfister; Mary Barth; Christine Wiedinmyer; Guy Brasseur. [OpenSky] [DOI] [PDF]

Impact of January 2005 solar proton events on chlorine species Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2012-05-10. A Damiani; B Funke; Daniel Marsh; M Lopez-Puertas; M Santee; L Froidevaux; S Wang; C Jackman; T von Clarmann; A Gardini; R Cordero; M Storini. [OpenSky] [DOI] [PDF]

Observational needs for sea ice models: Short note 2012-05-01. F Massonnet; Alexandra Jahn. [OpenSky] [PDF]

Addressing climate challenges in developing countries EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 2012-04-03. Simone Tilmes; Andrew Monaghan; James Done. [OpenSky] [DOI]

Impact of trash burning on air quality in Mexico City Environmental Science & Technology, 2012-03-29. Alma Hodzic; Christine Wiedinmeyer; Dara Salcedo; Jose Jimenez. [OpenSky] [DOI]

Global variations of HDO and HDO/H₂O ratios in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere derived from ACE-FTS satellite measurements Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2012-03-22. William Randel; Elisabeth Moyer; Mijeong Park; Eric Jensen; Peter Bernath; Kaley Walker; Chris Boone. [OpenSky] [DOI]

Hydroxyl radical and NOx production rates, black carbon concentrations and light-absorbing impurities in snow from field measurements of light penetration and nadir reflectivity of onshore and offshore coastal Alaskan snow Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2012-03-09. J France; H Reay; M King; D Voisin; H Jacobi; F Domine; H Beine; C Anastasio; A MacArthur; Julia Lee-Taylor. [OpenSky] [DOI]

The relative importance of chlorine and bromine radicals in the oxidation of atmospheric mercury at Barrow, Alaska Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2012-03-03. Chelsea Stephens; Paul Shepson; Alexandra Steffen; Jan Bottenheim; Jin Liao; L Huey; Eric Apel; Andrew Weinheimer; Samuel Hall; Chris Cantrell; Barkley Sive; David Knapp; Denise Montzka; Rebecca Hornbrook. [OpenSky] [DOI] [PDF]

FY2011 NESL Annual Report

The 2011 NESL Annual Report is now available at:

http://nar.ucar.edu/2011/lar/nesl

NESL Research Topics

  • Science of Weather Prediction
  • Global Atmospheric Dynamics
  • Physical Meteorology
  • Atmospheric Photochemistry
  • Oceanography and Cryosphere
  • Land Biophysics and Biogeochemistry
  • Experimental Meteorology
  • Earth's Middle Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing
  • Climate System and Climate Change
  • Paleo-Climatology
  • Global Water System
  • Regional Climate