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Proceedings of the 2026 Improving Scientific Software Conference

Fitzgerald, K., Smith, S., Fisher, W., Nshuti, F. H., Mishra, S., et al. (2026). Proceedings of the 2026 Improving Scientific Software Conference. NCAR Technical Notes, doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/ja7w-wb34

The Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) is a loosely structured group of software engineers and scientists who write scientific software, mostly but not only at NCAR and mostly but not only in the field of atmospheric sciences. The mission ...

CISL Affiliations: VAST

Publication Genre: Technical Report

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Dependence of subseasonal to seasonal precipitation prediction on atmospheric and land initial conditions in the energy exascale earth system model

Xu, D., Pu, Z., Zhang, S., Anderson, J. L., Leung, L. R.. (2026). Dependence of subseasonal to seasonal precipitation prediction on atmospheric and land initial conditions in the energy exascale earth system model. Climate Dynamics, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-026-08320-y

Subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) scale prediction, especially precipitation prediction, depends predominantly on initial conditions. To examine the impacts of atmospheric and land initial conditions on the predictions of the Madden-Julian Osci...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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A quantitative evaluation of forest aboveground biomass density map products in oregon, USA

Hudak, A. T., Bakken, J., Lister, A., Mauro, F., Gregory, M., et al. (2026). A quantitative evaluation of forest aboveground biomass density map products in oregon, USA. Environmental Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae8b04

Maps of aboveground biomass density (AGBD) estimated from remote sensing data with models trained from inventory data are essential for carbon monitoring. Forest inventory plots in the United States (US) are measured by the forest inventory...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Advancing earth system science with and for the community: shaping NSF ncar's AI strategy

Richter, J. H., Harney, L., Haacker, R., Clyne, J. P., Cains, M., et al. (2026). Advancing earth system science with and for the community: shaping NSF ncar's AI strategy. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-26-0202.1

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are rapidly transforming Earth system science (ESS), enabling new approaches to observation, data assimilation, and forecasting across interconnected atmospheric, chemical, hydrological...

CISL Affiliations: VAST, ISD, DECS

Publication Genre: Article

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Community Software Facility Discovery Workshop Report: Scientific software best practices, tools, and culture

Kamali, S., Colegrove, D., Mickelson, S., Fitzgerald, K.. (2026). Community Software Facility Discovery Workshop Report: Scientific software best practices, tools, and culture. NCAR Technical Notes, doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/q5jz-k286

This document synthesizes the key findings from a workshop held in August 2025 to inform software design approaches and culture norms to consider implementing within the NSF NCAR Community Software Facility (CSF). The CSF discovery workshop...

CISL Affiliations: ASAP, VAST

Publication Genre: Workshop Report

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Modeling urban traffic heat flux in the Community Earth System Model: Formulation and validation for two test sites

Sun, Y., Oleson, K. W., Zheng, Z.. (2026). Modeling urban traffic heat flux in the Community Earth System Model: Formulation and validation for two test sites. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005435

Vehicular traffic is a major contributor to anthropogenic heat flux (AHF) in urban areas, amplifying urban heat island effects. However, few Earth system models explicitly represent traffic conditions and their associated heat emissions. Th...

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Data-driven probabilistic air-sea flux parameterization

Wu, J., Perezhogin, P., Gagne, D. J., Reichl, B. G., Subramanian, A. C., et al. (2026). Data-driven probabilistic air-sea flux parameterization. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025gl120472

Accurately quantifying air-sea fluxes is important for understanding air-sea interactions and improving coupled weather and climate models. This study introduces a probabilistic framework to represent the highly variable nature of air-sea f...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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The UCAR Africa Initiative: Recent insights, challenges, and opportunities to foster collaborative research for environmental sustainability

Tang, W., Kumar, R., Méndez, A. d. M., Ahafianyo, F., Akinsanola, A. A., et al. (2026). The UCAR Africa Initiative: Recent insights, challenges, and opportunities to foster collaborative research for environmental sustainability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-24-0118.1

Africa is increasingly being exposed to the negative impacts of climate and envi- ronmental change, while having less capacity to respond compared to other continents. The vulnerability partially results from unprecedented demographic growt...

CISL Affiliations: CODE

Publication Genre: Article

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Earth system predictability across time scales for a resilient society: A research community perspective

Richter, J. H., Joseph, E., Arcodia, M. C., Berner, J., Demuth, J. L., et al. (2026). Earth system predictability across time scales for a resilient society: A research community perspective. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-24-0155.1

With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and severe, accelerating progress in Earth system predictability is urgently needed to deepen fundamental understanding, improve predictive tools, and provide reliable, actionable informati...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Bayesian deep learning for convective initiation nowcasting uncertainty estimation

Fan, D., Gagne, D. J., Greybush, S. J., Clothiaux, E. E., Schreck, J. S., et al. (2026). Bayesian deep learning for convective initiation nowcasting uncertainty estimation. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/aies-d-25-0064.1

This study evaluated the probability and uncertainty forecasts of five recently proposed Bayesian deep learning methods relative to a deterministic residual neural network (ResNet) baseline for 0–1-h convective initiation (CI) nowcasting us...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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Quantifying VIIRS and ABI contributions to hourly dead fuel moisture content estimation using machine learning

Schreck, J. S., Petzke, W., Munoz, P. A. J., Brummet, T.. (2026). Quantifying VIIRS and ABI contributions to hourly dead fuel moisture content estimation using machine learning. Remote Sensing, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18020318

Fuel moisture content (FMC) estimation is essential for wildfire danger assessment and fire behavior modeling. This study quantifies the value of integrating satellite observations from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) ...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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A regional benchmark for deep learning-based hourly precipitation nowcasting in Latin America

Almeida, A. P., Barbosa, H. M., Garcia, S. R., Gagne, D. J., Zhou, K., et al. (2026). A regional benchmark for deep learning-based hourly precipitation nowcasting in Latin America. IEEE Access, doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2026.3670767

Accurate short-term precipitation forecasting is critical for Latin America, but the region lacks a standardized framework to evaluate data-driven approaches due to the sparse coverage in the ground. This study introduces the Artificial Int...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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Quantile-conserving ensemble filters for all-sky infrared radiance assimilation

Lei, L., Ju, H., Fu, K., Anderson, J. L., ZHOU, L., et al. (2026). Quantile-conserving ensemble filters for all-sky infrared radiance assimilation. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-25-0038.1

All-sky satellite radiance assimilation faces the challenge of non-Gaussian error distributions, which can be exacerbated by fine model resolutions with better-resolved physical processes. Compared to the ensemble adjustment Kalman filter (...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Oceanhackweek: an inclusive, collaborative approach to developing oceanography data science skills

Mitchell, C., Lee, W., Fernandes, F., Gum, J., Kerney, A., et al. (2026). Oceanhackweek: an inclusive, collaborative approach to developing oceanography data science skills. Oceanography, doi:https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2026.e104

Over the last two decades, there has been an explosion of oceanographic data from a broad array of ocean observing platforms, as well as dramatic improvements in the ability of ocean models to resolve processes across multiple temporal and ...

CISL Affiliations: ISD, SAGE

Publication Genre: Article

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Evaluating a hybrid ensemble data assimilative coupled physical-biogeochemical ecosystem model of the Red Sea

Sanikommu, S., Wang, Y., Gharamti, M. E., Mazloff, M. R., Verdy, A., et al. (2025). Evaluating a hybrid ensemble data assimilative coupled physical-biogeochemical ecosystem model of the Red Sea. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025ms005086

A hybrid ensemble data assimilation (DA) system is implemented for a coupled physical–biogeochemical ecosystem model of the Red Sea using MITgcm and NBLING at 4 km resolution, marking the first application of its kind in the region. The met...

CISL Affiliations: DARES, TDD

Publication Genre: Article

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Improving AI weather prediction models using global mass and energy conservation schemes

Sha, Y., Schreck, J. S., Chapman, W., Gagne, D. J.. (2025). Improving AI weather prediction models using global mass and energy conservation schemes. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025ms005138

Artificial Intelligence (AI) weather prediction (AIWP) models are powerful tools for medium-range forecasts but often lack physical consistency, leading to outputs that violate conservation laws. This study introduces a set of novel physics...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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The data assimilation research testbed: a robust, scalable software facility with groundbreaking capabilities for model-data integration

Gharamti, M. E., Kershaw, H., Raeder, K. D., Raczka, B., Johnson, B. T., et al. (2025). The data assimilation research testbed: a robust, scalable software facility with groundbreaking capabilities for model-data integration. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0214.1

Data assimilation (DA) is a powerful computational technique that enhances the predictive capabilities of numerical models by integrating observational data. The Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART) is a community facility for ensemble...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Investigating the use of terrain-following coordinates in AI-driven precipitation forecasts

Sha, Y., Schreck, J. S., Chapman, W., Gagne, D. J.. (2025). Investigating the use of terrain-following coordinates in AI-driven precipitation forecasts. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025gl118478

Artificial Intelligence (AI) weather prediction (AIWP) models often produce "blurry" precipitation forecasts. This study presents a novel solution to tackle this problem—integrating terrain-following coordinates into AIWP models. Forecast e...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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Assimilation of Doppler lidar-derived planetary boundary layer height measurements using an ensemble Kalman filter: Case studies during the PECAN field campaign

Pan, K., Tangborn, A., Anderson, J. L., Santanello, J. A., Carroll, B. J., et al. (2025). Assimilation of Doppler lidar-derived planetary boundary layer height measurements using an ensemble Kalman filter: Case studies during the PECAN field campaign. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-25-0029.1

This study investigates the assimilation of planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) data into a convective-permitting Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model using the ensemble-based Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART). We conduct...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Large‐eddy simulation of the spray‐laden hurricane boundary layer: I. Spray transport and statistics

Richter, D. H., Bryan, G. H., Dennis, J. M., Sun, J., Mickelson, S.. (2025). Large‐eddy simulation of the spray‐laden hurricane boundary layer: I. Spray transport and statistics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD044054

For decades, theoretical, observational, numerical, and experimental efforts have sought to quantify the behavior of sea spray in the high-wind boundary layer. A persistent problem, however, is that it is notoriously difficult to examine sp...

CISL Affiliations: ASAP

Publication Genre: Article

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Innovation-based methods for online estimates of observation error variances within ensemble data assimilation cycles

Santer, H., Poterjoy, J., Gharamti, M. E.. (2025). Innovation-based methods for online estimates of observation error variances within ensemble data assimilation cycles. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-24-0242.1

Many data assimilation methods require knowledge of the first two moments of the background and observation errors to function optimally. To ensure the effective performance of such methods, it is often advantageous to estimate the second m...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Proceedings of the 2025 Improving Scientific Software Conference

Fitzgerald, K., Sobhani, N., Vanderwende, B., Arabas, S., Bai, Z., et al. (2025). Proceedings of the 2025 Improving Scientific Software Conference. NCAR Technical Notes, doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/4w2k-ay60

The Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) is a loosely structured group of software engineers and scientists who write scientific software, mostly but not only at NCAR and mostly but not only in the field of atmospheric sciences. The mission ...

CISL Affiliations: VAST, HPCD, CSG

Publication Genre: Technical Report

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Uncertainty quantification of wind gust predictions in the northeast United States: An evidential neural network and explainable artificial intelligence approach

Jahan, I., Schreck, J. S., Gagne, D. J., Becker, C., Astitha, M.. (2025). Uncertainty quantification of wind gust predictions in the northeast United States: An evidential neural network and explainable artificial intelligence approach. Environmental Modelling & Software, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106595

Machine learning algorithms have shown promise in reducing bias in wind gust predictions, while still underpredicting high gusts. Uncertainty quantification (UQ) supports this issue by identifying when predictions are reliable or need cauti...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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Intermittency in fluid and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) turbulence analyzed through the prism of moment scaling predictions of multifractal models

Pouquet, A., Marino, R., Politano, H., Ponty, Y., Rosenberg, D.. (2025). Intermittency in fluid and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) turbulence analyzed through the prism of moment scaling predictions of multifractal models. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-32-243-2025

In the presence of waves due, e.g., to gravity, rotation, or a quasi-uniform magnetic field, energy transfer timescales, spectra, and physical structures within turbulent flows differ from the fully developed fluid case, but some features r...

CISL Affiliations: CISLAODEPT

Publication Genre: Article

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Model and observation-error covariance matrix information in the physical nudging equations

Conti, G., Leeuwen, P. J. v., Anderson, J. L.. (2025). Model and observation-error covariance matrix information in the physical nudging equations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4979

In this work we show how to extend the deterministic physical nudging scheme in order to include two important ingredients, the model and observation-error covariance matrices, which are common features of classical data-assimilation scheme...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Augmented MGS-CGS block-Arnoldi recycling solvers

Thomas, S., Baker, A., Gaudreault, S.. (2025). Augmented MGS-CGS block-Arnoldi recycling solvers. Siam Journal on Scientific Computing, doi:https://doi.org/10.1137/23M1598544

The recycling of Krylov subspaces in iterative methods is a powerful strategy for reducing the computational burden of solving large-scale linear systems. However, traditional approaches often suffer from a loss of orthogonality among the b...

CISL Affiliations: ASAP

Publication Genre: Article

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Community Research Earth Digital Intelligence Twin: a scalable framework for AI-driven Earth System Modeling

Schreck, J. S., Sha, Y., Chapman, W., Kimpara, D., Berner, J., et al. (2025). Community Research Earth Digital Intelligence Twin: a scalable framework for AI-driven Earth System Modeling. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01125-6

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) numerical weather prediction (NWP) have transformed atmospheric modeling. AI NWP models outperform state-of-the-art conventional NWP models like the European Center for Medium Range Weathe...

CISL Affiliations: MILES, CISLVISITORS, CISLAODEPT, HPCD, CSG, HSS

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Application of the satellite-based spectral relationship to the vertical localization for the microwave humidity sounder in the Ensemble Kalman Filter

Noh, Y., Chung, E., Choi, Y., Song, H., Raeder, K. D., et al. (2025). Application of the satellite-based spectral relationship to the vertical localization for the microwave humidity sounder in the Ensemble Kalman Filter. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3575606

Localization is an essential technique to mitigate the sampling error in the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF). In order to effectively use the localization function within the EnKF, the specific location information of observations being assim...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

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The evaluation of hydroclimatic variables over Nordic Fennoscandia using WRF‐CTSM

Mužić, I., Hodnebrog, Ø., Yilmaz, Y. A., Berntsen, T. K., Lawrence, D. M., et al. (2025). The evaluation of hydroclimatic variables over Nordic Fennoscandia using WRF‐CTSM. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD043103

This study is the first to evaluate the state‐of‐the‐art coupled land‐atmosphere regional climate model WRF‐CTSM. It comprises the Weather Research and Forecasting model, WRF, and the Community Terrestrial Systems Model, CTSM (using a confi...

CISL Affiliations: HPCD, CSG

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Intermittency assessed through a model of kurtosis–skewness relation in MHD in fast dynamo regimes

Ponty, Y., Politano, H., Pouquet, A.. (2025). Intermittency assessed through a model of kurtosis–skewness relation in MHD in fast dynamo regimes. Journal of Plasma Physics, doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377825000169

Intermittency as it occurs in fast dynamos in the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) framework is evaluated through the examination of relations between normalized moments at third order (skewness $S$ ) and fourth order (kurtosis $K$ ) for both the...

CISL Affiliations: CISLAODEPT

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(Re)Conceptualizing trustworthy AI: A foundation for change

Wirz, C. D., Demuth, J. L., Bostrom, A., Cains, M., Ebert-Uphoff, I., et al. (2025). (Re)Conceptualizing trustworthy AI: A foundation for change. Artificial Intelligence, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2025.104309

Developers and academics have grown increasingly interested in developing “trustworthy” artificial intelligence (AI). However, this aim is difficult to achieve in practice, especially given trust and trustworthiness are complex, multifacete...

CISL Affiliations: MILES

Publication Genre: Article

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The ensemble consistency test: From CESM to MPAS and beyond

Price-Broncucia, T., Baker, A., Hammerling, D., Duda, M. G., Morrison, R.. (2025). The ensemble consistency test: From CESM to MPAS and beyond. Geoscientific Model Development, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2349-2025

The ensemble consistency test (ECT) and its ultrafast variant (UF-ECT) have become powerful tools in the development community for the identification of unwanted changes in the Community Earth System Model (CESM). By characterizing the dist...

CISL Affiliations: ASAP

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Model and observation‐error covariance matrix information in the physical nudging equations

Conti, G., Leeuwen, P. J. v., Anderson, J. L.. (2025). Model and observation‐error covariance matrix information in the physical nudging equations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4979

In this work we show how to extend the deterministic physical nudging scheme in order to include two important ingredients, the model and observation‐error covariance matrices, which are common features of classical data‐assimilation scheme...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

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Exploring bounded nonparametric ensemble filter impacts on sea ice Data Assimilation

Riedel, C. P., Wieringa, M., Anderson, J. L.. (2025). Exploring bounded nonparametric ensemble filter impacts on sea ice Data Assimilation. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-24-0096.1

Standard ensemble Kalman filter algorithms have Gaussian assumptions built into their formulations. Gaussian assumptions make these algorithms susceptible to biased solutions when prior distributions or likelihoods are non-Gaussian. Sea ice...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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Enhancing sub-seasonal soil moisture forecasts through land initialization

Duan, Y., Kumar, S., Maruf, M., Kavoo, T. M., Rangwala, I., et al. (2025). Enhancing sub-seasonal soil moisture forecasts through land initialization. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-00987-0

We assess the relative contributions of land, atmosphere, and oceanic initializations to the forecast skill of root zone soil moisture (SM) utilizing the Community Earth System Model version 2 Sub to Seasonal climate forecast experiments (C...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

Publication Genre: Article

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NAIRR pilot statistics and opportunities

Hart, D. L.. (2025). NAIRR pilot statistics and opportunities.

The NAIRR was established to provide researchers and educators with access to computing resources, data, educational tools, and other assets needed for AI research and development. It aims to democratize access to these resources, particula...

CISL Affiliations: CISLAODEPT

Publication Genre: Conference Material

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Spatial resolution for forest carbon maps

Duncanson, L., Hunka, N., Jucker, T., Armston, J., Harris, N., et al. (2025). Spatial resolution for forest carbon maps. Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adt6811

Forests are central to climate solutions(1), and transparent and accurate data on forest carbon stocks and fluxes are critical for scientists and decision-makers. Satellite-based forest carbon maps have recently Incorporating measurements f...

CISL Affiliations: DARES

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Chapter 5: Why Has Walker’s Climate Research Stood the Test of Time?

Katz, R.. (2025). Chapter 5: Why Has Walker’s Climate Research Stood the Test of Time?. , doi:https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811294808_0005

This chapter considers why Sir Gilbert Walker’s climate research has stood the test of time. Reasons include being skeptical about popular approaches such as “period-hunting” and instead relying on more statistically rigorous methods than c...

CISL Affiliations: CISLAODEPT

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A Statistical Investigation of the CESM Ensemble Consistency Testing Framework - Part II

Molinari, S., Milroy, D., Hammerling, D.. (2024). A Statistical Investigation of the CESM Ensemble Consistency Testing Framework - Part II. NCAR Technical Notes, doi:http://doi.org/10.5065/y541-x174

Weather is the archetype for chaotic dynamical system. As such, improvements, updates, and modifications to large scale climate simulation demand there be quality checks in place to ensure that new climate simulations are consistent in thei...

CISL Affiliations: CISLVISITORS

Publication Genre: Technical Report

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Connecting local ecological knowledge and Earth system models: Comparing three participatory approaches

Emard, K., Edgeley, C., Hazard, C. W., Sarna-Wojcicki, D., Cannon, W., et al. (2024). Connecting local ecological knowledge and Earth system models: Comparing three participatory approaches. Ecology and Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15570-290443

In this article we analyze participatory approaches used in three research studies where local ecological knowledge (LEK) and Earth system models (ESMs) were combined to deepen our understanding of human-environment systems and produce usab...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, VAST

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Spatiotemporal evolution of marine heatwaves globally

Scannell, H. A., Cai, C., Thompson, L., Whitt, D., Gagne, D. J., et al. (2024). Spatiotemporal evolution of marine heatwaves globally. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0126.1

The spatiotemporal evolution of marine heatwaves (MHWs) is explored using a tracking algorithm called Ocetrac that provides the objective characterization of MHW spatiotemporal evolution. Candidate MHW grid points are defined in detrended g...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, MILES

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Characterizing and communicating uncertainty: Lessons from NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System

Kennedy, R. E., Serbin, S. P., Dietze, M. C., Andersen, H., Babcock, C., et al. (2024). Characterizing and communicating uncertainty: Lessons from NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System. Environmental Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad8be0

Navigating uncertainty is a critical challenge in all fields of science, especially when translating knowledge into real-world policies or management decisions. However, the wide variance in concepts and definitions of uncertainty across sc...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, DARES

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Assessing the impacts of assimilating GOLD disk O/N2 observations on the thermosphere‐ionosphere system

Laskar, F. I., Pedatella, N. M., Codrescu, M. V., Eastes, R. W., Anderson, J. L.. (2024). Assessing the impacts of assimilating GOLD disk O/N2 observations on the thermosphere‐ionosphere system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033163

The Global‐scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) imagers scan the Earth's Thermosphere‐Ionosphere (TI) in the far ultraviolet wavelengths. Measurements from GOLD daylit spectrum are used to retrieve the column integrated atomic oxygen ...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, DARES

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Earth System Predictability Across Timescales Community Workshop Report

Richter, J. H., Colegrove, D., Aponte, K. L., Bell, C., Davis, C. A., et al. (2024). Earth System Predictability Across Timescales Community Workshop Report. NCAR Technical Notes, doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/f4hy-2b23

As climate change increases the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, communities are facing growing vulnerability. Addressing this urgent challenge requires deepening our understanding of Earth system processes, uncertainties, ...

CISL Affiliations: CISLAODEPT

Publication Genre: Technical Report

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Bounded and categorized: Targeting data assimilation for sea ice fractional coverage and nonnegative quantities in a single-column multi-category sea ice model

Wieringa, M., Riedel, C. P., Anderson, J. L., Bitz, C. M.. (2024). Bounded and categorized: Targeting data assimilation for sea ice fractional coverage and nonnegative quantities in a single-column multi-category sea ice model. The Cryosphere, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5365-2024

A rigorous exploration of the sea ice data assimilation (DA) problem using a framework specifically developed for rapid, interpretable hypothesis testing is presented. In many applications, DA is implemented to constrain a modeled estimate ...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, DARES

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Insights from very‐large‐ensemble data assimilation experiments with a high‐resolution general circulation model of the Red Sea

Sanikommu, S., Raboudi, N., Gharamti, M. E., Zhan, P., Hadri, B., et al. (2024). Insights from very‐large‐ensemble data assimilation experiments with a high‐resolution general circulation model of the Red Sea. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4813

Ensemble Kalman Filters (EnKFs), which assimilate observations based on statistics derived from an ensemble of samples of ocean states, have become the norm for ocean data assimilation (DA) and forecasting. These schemes are commonly implem...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, DARES

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Efficient GMRES+AMG on GPUs: Composite smoothers and mixed V-cycles

Thomas, S., Baker, A.. (2024). Efficient GMRES+AMG on GPUs: Composite smoothers and mixed V-cycles. Siam Journal on Scientific Computing, doi:https://doi.org/10.1137/23M1578632

In this study, we introduce algorithms optimized for GPU architectures, aimed at efficiently solving large sparse linear systems, a central challenge in Navier–Stokes pressure projection problems. Our approach includes an adaptation of the ...

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An implementation of the Particle Flow Filter in an Atmospheric Model

Hu, C., Leeuwen, P. J. v., Anderson, J. L.. (2024). An implementation of the Particle Flow Filter in an Atmospheric Model. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-24-0006.1

The particle flow filter (PFF) shows promise for fully nonlinear data assimilation (DA) in high-dimensional systems. However, its application in atmospheric models has been relatively unexplored. In this study, we develop a new algorithm, P...

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Pushing the frontiers in climate modelling and analysis with machine learning

Eyring, V., Collins, W. D., Gentine, P., Barnes, E. A., Barreiro, M., et al. (2024). Pushing the frontiers in climate modelling and analysis with machine learning. Nature Climate Change, doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02095-y

Climate modelling and analysis are facing new demands to enhance projections and climate information. Here we argue that now is the time to push the frontiers of machine learning beyond state-of-the-art approaches, not only by developing ma...

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Integrating state data assimilation and innovative model parameterization reduces simulated carbon uptake in the Arctic and boreal region

Huo, X., Fox, A. M., Dashti, H., Smith, W. K., Raczka, B., et al. (2024). Integrating state data assimilation and innovative model parameterization reduces simulated carbon uptake in the Arctic and boreal region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008004

Model representation of carbon uptake and storage is essential for accurate projection of the response of the arctic‐boreal zone to a rapidly changing climate. Land model estimates of LAI and aboveground biomass that can have a marked influ...

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On a structural similarity index approach for floating-point data

Baker, A., Pinard, A., Hammerling, D. M.. (2024). On a structural similarity index approach for floating-point data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2023.3332843

Data visualization is typically a critical component of post-processing analysis workflows for floating-point output data from large simulation codes, such as global climate models. For example, images are often created from the raw data as...

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A quantile-conserving ensemble filter framework. Part III: Data assimilation for mixed distributions with application to a low-order tracer advection model

Anderson, J. L., Riedel, C. P., Wieringa, M., Ishraque, F., Smith, M., et al. (2024). A quantile-conserving ensemble filter framework. Part III: Data assimilation for mixed distributions with application to a low-order tracer advection model. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0255.1

The uncertainty associated with many observed and modeled quantities of interest in Earth system prediction can be represented by mixed probability distributions that are neither discrete nor continuous. For instance, a forecast probability...

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Innovations in Open Science (IOS) Planning Workshop: Community Expectations for a Geoscience Data Commons - Workshop Report

Mayernik, M., Schuster, D. C., Clyne, J. P.. (2024). Innovations in Open Science (IOS) Planning Workshop: Community Expectations for a Geoscience Data Commons - Workshop Report. NCAR Technical Notes, doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/gfbq-8y08

The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (NSF-AGS) and the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) funded Innovations in Open Science (IOS) Planning Workshop: Community Expectations for a...

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A Climatology Analysis of Rain-on-Snow over the Arctic Ocean

Cast, Z., Serreze, M., Cassano, E., Ameko, A., Hahn, L.. (2024). A Climatology Analysis of Rain-on-Snow over the Arctic Ocean. , doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/a6mx-9903

As the Arctic warms, rain-on-snow (ROS) events are likely to become more common and increase in severity. While past research has highlighted the impacts of ROS events over land, such as impacts on reindeer herding, the frequency, character...

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A Climatology Analysis of Rain-on-Snow over the Arctic Ocean

Cast, Z., Serreze, M., Cassano, E., Ameko, A., Hahn, L.. (2024). A Climatology Analysis of Rain-on-Snow over the Arctic Ocean. , doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/a6mx-9903

As the Arctic warms, rain-on-snow (ROS) events are likely to become more common and increase in severity. While past research has highlighted the impacts of ROS events over land, such as impacts on reindeer herding, the frequency, character...

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Exploring NWS forecasters' assessment of AI guidance trustworthiness

Cains, M., Wirz, C. D., Demuth, J. L., Bostrom, A., Gagne, D. J., et al. (2024). Exploring NWS forecasters' assessment of AI guidance trustworthiness. Weather and Forecasting, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0180.1

As artificial intelligence (AI) methods are increasingly used to develop new guidance intended for operational use by forecasters, it is critical to evaluate whether forecasters deem the guidance trustworthy. Past trust-related AI research ...

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Leveraging a novel hybrid ensemble and optimal interpolation approach for enhanced streamflow and flood prediction

Gharamti, M. E., RafieeiNasab, A., McCreight, J.. (2024). Leveraging a novel hybrid ensemble and optimal interpolation approach for enhanced streamflow and flood prediction. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3133-2024

In the face of escalating instances of inland and flash flooding spurred by intense rainfall and hurricanes, the accurate prediction of rapid streamflow variations has become imperative. Traditional data assimilation methods face challenges...

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Global variability in atmospheric new particle formation mechanisms

Zhao, B., Donahue, N. M., Zhang, K., Mao, L., Shrivastava, M., et al. (2024). Global variability in atmospheric new particle formation mechanisms. Nature, doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07547-1

A key challenge in aerosol pollution studies and climate change assessment is to understand how atmospheric aerosol particles are initially formed 1,2 . Although new particle formation (NPF) mechanisms have been described at specific sites ...

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Integrating farmers' perspectives into Earth System Model Development: Interviews with end users in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, to guide actionable science

Emard, K., Cameron, O., Wieder, W., Lombardozzi, D., Morss, R. E., et al. (2024). Integrating farmers' perspectives into Earth System Model Development: Interviews with end users in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, to guide actionable science. Weather, Climate, and Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0066.1

This paper analyzes findings from semistructured interviews and focus groups with 31 farmers in the Willamette Valley in which farmers were asked about their needs for climate data and about the usability of a range of outputs from the Comm...

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A machine learning-based approach to quantify ENSO sources of predictability

Colfescu, I., Christensen, H., Gagne, D. J.. (2024). A machine learning-based approach to quantify ENSO sources of predictability. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105194

A machine learning method is used to identify sources of long-term ENSO predictability in the ocean (sea surface temperature (SST) and heat content) and the atmosphere (near-surface zonal wind (U10)). Tropical SST represents the primary sou...

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Report on the 2023 Workshop on Correctness and Reproducibility for Climate and Weather Software

Altuntas, A., Baker, A., Carpenter, I., Dobbins, B., Duda, M. G., et al. (2024). Report on the 2023 Workshop on Correctness and Reproducibility for Climate and Weather Software. NCAR Technical Notes, doi:https://doi.org/10.5065/0534-mc88

A workshop on "Correctness and Reproducibility for Climate and Weather Software" was held on November 9-10, 2023, at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO. This collaborative event brought together the NCAR application...

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A community Ionosphere-Thermosphere Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) Tool: Geospace Dynamics Constellation example

Hsu, C., Matsuo, T., Kershaw, H., Dietrich, N., Smith, M., et al. (2024). A community Ionosphere-Thermosphere Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) Tool: Geospace Dynamics Constellation example. Earth and Space Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EA003684

Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) provide an effective way to evaluate the impact of assimilating data from a specific observing system on hindcasting, nowcasting, and forecasting of environmental systems. The NSF NCAR's Data ...

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Increasing the reproducibility and replicability of supervised AI/ML in the Earth systems science by leveraging social science methods

Wirz, C. D., Sutter, C., Demuth, J. L., Mayer, K., Chapman, W., et al. (2024). Increasing the reproducibility and replicability of supervised AI/ML in the Earth systems science by leveraging social science methods. Earth and Space Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA003364

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) pose a challenge for achieving science that is both reproducible and replicable. The challenge is compounded in supervised models that depend on manually labeled training data, as they ...

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Nonlinear and non-Gaussian ensemble assimilation of MOPITT CO

Gaubert, B., Anderson, J. L., Trudeau, M., Smith, N., McKain, K., et al. (2024). Nonlinear and non-Gaussian ensemble assimilation of MOPITT CO. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040647

Satellite retrievals of carbon monoxide (CO) are routinely assimilated in atmospheric chemistry models to improve air quality forecasts, produce reanalyzes and to estimate emissions. This study applies the quantile-conserving ensemble filte...

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Exploring non-Gaussian sea ice characteristics via observing system simulation experiments

Riedel, C. P., Anderson, J. L.. (2024). Exploring non-Gaussian sea ice characteristics via observing system simulation experiments. The Cryosphere, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2875-2024

The Arctic is warming at a faster rate compared to the globe on average, a phenomenon commonly referred to as Arctic amplification. Sea ice has been linked to Arctic amplification and has gathered attention recently due to the decline in su...

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Nonlinear and non-Gaussian ensemble assimilation of MOPITT CO

Gaubert, B., Anderson, J. L., Trudeau, M., Smith, N., McKain, K., et al. (2024). Nonlinear and non-Gaussian ensemble assimilation of MOPITT CO.

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Forest carbon uptake as influenced by snowpack and length of photosynthesis season in seasonally snow-covered forests of North America

Yang, J. C., Bowling, D. R., Smith, K. R., Kunik, L., Raczka, B., et al. (2024). Forest carbon uptake as influenced by snowpack and length of photosynthesis season in seasonally snow-covered forests of North America. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110054

Seasonal snow cover is important in shaping ecosystem carbon uptake across many regions of the world, however forest responses to projected declines in snowpack remain uncertain. We studied the response of forest gross primary productivity ...

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Trust and trustworthy artificial intelligence: A research agenda for AI in the environmental sciences

Bostrom, A., Demuth, J. L., Wirz, C. D., Cains, M., Schumacher, A., et al. (2024). Trust and trustworthy artificial intelligence: A research agenda for AI in the environmental sciences. Risk Analysis, doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14245

Demands to manage the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) are growing. These demands and the government standards arising from them both call for trustworthy AI. In response, we adopt a convergent approach to review, evaluate, and synthes...

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Leveraging NSF NCAR storage for CU Boulder research data replication

Shaub, E., Armbruster, J., Baker, J., Earley, C., Elahi, I., et al. (2024). Leveraging NSF NCAR storage for CU Boulder research data replication.

The University of Colorado Boulder Research Computing (CURC) and NSF NCAR established a partnership for offsite backup and disaster recovery of CURC's PetaLibrary data. Key aspects include data replication from CURC to NCAR's storage using ...

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Evaluating return on investment for cyberinfrastructure using the International Integrated Reporting <ir> framework

Snapp-Childs, W. G., Hart, D. L., Costa, C. M., Wernert, J. A., Jankowski, H. E., et al. (2024). Evaluating return on investment for cyberinfrastructure using the International Integrated Reporting framework. SN Computer Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-024-02889-z

This paper investigates the return on investment (ROI) in cyberinfrastructure (CI) facilities and services by comparing the value of end products created to the cost of operations. We assessed the cost of a US CI facility called XSEDE and t...

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Five social and ethical considerations for using wildfire visualizations as a communication tool

Edgeley, C. M., Cannon, W. H., Pearse, S., Kosović, B., Pfister, G., et al. (2024). Five social and ethical considerations for using wildfire visualizations as a communication tool. Fire Ecology, doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00278-8

Background Increased use of visualizations as wildfire communication tools with public and professional audiences-particularly 3D videos and virtual or augmented reality-invites discussion of their ethical use in varied social and temporal ...

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From vision to evaluation: A metrics framework for the ACCESS allocations service

Hart, D. L., Deems, S. L., Herriott, L. T.. (2024). From vision to evaluation: A metrics framework for the ACCESS allocations service. SN Computer Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-024-02787-4

The Allocations Service for the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program is charged with accepting, reviewing, and processing researchers' requests to use resources that are integrated into th...

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Last Glacial Maximum pattern effects reduce climate sensitivity estimates

Cooper, V. T., Armour, K. C., Hakim, G. J., Tierney, J. E., Osman, M. B., et al. (2024). Last Glacial Maximum pattern effects reduce climate sensitivity estimates. Science Advances, doi:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk9461

Here, we show that the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) provides a stronger constraint on equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS), the global warming from increasing greenhouse gases, after accounting for temperature patterns. Feedbacks governing E...

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NOAA's National Water Model: Advancing operational hydrology through continental-scale modeling

Cosgrove, B., Gochis, D., Flowers, T., Dugger, A. L., Ogden, F., et al. (2024). NOAA's National Water Model: Advancing operational hydrology through continental-scale modeling. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13184

The National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Water Prediction (OWP), in conjunction with the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) implemented version 2.1 of the National W...

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Essential tools for predictability studies provided by the Data Assimilation Research Testbed

Raeder, K. D., Anderson, J. L., Gharamti, M. E., Raczka, B., Johnson, B. K., et al. (2024). Essential tools for predictability studies provided by the Data Assimilation Research Testbed.

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Advantages of assimilating multispectral satellite retrievals of atmospheric composition: a demonstration using MOPITT carbon monoxide products

Tang, W., Gaubert, B., Emmons, L. K., Ziskin, D., Mao, D. Y., et al. (2024). Advantages of assimilating multispectral satellite retrievals of atmospheric composition: a demonstration using MOPITT carbon monoxide products. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1941-2024

The Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) is an ideal instrument to understand the impact of (1) assimilating multispectral and joint retrievals versus single spectral products, (2) assimilating satellite profile products ve...

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NSF NCAR Data Stewardship Engineering Team - Common Repository Architecture Recommendations

Schuster, D. C., Mayernik, M., Dattore, R. E., Gum, J., Strand, W. G., et al. (2024). NSF NCAR Data Stewardship Engineering Team - Common Repository Architecture Recommendations.

The DSET organizing committee approved the formation of a DSET sponsored task team in Dec of 2023 to review existing practices for data management across NCAR's various repositories and determine if any commonalities exist. Based on the res...

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Identifying and categorizing bias in AI/ML for Earth sciences

McGovern, A., Bostrom, A., McGraw, M., Chase, R. J., Gagne, D. J., et al. (2024). Identifying and categorizing bias in AI/ML for Earth sciences. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0196.1

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to improve performance across a wide range of Earth system prediction tasks. As with any application of AI, it is important for AI to be developed in an ethical and responsible manner to minimize bia...

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Satellite-based solar-induced fluorescence tracks seasonal and elevational patterns of photosynthesis in California's Sierra Nevada mountains

Kunik, L., Bowling, D. R., Raczka, B., Frankenberg, C., Köhler, P., et al. (2024). Satellite-based solar-induced fluorescence tracks seasonal and elevational patterns of photosynthesis in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. Environmental Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad07b4

Robust carbon monitoring systems are needed for land managers to assess and mitigate the changing effects of ecosystem stress on western United States forests, where most aboveground carbon is stored in mountainous areas. Atmospheric carbon...

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Empowering earth system science research: Federated data and compute for Earth system predictability

Hauser, T.. (2023). Empowering earth system science research: Federated data and compute for Earth system predictability.

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From vision to evaluation: A metrics framework for the ACCESS allocations service

Hart, D. L., Deems, S., Herriott, L.. (2023). From vision to evaluation: A metrics framework for the ACCESS allocations service.

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Cold fog amongst complex terrain

Pu, Z., Pardyjak, E. R., Hoch, S. W., Gultepe, I., Hallar, A. G., et al. (2023). Cold fog amongst complex terrain. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0030.1

Cold fog forms via various thermodynamic, dynamic, and microphysical processes when the air temperature is less than 0°C. It occurs frequently during the cold season in the western United States yet is challenging to detect using standard o...

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What about model data? Best practices for preservation and replicability

Schuster, D. C., Mayernik, M., Mullendore, G., Marquis, J. W.. (2023). What about model data? Best practices for preservation and replicability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0252.1

It has become common for researchers to make their data publicly available to meet the data management and accessibility requirements of funding agencies and scientific publishers. However, many researchers face the challenge of determining...

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Cold fog amongst complex terrain

Pu, Z., Pardyjak, E. R., Hoch, S. W., Gultepe, I., Hallar, A. G., et al. (2023). Cold fog amongst complex terrain. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0030.1

Cold fog forms via various thermodynamic, dynamic, and microphysical processes when the air temperature is less than 0°C. It occurs frequently during the cold season in the western United States yet is challenging to detect using standard o...

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Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain

Pu, Z., Pardyjak, E. R., Hoch, S. W., Gultepe, I., Hallar, A. G., et al. (2023). Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0030.1

Cold fog forms via various thermodynamic, dynamic, and microphysical processes when the air temperature is less than 0°C. It occurs frequently during the cold season in the western United States yet is challenging to detect using standard o...

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Overcoming barriers to enable convergence research by integrating ecological and climate sciences: The NCAR-NEON system Version 1

Lombardozzi, D., Wieder, W., Sobhani, N., Bonan, G. B., Durden, D., et al. (2023). Overcoming barriers to enable convergence research by integrating ecological and climate sciences: The NCAR-NEON system Version 1. Geoscientific Model Development, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5979-2023

Global change research demands a convergence among academic disciplines to understand complex changes in Earth system function. Limitations related to data usability and computing infrastructure, however, present barriers to effective use o...

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Global scale inversions from MOPITT CO and MODIS AOD

Gaubert, B., Edwards, D. P., Anderson, J. L., Arellano, A. F., Barré, J., et al. (2023). Global scale inversions from MOPITT CO and MODIS AOD. Remote Sensing, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15194813

Top-down observational constraints on emissions flux estimates from satellite observations of chemical composition are subject to biases and errors stemming from transport, chemistry and prior emissions estimates. In this context, we develo...

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Potential impact of all-sky assimilation of visible and infrared satellite observations compared with radar reflectivity for convective-scale numerical weather prediction

Kugler, L., Anderson, J. L., Weissmann, M.. (2023). Potential impact of all-sky assimilation of visible and infrared satellite observations compared with radar reflectivity for convective-scale numerical weather prediction. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4577

Although cloud-affected satellite observations are heavily used for nowcasting applications, their use in regional data assimilation is very limited despite possible benefits for convective-scale forecasts. In this article, we estimate the ...

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A quantile-conserving ensemble filter framework. Part II: Regression of observation increments in a probit and probability integral transformed space

Anderson, J. L.. (2023). A quantile-conserving ensemble filter framework. Part II: Regression of observation increments in a probit and probability integral transformed space. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0065.1

Traditional ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation methods make implicit assumptions of Gaussianity and linearity that are strongly violated by many important Earth system applications. For instance, bounded quantities like the amount of ...

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Effect of rotation on mixing efficiency in homogeneous stratified turbulence using unforced direct numerical simulations

Klema, M., Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Pouquet, A., Rosenberg, D., Marino, R.. (2023). Effect of rotation on mixing efficiency in homogeneous stratified turbulence using unforced direct numerical simulations. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-022-09869-y

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Convolutional neural network-based adaptive localization for an ensemble Kalman filter

Wang, Z., Lei, L., Anderson, J. L., Tan, Z., Zhang, Y.. (2023). Convolutional neural network-based adaptive localization for an ensemble Kalman filter. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023MS003642

Flow-dependent background error covariances estimated from short-term ensemble forecasts suffer from sampling errors due to limited ensemble sizes. Covariance localization is often used to mitigate the sampling errors, especially for high d...

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Assimilation of the AMSU-A radiances using the CESM (v2.1.0) and the DART (v9.11.13)–RTTOV (v12.3)

Noh, Y., Choi, Y., Song, H., Raeder, K. D., Kim, J., et al. (2023). Assimilation of the AMSU-A radiances using the CESM (v2.1.0) and the DART (v9.11.13)–RTTOV (v12.3). Geoscientific Model Development, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5365-2023

To improve the initial condition ("analysis") for numerical weather prediction, we attempt to assimilate observations from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) on board the low-Earth-orbiting satellites. The data assimilation sys...

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How NCAR/UCAR teams have used artificial intelligence to advance Earth System Science

Gagne, D. J.. (2023). How NCAR/UCAR teams have used artificial intelligence to advance Earth System Science.

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The Community Software Facility: An investment in software is an investment in science

Mickelson, S., Hauser, T., Romine, G., OKeefe, T.. (2023). The Community Software Facility: An investment in software is an investment in science.

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EarthWorks

Randall, D., Hurrell, J., Dazlich, D., Sun, L., Feder, A., et al. (2023). EarthWorks.

EarthWorks is a five-year university-based project, supported by NSF/CISE, to develop a global convection-permitting coupled model based on the CESM with GPU capability for all components.

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Earth System Predictability and Prediction (ESPP)

Judt, F., Berner, J., Richter, J. H., Simpson, I. R., Gaubert, B., et al. (2023). Earth System Predictability and Prediction (ESPP).

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North Atlantic subtropical mode water formation controlled by Gulf Stream fronts

Gan, B., Yu, J., Wu, L., Danabasoglu, G., Small, R. J., et al. (2023). North Atlantic subtropical mode water formation controlled by Gulf Stream fronts. National Science Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad133

The North Atlantic Ocean hosts the largest volume of global subtropical mode waters (STMWs) in the world, which serve as heat, carbon and oxygen silos in the ocean interior. STMWs are formed in the Gulf Stream region where thermal fronts ar...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, ASAP

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Intermittency scaling for mixing and dissipation in Rotating Stratified Turbulence at the edge of instability

Pouquet, A., Rosenberg, D., Marino, R., Mininni, P.. (2023). Intermittency scaling for mixing and dissipation in Rotating Stratified Turbulence at the edge of instability. Atmosphere, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14091375

Many issues pioneered by Jackson Herring deal with how nonlinear interactions shape atmospheric dynamics. In this context, we analyze new direct numerical simulations of rotating stratified flows with a large-scale forcing, which is either ...

CISL Affiliations: CISLAODEPT

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Lessons learned in coupling atmospheric models across scales for onshore and offshore wind energy

Haupt, S. E., Kosović, B., Berg, L. K., Kaul, C. M., Churchfield, M., et al. (2023). Lessons learned in coupling atmospheric models across scales for onshore and offshore wind energy. Wind Energy Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1251-2023

The Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling team, part of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) initiative, has studied various important challenges related to coupling mesoscale models to microscale models for the use case o...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, MILES

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Diagnosing storm mode with deep learning in convection-allowing models

Sobash, R. A., Gagne, D. J., Becker, C., Ahijevych, D., Gantos, G., et al. (2023). Diagnosing storm mode with deep learning in convection-allowing models. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0342.1

While convective storm mode is explicitly depicted in convection-allowing model (CAM) output, subjectively diagnosing mode in large volumes of CAM forecasts can be burdensome. In this work, four machine learning (ML) models were trained to ...

CISL Affiliations: TDD, MILES

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