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Snow-eater heat waves of the western united states Rhoades, A. M., North, J., Rudisill, W., Hatchett, B. J., Risser, M., et al. (2026). Snow-eater heat waves of the western united states. Science Advances, doi:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeb3361 Abrupt snowmelt, triggered by rain-on-snow events or "snow-eater heat waves," can cause flooding, initiate or accelerate snow drought, and affect water availability. However, the characteristics (e.g., area, duration, and frequency), impact... RAL Affiliations: RISC Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Li, W., Sun, S., Bengtsson, L., Zhang, M., Dudhia, J., et al. (2026). Layer‐dependent diurnal moist static energy biases in the unified forecast system during the MJO preconditioning stage: a DYNAMO case study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2026jd046470 Accurate simulation of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) requires realistic diurnal evolution and vertical distribution of moist static energy (MSE). While prior studies documented MSE bias in simulations, vertically dependent physical pr... RAL Affiliations: JNT, RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Hendricks, E. A., Juliano, T. W., Kosović, B., Haupt, S. E., Gaudet, B., et al. (2026). Implementation of a three-dimensional planetary boundary layer parameterization in a coupled modeling system and evaluation of "gray zone" simulations of a wind-wave event off the US california coast using observations. Geoscientific Model Development, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7369-2026 A three-dimensional (3D) planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterization was added to the Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Wave Sediment Transport (COAWST) model and the first coupled atmosphere/wave "gray zone" simulations were carried out using t... RAL Affiliations: NSAP, WSAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Improving monsoon precipitation forecast accuracy over arizona with GPS-PWV data assimilation Risanto, C. B., Jr., A. F. A., Koch, S., Castro, C. L., Shohan, S., et al. (2026). Improving monsoon precipitation forecast accuracy over arizona with GPS-PWV data assimilation. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-25-0101.1 Forecasting monsoon precipitation over Arizona is challenging, partly due to its complex terrain. The model grid structure may misrepresent topographic details, and the sparse observation network is insufficient for the initialization of th... RAL Affiliations: RALAO, AAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Wang, C., Tang, W., He, C., Guenther, A. B., Garland, R. M., et al. (2026). High-resolution emission source mapping: a bottleneck for understanding urban climate and air quality. Environmental Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae8feb Recent advances in high-resolution urban climate and air quality modeling have enabled more explicit representation of fine-scale meteorology and pollutant transport within cities. However, the emission data used to drive these models have ... RAL Affiliations: HAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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He, G., Wu, W., Zhang, Z., Ma, Z., Sun, J., et al. (2026). U-net-based spatial synergistic correction of gridded summer precipitation forecasts for CMA-MESO in central china. Atmospheric Research, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.109217 This study addresses the systematic biases in the quantitative precipitation forecasts produced by the China Meteorological Administration's regional high-resolution model CMA-MESO over Central China and proposes a spatial synergistic corre... RAL Affiliations: HAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Temporal evolution of cloud-top generating cells: a case study Valdivia, J., Friedrich, K., Zaremba, T., Tessendorf, S. A.. (2026). Temporal evolution of cloud-top generating cells: a case study. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/jas-d-25-0088.1 Cloud-top generating cells (CTGCs) significantly influence winter precipitation, yet their complete life cycle remains poorly characterized observationally. This study analyzes the temporal evolution of CTGCs during a winter storm using X-b... RAL Affiliations: RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Five shifts to rethink urban heat assessment and action Sharma, A., Kumar, R., Klinenberg, E., Chow, W.. (2026). Five shifts to rethink urban heat assessment and action. npj Urban Sustainability, doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-026-00451-9 Urban heat risk is intensifying, yet many cities continue to rely on static assessment approaches that inadequately capture how risk evolves spatiotemporally. We argue for a more dynamic and context-sensitive approach to urban heat assessme... RAL Affiliations: RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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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... RAL Affiliations: NSAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Alessandrini, S., Meech, S., Lee, J., Kim, J., Kumar, R., et al. (2026). Gridded post-processing of air quality predictions based on the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model. Atmospheric Environment, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2026.122011 Systematic and random errors remain in operational predictions of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) from the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model. Current post-processing methods at the National Air Quality Forecast Ca... RAL Affiliations: WISP, WSAP, WCAP, RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Impacts of different physics schemes on hurricane forecasting in the unified forecast system (UFS) Pan, L., Newman, K. M., Biswas, M., Nelson, B., Liu, B., et al. (2026). Impacts of different physics schemes on hurricane forecasting in the unified forecast system (UFS). Atmospheric Research, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.108872 This study investigates the impacts of different physics schemes on hurricane forecasting across different applications of the unified forecast system (UFS) limited area model (LAM), including the UFS short-range weather (SRW) application, ... RAL Affiliations: JNT Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Importance of Spatially Continuous Urban Surface Properties in Urban‐Resolving Earth System Modeling Cheng, Y., Zhao, L., Oleson, K. W., Chakraborty, T., Zhang, K., et al. (2026). Importance of Spatially Continuous Urban Surface Properties in Urban‐Resolving Earth System Modeling. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005573 Accurate representation of urban properties and processes at higher resolutions in global modeling systems is essential for advancing our ability to capture the complexities of urban systems and informing effective resilience strategies. Ho... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Troost, J. P., Kshirsagar, A. V., Smoyer, W. E., Klein, J., Merchant, M., et al. (2026). Air pollution and disease progression among patients with primary glomerular disease: an expanded study with extended follow-up. Environmental Health, doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-026-01312-9 Air pollution is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for progression of kidney disease; however, few studies have examined its impact among patients with primary glomerular disorders. To address this knowledge gap, we previously report... RAL Affiliations: NSAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Liu, X., Xue, L., Chen, S., Deng, L., Chen, R.. (2026). Impacts of sea salt on an idealized tropical cyclone simulation: Description of a bulk sea salt aerosol microphysics parameterization and case study. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-025-5437-y This study describes a new bulk parameterization for sea salt aerosol (SSA) microphysics and investigates the impacts of SSA on an idealized tropical cyclone (TC) through numerical experiments. Results indicate that consideration of SSA mic... RAL Affiliations: WCAP, ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Newman, A. J., Cheng, Y., Blaskey, D., Herman-Mercer, N. M., Craig, A. P., et al. (2026). Long-term regional hydroclimate modeling for communities and decision-makers across Alaska and Northwestern Canada. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0131.1 A novel, high-resolution land–atmosphere regional climate model (RCM) configuration for Alaska and northwestern Canada is presented. Key model decisions were informed by Indigenous survey respondents who improved model and data usefulness a... RAL Affiliations: ERAP, HAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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An ensemble-based tropical cyclone rapid intensification prediction tool for extended lead times Rozoff, C. M., Vigh, J., Hendricks, E. A., Freeman, B., Kucera, P. A.. (2026). An ensemble-based tropical cyclone rapid intensification prediction tool for extended lead times. Weather and Forecasting, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/waf-d-25-0076.1 Reliable predictions of tropical cyclone (TC) rapid intensification (RI) have long tantalized the research and forecasting communities. In recent years, considerable advances have been achieved in the probabilistic prediction of RI from the... RAL Affiliations: NSAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Afrifa, F., Geerts, B., Xue, L., Chen, S., Hohman, C., et al. (2026). A case study of cold-season emergent orographic convection and its impact on precipitation. part II: high-resolution LES analysis of convective cell evolution and precipitation processes. Monthly Weather Review, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-25-0157.1 Part I of this study demonstrated how terrain-induced gravity waves triggered elevated convection, with tops up to 6–7 km above sea level, in a potentially unstable layer during a winter storm event over the Idaho Central Mountains on 7 Feb... RAL Affiliations: HAP, RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Fitch, A., Huang, M., Strickland, M. J., Newman, A. J., Kalb, C., et al. (2026). Preterm and early term delivery after heat waves in eight US states: a case-crossover study using the high-resolution urban meteorology for impacts data set (HUMID). Environmental Health Perspectives, doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/ehp.6c00358 Background Heat wave frequency and intensity is increasing and this trend is more pronounced in urban areas. Heat waves may be acutely associated with early birth. Objectives To examine the acute relationship between heat waves and preterm ... RAL Affiliations: HAP, JNT Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Hojeily, E., Lu, C. H., Alessandrini, S., Kim, J., Kumar, R., et al. (2026). Data fusion for fine-scale ozone mapping in the New York City metropolitan area using low-cost sensors and model information. Atmospheric Environment, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2026.121805 Surface ozone (O3) exhibits spatiotemporal variability in the New York City metropolitan area (NYCMA) under the influence of complex mesoscale flows which transport O3 and its precursors. Fine-scale ambient air quality monitoring is critica... RAL Affiliations: WISP, WCAP, RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Abadi, A. M., Brumfield, K. D., Usmani, M., Jiang, G., Chakraborty, T. C., et al. (2026). Developing scenario‐based strategies for health, climate, and environmental Preparedness: The One Health, One Earth Approach. GeoHealth, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GH001674 Climate change amplifies many threats to human health. Despite advances in understanding climate change dynamics and impacts, there remains a critical gap in translating scientific knowledge into equitable, and community-driven health inter... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Punde, P., Birkelund, Y., Virk, M. S., Han, X., Eidhammer, T.. (2026). Kilometer-scale simulation of atmospheric in-cloud ground icing over complex terrain in Norwegian Arctic. Cold Regions Science and Technology, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2026.104851 This study investigates in-cloud ground icing over Fagernesfjellet, a complex terrain site in northern Norway, using new kilometer-scale simulations from the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) during the year 2022–2023. The WRF-de... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Advancing aquifer recharge forecasting through hybrid explainable AI and hydrological modeling Sharma, C., Basagaoglu, H., Schmidt, L., Yoosefdoost, I., Wootten, A. M., et al. (2026). Advancing aquifer recharge forecasting through hybrid explainable AI and hydrological modeling. Geoscience Frontiers, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2026.102336 Develops a hybrid explainable AI-hydrological framework for recharge prediction. • Integrates physical modeling and data-driven inference for transparent analysis. • Identifies precipitation and antecedent moisture as key recharge controls.... RAL Affiliations: HAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Coordinating weather sensing UAS for atmospheric research: lessons from the SCALES campaign Bell, T. M., Smith, E. N., Houston, A. L., Pinto, J., Jacob, J., et al. (2026). Coordinating weather sensing UAS for atmospheric research: lessons from the SCALES campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-26-0043.1 Collecting routine, high-resolution observations of the atmospheric boundary layer remains a persistent challenge for the meteorological community, and weather-sensing unpiloted aircraft systems (WxUAS) are emerging as a cost-effective way ... RAL Affiliations: AAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Gregor, K., Meyer, B. F., Gaida, T., Vasquez, V. J., Bett-Williams, K., et al. (2026). Best practices in software development for robust and reproducible geoscientific models based on insights from the Global Carbon Budget's dynamic vegetation models. Geoscientific Model Development, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2407-2026 Abstract. Computational models play an increasingly vital role in scientific research by enabling the numerical simulation of complex processes. Such models are also fundamental in geosciences. For instance, they offer critical insights int... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Cheng, Y., Wang, Y., Furtado, K., He, C., Chen, F., et al. (2026). Assessing and enhancing Noah-MP land surface modeling over tropical forests using machine learning techniques. Geoscientific Model Development, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2197-2026 Tropical land-surface processes play a key role in Earth system dynamics, yet evaluation and calibration of land surface models in these regions remain limited. This study addresses this gap through site-specific calibration of the Noah wit... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Gaskins, A. J., Newman, A. J., Kawwass, J. F., Chang, H. H.. (2026). Extreme ambient heat and outcomes of assisted reproduction in the continental United States, 1996 to 2018. Environmental Research, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2026.123783 Background While extreme ambient heat has been associated with several adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes little is known regarding the link between extreme ambient temperatures and human fertility. Objective To evaluate the associations ... RAL Affiliations: ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Rahman, M. M., Shults, R., Arshad, A., Sankaran, R., Tran, T., et al. (2026). Quantifying methane–climate interactions in Eastern Saudi Arabia using geospatial and machine learning modeling. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2026.3668054 Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas that plays a critical role in global warming, yet its relationship with climate variables remains underexplored, particularly in Eastern Saudi Arabia, which hosts over 70% of the nation’s oil fields.... RAL Affiliations: HAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Monitoring reservoir storage using SWOT satellite observations and a reservoir operation model Ma, X., Wang, J., Gharari, S., Mizukami, N., Lettenmaier, D. P.. (2026). Monitoring reservoir storage using SWOT satellite observations and a reservoir operation model. Water Resources Research, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025wr041223 Reservoirs play a critical role in water management, yet comprehensive and real-time observations of reservoir storage remain limited, especially outside the U.S. Observations of two reservoir-related attributes, Water Surface Elevation (WS... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Rainfall relief or humidity havoc? The boon and curse of precipitation during heatwaves Bhattarai, S., He, C., Sharma, S., Kumar, S., Talchabhadel, R.. (2026). Rainfall relief or humidity havoc? The boon and curse of precipitation during heatwaves. Natural Hazards, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07742-x Extreme heat, in the form of heatwave, is an escalating climate-related threat, impacting ecosystems, human health, and the economy. While heatwaves are often characterized by elevated temperatures, precipitation and humidity also play subs... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Roychoudhury, C., He, C., Kumar, R., Arellano, A. F.. (2026). Revisiting black carbon emission estimates in the Third Pole: a hierarchical Bayesian synthesis inversion perspective. Environmental Research Communications, doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ae4858 Reliable estimates of black carbon (BC) emissions over the Third Pole, also referred to as High Mountain Asia (HMA), remain challenging due to sparse observations, complex terrain, and uncertainties in emission inventories. We present a hie... RAL Affiliations: WCAP, RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Predicting and projecting extreme precipitation in coastal cities with high-resolution modeling Prein, A., Lau, A., Shi, X., Chen, F., Xue, L., et al. (2026). Predicting and projecting extreme precipitation in coastal cities with high-resolution modeling. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-25-0347.1 The Ninth Convection-Permitting Climate Modeling (CPCM) Workshop, Hong Kong, 2025 What: The ninth CPCM Workshop, hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, brought together approximately 130 researchers from 22 countries ... RAL Affiliations: WCAP, RALAO Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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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... RAL Affiliations: RALAO, WCAP, ERAP, HAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Making warnings count: 10 years of research in high-impact weather Golding, B., Potter, S., Johnston, D., Ebert, E., Kox, T., et al. (2026). Making warnings count: 10 years of research in high-impact weather. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-25-0123.1 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) High-Impact Weather (HIWeather) research project was designed to increase the effectiveness of forecasts and warnings of high-impact weather. In achieving t... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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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... Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Hu, H., ZHANG, X., He, C., Fertig, E., Zarrin, R., et al. (2026). Quantifying urban morphology-induced uncertainty in urban meteorology and heat stress simulations in Southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025jd045318 Accurate representation of land use and urban morphological parameters (UMPs), particularly building height, road width, and roof width, is critical for urban climate/weather modeling. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) coupled with... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Parsons, L. A., Erbaugh, J., Lo, F., McCrary, R., Raman, S., et al. (2026). Climate change and disparities in extreme heat exposure for socially vulnerable areas in the contiguous United States. Earth's Future, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025ef006463 Climate change disproportionately impacts vulnerable communities around the globe. Previous work has shown that more socially vulnerable communities at the city and regional level within the contiguous United States (CONUS) are exposed to h... RAL Affiliations: ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Cui, Y., Chen, S., Xue, L., Muñoz-Esparza, D., Sauer, J., et al. (2026). Local cloud enhancement associated with urban morphology: evidence from observations and idealized large-eddy simulations. Nature Communications, doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68986-0 Previous studies have noted that cities enhance cloud cover, but the mechanisms of urban morphological types on cloud formation remain elusive. Observations of cloud climatology from 44 major U.S. cities show that cloud enhancement increase... RAL Affiliations: ERAP, WCAP, TMAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Tang, G., Wood, A., Newman, A. J., Kirstetter, P. E., Mueller, C., et al. (2026). High-resolution ensemble precipitation and temperature datasets for CONUS based on a probabilistic geospatial estimation approach. Journal of Hydrology, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134761 Precipitation and temperature datasets are essential for diverse applications, yet existing high-resolution products often lack robust uncertainty quantification and transparent, reproducible station processing. This study addresses these g... RAL Affiliations: ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Dougherty, E. M., Gochis, D., Harrold, M., Tessendorf, S. A., Xue, L., et al. (2026). Simulated hydrologic impacts of cloud seeding in the North Platte and Little Snake River Basins of Wyoming. Water Resources Research, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024wr039383 In the western United States, the recent mega-drought and impacts of climate change have resulted in an interest in cloud seeding to enhance water supplies. Studies and field campaigns focused on cloud seeding across the West have quantifie... RAL Affiliations: WCAP, ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Chu, Y., Lin, G., Deng, M., Xue, L., Li, W., et al. (2026). Thermodynamics-guided machine learning model for predicting convective boundary layer height and its multi-site applicability. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-1415-2026 Accurate estimation of convective boundary layer height (CBLH) is vital for weather, climate, and air quality modeling. Machine learning (ML) shows promise in CBLH prediction, but input parameter selection often lacks physical grounding, li... RAL Affiliations: HAP, JNT, AAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Tang, W., Wiedinmyer, C., Emmons, L. K., He, C., Worden, H. M., et al. (2026). Global expansion of wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI fires and the impact of WUI fires on global air quality. Fires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) are an important issue globally. To understand the change of WUI, we develop a 9-km Worldwide Unified Wildland-Urban Interface (WUWUI) database for 2001-2020 with Random Forest models and satellit... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Conference Material View on OpenSky |
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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) ... RAL Affiliations: TMAP, ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Real-time dynamics through snapshot hyperspectral imaging at near-infrared Zheng, D., McNichols, R., Cao, H., Flynn, C., Stoian, R. I., et al. (2026). Real-time dynamics through snapshot hyperspectral imaging at near-infrared. Optics Continuum, doi:https://doi.org/10.1364/optcon.580185 Monitoring atmospheric water vapor dynamics is important for many atmospheric and hydrologic applications, ranging from weather forecasting and agricultural practices to climate impacts and flood preparedness. To improve the spatiotemporal ... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Zaman, T., Juliano, T. W., Kosovic, B., Astitha, M.. (2026). Assessment of offshore wind and turbulence prediction for the Northeast US using a three-dimensional PBL parameterization in the WRF Model at gray zone resolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025jd044765 Offshore wind power plays a vital role in the expanding renewable energy landscape of theNortheast US. Accurate prediction of wind and turbulence is essential for optimizing the efficiency andreliability of offshore wind farms; however, bou... RAL Affiliations: WSAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Model sensitivity across scales: A case study of simulating an offshore low-level jet Hawbecker, P., Lassman, W., Juliano, T. W., Kosović, B., Haupt, S. E.. (2026). Model sensitivity across scales: A case study of simulating an offshore low-level jet. Wind Energy Science, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-51-2026 Abstract. In this study, a seven-member ensemble of mesoscale-to-microscale simulations with varying sea surface temperature (SST) is conducted for a case in which an offshore low-level jet was observed via floating lidar. The performance o... RAL Affiliations: WSAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Assessment of synthetic tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Basin Romero, D., Appendini, C. M., Emanuel, K., Lee, C. Y., Nederhoff, K., et al. (2026). Assessment of synthetic tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Basin. Atmospheric Research, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108404 Tropical cyclones (TCs) pose significant risks due to their associated hazards, including powerful winds, inland and coastal flooding, and wind waves. However, more reliable TC records are required to ensure a robust statistical analysis fo... RAL Affiliations: ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Besso, H., Mower, R., Pflug, J. M., Lundquist, J. D.. (2026). Mapping 1 April SWE in the western US using standardized anomalies and quantiles from SWE reanalysis and in situ stations. Water Resources Research, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025wr040902 Real-time estimates of peak snow water equivalent (SWE) are critical to spring runoff forecasts in snow-dominated basins, but large uncertainties remain due to the high spatial and temporal variability of interannual peak SWE. Here we intro... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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The growing threat of spatially synchronized dry-hot events to global ecosystem productivity Hassan, W. U., Nayak, M. A., Saharwardi, M. S., Gandham, H., Dasari, H. P., et al. (2026). The growing threat of spatially synchronized dry-hot events to global ecosystem productivity. Communications Earth and Environment, doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03203-w Compound hazards, like simultaneous occurrence of unusually dry and hot (DH) weather, cause cascading socio-economic damages that surpass univariate hazards. In the context of agricultural production, DH events triggered by pressure and moi... RAL Affiliations: RALAO, ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Shaftel, R., Feddern, M. L., McAfee, S. A., Schoen, E. R., Cunningham, C., et al. (2026). Integrating climate data and river modeling to reveal Chinook salmon habitat conditions in subarctic river basins. Ecosphere, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70399 Climatic extremes can impact the productivity of aquatic species, affecting ecosystems and fishery-dependent communities. Advances in climate products, such as gridded datasets and downscaled projections, may be useful for quantifying fresh... RAL Affiliations: HAP, ERAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |
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Urban heat mitigation under realistic roof and land area constraints Kamath, H. G., Lin, T., Sudharsan, N., Fung, K. Y., Zonato, A., et al. (2026). Urban heat mitigation under realistic roof and land area constraints. Environmental Research Letters, doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae32a7 To simulate realistic impact of rooftop-based heat mitigation strategies (HMS), we introduce a new capability in the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with the building effect parameterization urban physics module. This enhance... RAL Affiliations: WCAP Publication Genre: Article View on OpenSky |