Ambitious partnership needed for reliable climate prediction

J Slingo, P Bates, P Bauer, S Belcher, T Palmer… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Current global climate models struggle to represent precipitation and related extreme
events, with serious implications for the physical evidence base to support climate actions. A …

Mesoscale convective systems in the third pole region: Characteristics, mechanisms and impact on precipitation

J Kukulies, HW Lai, J Curio, Z Feng, C Lin… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The climate system of the Third Pole region, including the (TP) and its surroundings, is
highly sensitive to global warming. Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are understood to …

Mesoscale convective systems in DYAMOND global convection‐permitting simulations

Z Feng, LR Leung, J Hardin, CR Terai… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the deep convection populations and mesoscale convective systems
(MCSs) simulated in the DYAMOND (DYnamics of the atmospheric general circulation …

Thunderstorm straight line winds intensify with climate change

AF Prein - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Straight line winds (SLWs), or non-tornadic thunderstorm winds, are causing widespread
damage in many regions around the world. These powerful gusts are associated with strong …

[HTML][HTML] CONUS404: The NCAR–USGS 4-km long-term regional hydroclimate reanalysis over the CONUS

RM Rasmussen, F Chen, CH Liu… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Barlage, M., F. Chen, R. Rasmussen, Z. Zhang, and G. Miguez‐Macho, 2021: The
importance of scale‐dependent groundwater processes in land‐atmosphere interactions …

Global high-resolution drought indices for 1981–2022

SH Gebrechorkos, J Peng, E Dyer… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Droughts are among the most complex and devastating natural hazards globally. High-
resolution datasets of drought metrics are essential for monitoring and quantifying the …

A study of AR-, TS-, and MCS-associated precipitation and extreme precipitation in present and warmer climates

M Zhao - Journal of Climate, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric rivers (ARs), tropical storms (TSs), and mesoscale convective systems (MCSs)
are important weather phenomena that often threaten society through heavy precipitation …

Assessing convective‐stratiform precipitation regimes in the tropics and extratropics with the GPM satellite radar

C Schumacher, A Funk - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An 8‐year climatology of raintype observations from the Global Precipitation Measurement
dual‐frequency precipitation radar highlights two stratiform rain producing storm regimes …

The multi‐scale interactions of atmospheric phenomenon in mean and extreme precipitation

AF Prein, PA Mooney, JM Done - Earth's Future, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation, which in
combination with rising population enhances exposure to major floods. An improved …

Opinion: Tropical cirrus–from micro-scale processes to climate-scale impacts

B Gasparini, SC Sullivan, AB Sokol… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Tropical cirrus clouds, ie, any type of ice cloud with tops above 400 hPa, play a critical role in
the climate system and are a major source of uncertainty in our understanding of global …