Abstract: The CTP-HIlow framework for describing atmospheric controls on soil moisture?boundary layer interactions is described in a companion paper, Part I. In this paper, the framework is applied to the continental United States ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the influence of soil moisture on the development and triggering of convection in different early-morning atmospheric conditions. A one-dimensional model of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) is ...

Abstract: Climate model simulations run as part of the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Drought Working Group initiative were analyzed to determine the impact of three patterns of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies ...

Abstract: The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory atmosphere?land model version 2 (AM2/LM2) coupled to a 50-m-thick slab ocean model has been used to investigate remote responses to tropical deforestation. Magnitudes and significance ...

Abstract: The atmospheric and land components of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory?s (GFDL?s) Climate Model version 2.1 (CM2.1) is used with climatological sea surface temperatures (SSTs) to investigate the relative climatic ...

Abstract: lthough land?atmosphere coupling is thought to play a role in shaping the mean climate and its variability, it remains difficult to quantify precisely. The present study aims to isolate relationships between early morning ...

Abstract: adiative?convective equilibrium (RCE) describes an idealized state of the atmosphere in which the vertical temperature profile is determined by a balance between radiative and convective fluxes. While RCE has been applied ...

Abstract: nderstanding how different physical processes can shape the probability distribution function (PDF) of surface temperature, in particular the tails of the distribution, is essential for the attribution and projection of ...

Abstract: ultiple metrics have been developed in recent years to characterize the strength of land?atmosphere coupling in regional and global climate models. Evaluation of these metrics against observations has proven challenging ...

Abstract: Equilibrium experiments with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory?s climate model are used to investigate the impact of anthropogenic land cover change on climate. Regions of altered land cover include large portions ...