An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence

SC Sherwood, MJ Webb, JD Annan… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We assess evidence relevant to Earth's equilibrium climate sensitivity per doubling of
atmospheric CO2, characterized by an effective sensitivity S. This evidence includes …

Flash drought: A state of the science review

JI Christian, M Hobbins, A Hoell… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the two decades, since the advent of the term “flash drought,” considerable research has
been directed toward the topic. Within the scientific community, we have actively forged a …

Progressing emergent constraints on future climate change

A Hall, P Cox, C Huntingford, S Klein - Nature Climate Change, 2019 - nature.com
In recent years, an evaluation technique for Earth System Models (ESMs) has arisen—
emergent constraints (ECs)—which rely on strong statistical relationships between aspects …

Evaluation of historical CMIP6 model simulations of extreme precipitation over contiguous US regions

A Srivastava, R Grotjahn, PA Ullrich - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2020 - Elsevier
Simulated historical precipitation is evaluated for Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
Phase 6 (CMIP6) models using precipitation indices defined by the Expert Team on Climate …

Structure and evolution of mesoscale convective systems: Sensitivity to cloud microphysics in convection‐permitting simulations over the United States

Z Feng, LR Leung, RA Houze Jr… - Journal of Advances …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Regional climate simulations over the continental United States were conducted for the
2011 warm season using the Weather Research and Forecasting model at convection …

The ongoing need for high-resolution regional climate models: Process understanding and stakeholder information

WJ Gutowski Jr, PA Ullrich, A Hall… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Regional climate modeling addresses our need to understand and simulate climatic
processes and phenomena unresolved in global models. This paper highlights examples of …

Spatiotemporal characteristics and large-scale environments of mesoscale convective systems east of the Rocky Mountains

Z Feng, RA Houze Jr, LR Leung, F Song… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
The spatiotemporal variability and three-dimensional structures of mesoscale convective
systems (MCSs) east of the US Rocky Mountains and their large-scale environments are …

Description and climate simulation performance of CAS‐ESM version 2

H Zhang, M Zhang, J **, K Fei, D Ji… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The second version of Chinese Academy of Sciences Earth System Model (CAS‐ESM 2) is
described with emphasis on the development process, strength and weakness, and climate …

Land transpiration-evaporation partitioning errors responsible for modeled summertime warm bias in the central United States

J Dong, F Lei, WT Crow - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Earth system models (ESMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6
(CMIP6) experiment exhibit a well-known summertime warm bias in mid-latitude land …

Contrasting spring and summer large-scale environments associated with mesoscale convective systems over the US Great Plains

F Song, Z Feng, LR Leung, RA Houze Jr… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are frequently observed over the US Great Plains
during boreal spring and summer. Here, four types of synoptically favorable environments …