Out of the blue: Volcanic SO2 emissions during the 2021–2022 eruptions of Hunga Tonga—Hunga Ha'apai (Tonga)

SA Carn, NA Krotkov, BL Fisher, C Li - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Most volcanism on Earth is submarine, but volcanic gas emissions by submarine eruptions
are rarely observed and hence largely unquantified. On 15 January 2022 a submarine …

Near-ground wind profiles of tornadic and nontornadic environments in the United States and Europe from ERA5 reanalyses

BE Coffer, M Taszarek, MD Parker - Weather and Forecasting, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The near-ground wind profile exhibits significant control over the organization, intensity, and
steadiness of low-level updrafts and mesocyclones in severe thunderstorms, and thus their …

Atmospheric circulation types controlling rainfall in the Central American Isthmus

F Saenz, HG Hidalgo, ÁG Muñoz… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rainfall mechanisms in the Central American Isthmus are controlled by complex physical
interactions across spatial and temporal scales, which are reflected on the dynamics of …

Supercell low-level mesocyclones: Origins of inflow and vorticity

BE Coffer, MD Parker, JM Peters… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
The development and intensification of low-level mesocyclones in supercell thunderstorms
have often been attributed, at least in part, to augmented streamwise vorticity generated …

An updated investigation of post-transformation intensity, structural, and duration extremes for extratropically transitioning North Atlantic tropical cyclones

G Sarro, C Evans - Monthly Weather Review, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
The transformation stage of extratropical transition characterizes the process by which a
tropical cyclone transforms into an extratropical cyclone at higher latitudes in a cooler, more …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying precipitation efficiency and drivers of excessive precipitation in post-landfall Hurricane Harvey

NS Brauer, JB Basara, CR Homeyer… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Hurricane Harvey produced unprecedented widespread rainfall amounts over 1000 mm in
portions of southeast Texas, including Houston, from 26 to 31 August 2017. The highly …

Cold pool characteristics of tornadic quasi-linear convective systems and other convective modes observed during VORTEX-SE

JM McDonald, CC Weiss - Monthly Weather Review, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Many numerical studies have focused on the importance of baroclinically generated vorticity
at the edge of cold pools in supercellular tornadogenesis, and observational work has …

Trends in seasonal precipitation extremes and associated temperatures along continental Chile

M Lagos-Zúñiga, PA Mendoza, D Campos… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
We characterize trends in maximum seasonal daily precipitation (seasonal Rx1day),
minimum (Tn), and maximum (Tx) daily temperatures during days with precipitation over …

Observed Variability in Convective Cell Characteristics and Near-Storm Environments across the Sea-and Bay-Breeze Fronts in Southeast Texas

M Sharma, AD Rapp, CJ Nowotarski… - Monthly Weather …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract During the DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Tracking Aerosol
Convection Interactions Experiment (TRACER) IOP spanning June–September 2022, two …

Following moist intrusions into the Arctic using SHEBA observations in a Lagrangian perspective

SM Ali, F Pithan - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Warm and moist air masses are transported into the Arctic from lower latitudes throughout
the year. Especially in winter, such moist intrusions (MIs) can trigger cloud formation and …