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2020 journal article

Sources of Tropical Subseasonal Skill in the CFSv2

MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 148(4), 1553–1565.

By: C. Schreck n, M. Janiga n & S. Baxter n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 4, 2021

2020 journal article

Quality Control and Processing of Cooperative Observer Program Hourly Precipitation Data

JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 21(8), 1811–1825.

By: J. Lawrimore*, D. Wuertz*, A. Wilson*, S. Stevens n, M. Menne*, B. Korzeniewski*, M. Palecki*, R. Leeper n, T. Trunk*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 4, 2021

2020 journal article

Surface Pressure a More Skillful Predictor of Normalized Hurricane Damage than Maximum Sustained Wind

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 101(6), E830–E846.

By: P. Klotzbach n, M. Bell n, S. Bowen n, E. Gibney n, K. Knapp n & C. Schreck n

Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 21, 2020

2020 article

Promoting Global Sharing of Earth System Science Data Through Free and Open Access Data Publication

Carlson, D., Elger, K., Peng, G., Wagner, J., & Klump, J. (2020, December 15).

By: D. Carlson, K. Elger, G. Peng*, J. Wagner & J. Klump

TL;DR: In less than one decade the open-access data journal Earth System Science Data (ESSD), a member of the Copernicus Open Access Publisher family, grew from a start-up venture into one of the highest-rated journals in global environmental science. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: December 16, 2020

2020 article

Call to Action for Global Access to and Harmonization of Quality Information of Individual Earth Science Datasets

Peng, G., Downs, R. R., Lacagnina, C., Ramapriyan, H., Ivánová, I., Moroni, D. F., … Bugbee, K. (2020, December 15). (Vol. 12). Vol. 12.

By: G. Peng*, R. Downs*, C. Lacagnina*, H. Ramapriyan*, I. Ivánová*, D. Moroni*, Y. Wei*, L. Gilles* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: December 16, 2020

2020 journal article

The Impact of MJO, Kelvin, and Equatorial Rossby Waves on the Diurnal Cycle over the Maritime Continent

ATMOSPHERE, 11(7).

By: L. Worku*, A. Mekonnen* & C. Schreck n

author keywords: MJO; equatorial waves; diurnal cycle; convection; Maritime Continent
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 12, 2020

2020 review

A scoping review of drought impacts on health and society in North America

[Review of ]. CLIMATIC CHANGE, 162(3), 1177–1195.

By: M. Sugg*, J. Runkle n, R. Leeper n, H. Bagli*, A. Golden*, L. Handwerger*, T. Magee*, C. Moreno* ...

author keywords: Drought impacts; North America; Scoping Review
TL;DR: The societal implications of drought are explored and knowledge gaps for future drought-society studies are identified to establish community-wide consensus on the identification of relevant hydrological indicators that best describe an adverse outcome. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 12, 2020

2020 journal article

Response of winter wheat to spring frost from a remote sensing perspective: Damage estimation and influential factors

ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 168, 221–235.

author keywords: Spring frost; Winter wheat; Damage assessment; Remote sensing; North China
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 28, 2020

2020 journal article

Confronting the Challenge of Modeling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS, 12(8).

By: H. Morrison*, M. Lier-Walqui*, A. Fridlind*, W. Grabowski*, J. Harrington*, C. Hoose*, A. Korolev*, M. Kumjian* ...

author keywords: microphysics</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>; clouds</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>; modeling</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>
TL;DR: A broader hierarchical approach is proposed to accelerate improvements in microphysics schemes, leveraging the advances described in this paper related to process modeling (using Lagrangian particle‐based schemes), laboratory experimentation, cloud and precipitation observations, and statistical methods. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 21, 2020

2020 journal article

Short-term effects of specific humidity and temperature on COVID-19 morbidity in select US cities

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 740.

By: J. Runkle n, M. Sugg*, R. Leeper n, Y. Rao n, J. Matthews n & J. Rennie n

author keywords: COVID-19 morbidity; Distributed lag non-linear model; Time-stratified case-crossover; Weather; Seasonality
MeSH headings : Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Cities; Coronavirus Infections / mortality; Humans; Humidity; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral / mortality; SARS-CoV-2; Temperature
TL;DR: The results suggest that weather should be considered in infectious disease modeling efforts and future work is needed over a longer time period and across different locations to clearly establish the weather-COVID19 relationship. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 14, 2020

2020 article

Geospatial Approaches to Measuring Personal Heat Exposure and Related Health Effects in Urban Settings

GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN HEALTH, pp. 13–30.

By: M. Sugg*, C. Fuhrmann* & J. Runkle n

TL;DR: The emergence of new technologies and rich spatial datasets requires multi-disciplinary collaboration to advance the science on place-based exposure to thermal extremes and the associated health impacts for at-risk populations in urban environments. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 31, 2020

2020 article

Laying the Groundwork for Developing International Community Guidelines to Effectively Share and Reuse Digital Data Quality Information – Case Statement, Workshop Summary Report, and Path Forward

Peng, G., Lacagnina, C., Downs, R. R., Ivanova, I., Moroni, D. F., Ramapriyan, H. K., … Larnicol, G. (2020, August 29).

By: G. Peng*, C. Lacagnina, R. Downs, I. Ivanova, D. Moroni, H. Ramapriyan, Y. Wei, G. Larnicol

TL;DR: This document provides background for and summarizes main takeaways of a workshop held virtually to kick off the development of community guidelines for consistently curating and representing dataset quality information in a way that is in line with the FAIR principles. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 30, 2020

2020 journal article

Can changes in autumn phenology facilitate earlier green-up date of northern vegetation?

AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 291.

By: M. Shen*, N. Jiang*, D. Peng*, Y. Rao n, Y. Huang*, Y. Fu*, W. Yang*, X. Zhu* ...

author keywords: Autumn phenology; Legacy effect; Climate change; Northern hemisphere; Phenological sequence; Spring phenology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 24, 2020

2020 journal article

The Impact of Kelvin Wave Activity during Dry and Wet African Summer Rainfall Years

ATMOSPHERE, 11(6).

By: A. Mekonnen*, C. Schreck n & B. Enyew*

author keywords: Kelvin waves; African easterly waves; African summer monsoon
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 10, 2020

2020 journal article

Observed Climatological Relationships of Extreme Daily Precipitation Events With Precipitable Water and Vertical Velocity in the Contiguous United States

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 47(12).

author keywords: precipitation; extremes; water vapor
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 10, 2020

2020 journal article

Observations for Model Intercomparison Project (Obs4MIPs): status for CMIP6

GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT, 13(7), 2945–2958.

By: D. Waliser*, P. Gleckler*, R. Ferraro*, K. Taylor*, S. Ames*, J. Biard n, M. Bosilovich*, O. Brown n ...

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 3, 2020

2020 article

User Needs for Weather and Climate Information: 2019 NCEI Users' Conference

Brewer, M. J., Hollingshead, A., Dissen, J., Jones, N., & Webster, L. F. (2020, May). BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 101, pp. E645–E649.

By: M. Brewer*, A. Hollingshead*, J. Dissen n, N. Jones* & L. Webster*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 6, 2020

2020 journal article

Reporting Back Environmental Health Data Among Outdoor Occupational Workers in the Cold Season in North Carolina, USA

SOUTHEASTERN GEOGRAPHER, 60(2), 159–182.

By: K. Nelson, J. Runkle* & M. Sugg

author keywords: Environmental health literacy; Participatory environmental monitoring; Occupational cold exposure; Data report-back
TL;DR: Results suggest that reporting biomonitoring studies to urban and rural occupationally exposed populations is an effective means to promote behavioral change to cold temperature vulnerability. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: June 1, 2020

2020 journal article

Sensitivity of Arctic Sea Ice Extent to Sea Ice Concentration Threshold Choice and Its Implication to Ice Coverage Decadal Trends and Statistical Projections

REMOTE SENSING, 12(5).

By: J. Matthews n, G. Peng n, W. Meier* & O. Brown n

author keywords: arctic; sea ice; decadal trend; passive microwave sensors; sea ice concentration; sea ice extent
TL;DR: This analysis suggests that some of the threshold choice impacts to SIE trends may actually be the result of biased data due to surface melt, and that a more extensive investigation to verify surface melt impacts on this data set is warranted. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 26, 2020

2020 journal article

Quantifying the Probability and Causes of the Surprisingly Active 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE, 7(3).

By: M. Saunders*, P. Klotzbach*, A. Lea*, C. Schreck n & M. Bell*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: May 18, 2020

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