Tracking the Environmental Fate of Radioactive Iodine
A team of researchers at PNNL designed and constructed an atmospheric chamber to simulate the fate of volatile and semivolatile radioisotopes.
Calibrating a Runoff Generation Scheme at Global Scale
A computationally efficient calibration procedure helps constrain simulated runoff in an Earth system model.
Energy Transport in Moist Convection: A New Picture for Shallow Cloud Formation
The complex interactions between the land and atmosphere can affect cloud growth.
Warming Weakens the June 2012 North American Derecho
Models show that in a warmer climate, the 2012 North American derecho would shrink and decay earlier in Mid-Atlantic coastal areas.
Emulating Interactions Between Atmospheric Particles and Light with Machine Learning
Randomly constructed neural networks can learn how to represent light interacting with atmospheric aerosols accurately at a low computational cost and improve climate modeling capabilities.
A Flexible Feature Tracking Package for Climate Science
A new open-source feature tracking package is now available to facilitate advanced model evaluation, model development efforts, and scientific discovery.
Applying a Mathematical Diagnostic Tool to Detect Numerical Pathologies in Atmospheric Physics Parameterizations
A success story of applying convergence testing to detect and address issues of numerical discretization in nonlinear representations of turbulence and clouds.
From Supercomputers to Regional Climate Data: Exploring Best Practices for “Variable-Resolution” Modeling
A holistic evaluation of the uncertainty sources that arise from configuring the model to processing the output for global variable-resolution models.
Delivering Mighty Impact for DOE User Facility
ACMD staff contributed to 30 years of atmospheric data collection for the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement user facility.