NOGAPS-ALPHA
Publications
2011
Albers, J. R., J. P. McCormack, and T. R. Nathan, Zonally asymmetric ozone and the morphology of the planetary waveguide, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted, 2011. PDF
Coy, L., S. D. Eckermann, K. W. Hoppel, and F. Sassi, , Mesospheric precursors to the major stratospheric sudden warming of 2009: Validation and dynamical attribution using a ground-to-edge-of-space data assimilation system, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., doi:10.1029/2011MS000067, in press, 2011. PDF
Eckermann, S. D., Explicitly stochastic parameterization of nonorographic gravity-wave drag , J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1749-1765, 2011. PDF
McCormack, J. P., T. R. Nathan, and E. C. Cordero, The effect of zonally asymmetric ozone heating on the Northern Hemisphere winter polar stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03802, doi:10.1029/2010GL045937, 2011. online
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Pautet, P.-D., J. Stegman, C. M. Wrasse, K. Nielsen, H. Takahashi, M. J. Taylor, K. W. Hoppel, and S. D. Eckermann, Analysis of gravity waves structures visible in noctilucent cloud images, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 73, 2082-2090, 2011. PDF
Sassi, F., R. R. Garcia, and K. W. Hoppel, Large-scale Rossby normal modes during some recent northern hemisphere winters, J. Atmos. Sci., submitted, 2011. PDF
Siskind, D. E., M. H. Stevens, M. Hervig, F. Sassi, K. Hoppel, C. R. Englert, and A. J. Kochenash, Consequences of recent Southern Hemisphere winter variability on polar mesospheric clouds, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 73, 2013-2021, 2011. PDF
2010
Hood, L. L., B. E. Soukharev, and J. P McCormack, Decadal variability of the tropical stratosphere: Secondary influence of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D11113, doi:10.1029/2009JD012291, 2010. PDF
McCormack, J. P., S. D. Eckermann, K. W. Hoppel, and R. A. Vincent, Amplification of the quasi-two day wave through nonlinear interaction with the migrating diurnal tide, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L16810, doi:10.1029/2010GL043906, 2010. PDF
Nielsen, K., D. E. Siskind, S. D. Eckermann, K. W. Hoppel, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, S. Benze, C. E. Randall, and M. E. Hervig, Seasonal variation of the quasi 5-day planetary wave: Causes and consequences for polar mesospheric cloud variability in 2007, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D18111, doi:10.1029/2009JD012676, 2010. PDF
Sassi. F., R. R. Garcia, D. Marsh, and K. W. Hoppel, The role of the middle atmosphere in simulations of the troposphere during Northern Hemisphere winter: differences between high- and low-top models, J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3048-3064, 2010. PDF
Siskind, D. E., S. D. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, L. Coy, K. W. Hoppel, and N. L. Baker (2010), Case studies of the mesospheric response to recent minor, major, and extended stratospheric warmings, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00N03, doi:10.1029/2010JD014114, 2010. PDF
Stevens, M. H., D. E. Siskind, S. D. Eckermann, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, C. R. Englert, K. W. Hoppel, K. Nielsen, A. J. Kochenash, M. E. Hervig, C. E. Randall, J. Lumpe, S. M. Bailey, M. Rapp, P. Hoffmann, and J. Fiedler, Tidally induced variations of PMC altitudes and ice water content using a data assimilation system, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D18209, doi:10.1029/2009JD013225, 2010. PDF
2009
Coy, L., S. D. Eckermann, and K. W. Hoppel, Planetary wave breaking and tropospheric forcing as seen in the stratospheric sudden warming of 2006, J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 495-507, 2009. AMSweb
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Coy, L., S. D. Eckermann, and K. W. Hoppel, Tropospheric forcing triggered the stratospheric sudden warming of 2006, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 90, 609-611, 2009. PDF
Eckermann, S. D., Hybrid σ-p coordinate choices for a global model, Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 224-245, 2009. AMSweb
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Eckermann, S. D., K. W. Hoppel, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, D. E. Siskind, K. Nielsen, A. Kochenash, M. H. Stevens, C. R. Englert, and M. Hervig, High-altitude data assimilation system experiments for the northern summer mesosphere season of 2007, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 71, 531-551, 2009. online
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McCormack, J. P.., L. Coy, and K. W. Hoppel, Evolution of the quasi-2 day wave during January 2006, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D20115, doi:10.1029/2009JD012239, 2009. online
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2008
Hoppel, K. W., N. L. Baker, L. Coy, S. D. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, G. E. Nedoluha, and D. E. Siskind, Assimilation of stratospheric and mesospheric temperatures from MLS and SABER into a global NWP model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6103-6116, 2008. PDF
McCormack, J. P., K. W. Hoppel, and D. E. Siskind, Parameterization of middle atmospheric water vapor photochemistry for high-altitude NWP and data assimilation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7519-7532, 2008. PDF
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2007
Coy, L., D. R. Allen, S. D. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, I. Stajner, and T. F. Hogan, Effects of model chemistry and data biases on stratospheric ozone assimilation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2917-2935, 2007. PDF
Discussion
Eckermann, S. D., D. Broutman, M. T. Stollberg, J. Ma, J. P. McCormack, and T. F. Hogan, Atmospheric effects of the total solar eclipse of 4 December 2002 simulated with a high-altitude global model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D14105, doi:10.1029/2006JD007880, 2007. HTML
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Siskind, D. E., S. D. Eckermann, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, and C. E. Randall, On recent interannual variability of the Arctic winter mesosphere: Implications for tracer descent, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09806, doi:10.1029/2007GL029293, 2007. PDF
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2006
Allen, D. R., L. Coy, S. D. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, G. L. Manney, T. F. Hogan, and Y.-J. Kim, NOGAPS-ALPHA simulations of the 2002 Southern Hemisphere stratospheric major warming, Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 498-518, 2006. PDF
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Eckermann, S. D., D. L. Wu, J. D. Doyle, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, A. Stephens, B. N. Lawrence, and T. F. Hogan, Imaging gravity waves in lower stratospheric AMSU-A radiances, SPARC Newsletter, 26, 30-33, 2006. PDF
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Eckermann, S. D., D. L. Wu, J. D. Doyle, J. F. Burris, T. J. McGee, C. A. Hostetler, L. Coy, B. N. Lawrence, A. Stephens, J. P. McCormack, and T. F. Hogan, Imaging gravity waves in lower stratospheric AMSU-A radiances, Part 2: Validation case study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2003-2058, 2006. PDF
Discussion
McCormack, J. P., S. D. Eckermann, D. E. Siskind, and T. J. McGee, CHEM2D-OPP: A new linearized gas-phase ozone photochemistry parameterization for high-altitude NWP and climate models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 4943-4972, 2006. PDF
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Wu, D. L., P. Preusse, S. D. Eckermann, J. H. Jiang, M. de la Torre Juarez, L. Coy, and D. Y. Wang, Remote sounding of atmospheric gravity waves with satellite limb and nadir techniques, Adv. Space Res., 37, 2269-2277, 2006. PDF
2005
Allen, D. R., S. D. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, L. Coy, G. L. Manney, T. F. Hogan, and Y.-J. Kim, NOGAPS-ALPHA simulations of the 2002 Antarctic stratospheric major warming,.NRL Review 2005, NRL/PU/3430--05-481, p109-112, December, 2005. PDF
Coy, L., D. E. Siskind, S. D. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, D. R. Allen, and T. F. Hogan, Modeling the August 2002 minor warming event, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L07808, doi:10.1029/2005GL022400, 2005. PDF
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2004
Allen, D. R., S. D. Eckermann, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, T. F. Hogan, and Y.-J. Kim, Stratospheric forecasting with NOGAPS-ALPHA, Paper P2.4, Preprint Volume, Symposium on the 50th. Anniversary of Operational Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 14-17 June, 17pp, 2004. PDF
Eckermann, S. D., J. P. McCormack, L. Coy, D. Allen, T. Hogan, and Y.-J. Kim, NOGAPS-ALPHA: A prototype high-altitude global NWP model, Paper P2.6, Preprint Volume, Symposium on the 50th. Anniversary of Operational Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 14-17 June, 23pp, 2004. PDF
McCormack, J. P., L. Coy, S. D. Eckermann, D. R. Allen, T. Hogan, and Y.-J. Kim, Advances in upper atmosphere forecasting: NOGAPS-ALPHA, NRL Review 2004, NRL/PU/3430--04-471, p109-111, May, 2004. PDF
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McCormack, J. P., S. D. Eckermann, L Coy, D. R. Allen, Y.-J. Kim, T. Hogan, B. N. Lawrence, A. Stephens, E. V. Browell, J. Burris, T. McGee, and C. R. Trepte, NOGAPS-ALPHA model simulations of stratospheric ozone during the SOLVE2 campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 2401-2423, 2004. Paper Discussion
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