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An overview of the E3SM version 2 large ensemble and comparison to other E3SM and CESM large ensembles

May 3, 2024

This work assesses a recently produced 21-member climate model large ensemble (LE) based on the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) version 2 (E3SM2).

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Seasonal variability of wake impacts on US mid-Atlantic offshore wind plant power production

May 2, 2024

The mid-Atlantic will experience rapid wind plant development due to its promising wind resource located near large population centers.

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Tropical Atmospheric Intraseasonal Oscillations Leading to Sea Level Extremes in Coastal Indonesia during Recent Decades

May 2, 2024

Coastal flooding induced by sea surface high extreme (HEX) events is an increasing risk to human society and infrastructure as both urban growth in coastal areas and anthropogenic sea level rise continue, especially for island nations like Indonesia.

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How much energy can offshore wind farms in the US produce? New study sheds light

April 25, 2024

As summer approaches, electricity demand surges in the U.S., as homes and businesses crank up the air conditioning.

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A global gridded dataset for cloud vertical structure from combined CloudSat and CALIPSO observations

April 23, 2024

The vertical structure of clouds has a profound effect on the global energy budget, the global circulation, and the atmospheric hydrological cycle.

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Can Cloud Seeding Stem the Water Crisis?

April 8, 2024

Cloud seeding has been around for almost 100 years as a way to get more rain or precipitation out of a cloud.

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Projections of an ice-free Arctic Ocean

March 7, 2024

Observed Arctic sea ice losses are a sentinel of anthropogenic climate change.

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The utility of simulated ocean chlorophyll observations: a case study with the Chlorophyll Observation Simulator Package (version 1) in CESMv2.2

March 7, 2024

For several decades, a suite of satellite sensors has enabled us to study the global spatiotemporal distribution of phytoplankton through remote sensing of chlorophyll.

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Assessing CESM2 clouds and their response to climate change using cloud regimes

March 7, 2024

The Community Earth System Model, version 2 (CESM2) has a very high climate sensitivity driven by strong positive cloud feedbacks.

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New Record Ocean Temperatures and Related Climate Indicators in 2023

March 7, 2024

The global physical and biogeochemical environment has been substantially altered in response to increased atmospheric greenhouse gases from human activities.

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