Land/atmosphere interactions – Page 2

Instruments at the SJG observatory in Cayey, Puerto Rico, survived Hurricane Maria and recorded the event.

Seismic Sensors Record a Hurricane’s Roar

by D. C. Wilson, P. Davis, C. Ebeling, C. R. Hutt and K. Hafner 3 August 2018

Newly installed infrasound sensors at a Global Seismographic Network station on Puerto Rico recorded the sounds of Hurricane Maria passing overhead.

Native Prairie in East Central North Dakota

Editors' Vox

Diagnosing the Warm Bias in the Central United States

by A. Steiner 23 April 2018

A set of four papers published in JGR: Atmospheres present results from a project investigating why models predict warmer surface temperatures than are observed in the central United States.

Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research site, Boulder, Colorado

Science Updates

Modeling Global Change Ecology in a High–Carbon Dioxide World

by S. J. Cheng, N. G. Smith and A. R. Marklein 16 March 20185 October 2021

Ignite-style Session, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting; Portland, Oregon, 11 August 2017

Editors' Highlights

Wet Soils Elevate Nighttime Temperatures

by P. A. Dirmeyer 5 January 201822 January 2018

Soil moisture can elevate overnight temperatures, offsetting daytime cooling, especially over areas of strong land-atmosphere interactions.

Researchers assess whether Canada’s boreal forests are a carbon sink or source

Research Spotlights

The Future Hangs in the (Carbon) Balance

by J. Lunn 8 August 201715 August 2017

A new study suggests that Canada’s boreal forests could absorb more carbon than they release as climate change progresses.

Opinions

Climate Change Indicators Are Not Enough

by A. K. Betts 14 July 201729 September 2021

Extreme events capture the public’s attention, but gradual climate shifts will more profoundly affect civilization and life on Earth. Scientists must get better at conveying this to the public.

Features

Assessing a New Clue to How Much Carbon Plants Take Up

by J. E. Campbell, J. Kesselmeier, D. Yakir, J. A. Berry, P. Peylin, S. Belviso, T. Vesala, K. Maseyk, U. Seibt, H. Chen, M. E. Whelan, T. W. Hilton, S. A. Montzka, M. B. Berkelhammer, S. T. Lennartz, L. Kuai, G. Wohlfahrt, Y. Wang, N. J. Blake, D. R. Blake, J. Stinecipher, I. Baker and S. Sitch 5 July 2017

Current climate models disagree on how much carbon dioxide land ecosystems take up for photosynthesis. Tracking the stronger carbonyl sulfide signal could help.

Temperature anomalies (deviations from the 1981–2010 monthly mean in degrees Celsius) estimated from advanced microwave sounding unit data for February 2016

Opinions

Climate and Other Models May Be More Accurate Than Reported

by C. J. Willmott, S. M. Robeson and K. Matsuura 21 June 201729 September 2021

Replacing a commonly used statistical measure of average error with an alternative measure would give a more meaningful assessment of model performance.