In the west of China, a rarely seen black storm, with high intensity dust aerosols and large area influence, occurred from April 26–29, 2015, for first time, after more than 30 years. Based on regional climate model (RegCM version 4.6), combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite retrieval, meteorological, environmental data, this work presents pollution situation, ...

We analyzed diurnal variations in precipitation, surface pressure, and atmospheric static energy over the United States from observations and NCAR regional climate model (RegCM) simulations. Consistent with previous studies, the mean (1963-1993) pattern of the diurnal cycle of summer U.S. precipitation is characterized by late afternoon maxima over the Southeast and the Rocky Mountains and midn...