Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres VOL.131 ISSUE 15 | 5 August 2026
A Deep Learning Model of Lightning Stroke Density
Randall Jones + Chris Wright + Joel A Thornton ...
Lightning plays a crucial role in the Earth's climate system; however, existing parameterizations for use in forecasting and earth system models show room for improvement...
Water Resources Research VOL.62 ISSUE 7 | 29 July 2026
On the Importance of the Jacobian of a DNN Observation Operator in Land Data Assimilation
Xu Shan + Bertrand Bonan + Ou Ku ...
A recent study (Shan et al., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114167) showed that using a Deep‐Neural‐Network (DNN)‐based observation operator in land data assimilation...
2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 19 May 2026
Science Explorer (SciX): Supporting Open and Interdisciplinary Science
Astrobiology thrives on connections across multiple scientific fields, Science Explorer (SciX; scixplorer.org) makes those essential links between papers, funding sources,...
2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 19 May 2026
You Are Not Alone: Digital Learning Extends Open Science Beyond Open Data
Discoveries about life beyond Earth will face intense scientific and public scrutiny. For those discoveries to be trusted, people need to understand not just the data, but...
2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 20 May 2026
How Environments Shape Molecular Complexity: From Abiogenesis to Life Detection
The search for life on other planets has motivated the development of several detection approaches. Since no empirical evidence allows us to assume that life beyond Earth...