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Response of winter fine particulate matter concentrations to emission and...
The winter haze is a growing problem in North China, but the causes are not well understood. The chemistry version of the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF-Chem) was...- publication PDF
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Large amplitude perturbations in mesospheric OH Meinel and 87-Km Na lidar...
Two high-precision CEDAR instruments, an OH Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (MTM) and a Na Temperature Lidar, have been used to investigate seasonal variability in the mid-...- publication PDF
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Efficient in-cloud removal of aerosols by deep convection
Convective systems dominate the vertical transport of aerosols and trace gases. The most recent in situ aerosol measurements presented here show that the concentrations of...- publication PDF
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The atmospheric response to three decades of observed Arctic sea ice loss
Arctic sea ice is declining at an increasing rate with potentially important repercussions. To understand better the atmospheric changes that may have occurred in response to...- publication PDF
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Data conservancy provenance, context, and lineage services: Key components...
Among the key services that institutional data management infrastructures must provide are provenance and lineage tracking and the ability to associate data with contextual...- publication PDF
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Indirect assimilation of radar reflectivity with WRF 3D-Var and its impact...
An indirect radar reflectivity assimilation scheme has been developed within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model three-dimensional data assimilation system (WRF...- publication PDF
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Toward constraining regional-scale fluxes of CO₂ with atmospheric...
We analyze the spatial variability of CO2 measurements from aircraft platforms, including extensive observations acquired over North America during the CO2 Budget and...- publication PDF
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Improved estimates of ocean heat content from 1960 to 2015
Earth's energy imbalance (EEI) drives the ongoing global warming and can best be assessed across the historical record (that is, since 1960) from ocean heat content (OHC)...- publication PDF
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Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by...
The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission built a photochemical climatology of air parcels based on in situ measurements with the NASA DC-8 aircraft along objectively...- publication PDF
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Earth's global energy budget
An update is provided on the Earth's global annual mean energy budget in the light of new observations and analyses. In 1997, Kiehl and Trenberth provided a review of past...- publication PDF
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Lower-stratospheric aerosol measurements in eastward-shedding vortices over...
Eastward air-mass transport from the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) anticyclone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) often involves eastward-shedding vortices,...- publication PDF
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Possible observation of horizontal roll vortices over the Adriatic Sea during bora
We report a possible occurrence of horizontal roll vortices over the Adriatic Sea during the bora wind. The National Center for Atmospheric Research Electra aircraft measured...- publication PDF
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Boundary layer sources for the Asian anticyclone: Regional contributions to...
The transport of air from the planetary boundary layer (PBL) into the Asian Summer Monsoon anticyclone is investigated using backward trajectories initiated within the anti-...- publication PDF
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Description of NCAR Global Circulation Model
This report provides the basic equations, the physical processes, and the finite difference equations of the NCAR Global Circulation Model (GCM). These reported details of the...- publication PDF
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On the westward turning of Hurricane Sandy (2012): Effect of atmospheric...
Hurricane Sandy (2012) experienced an unusual westward turning and made landfall in New Jersey after its northward movement over the Atlantic Ocean. The landfall caused severe...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the relationship between atmospheric river origin conditions and...
The temperature of landfalling atmospheric rivers (ARs) has direct implications for regional water resources. Compared to cool ARs, warm ARs can result in more surface runoff...- publication PDF
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Total observed organic carbon (TOOC) in the atmosphere: A synthesis of North...
Measurements of organic carbon compounds in both the gas and particle phases made upwind, over and downwind of North America are synthesized to examine the total observed...- publication PDF
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Product distribution, kinetics, and aerosol formation from the OH oxidation...
The atmospheric oxidation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) represents a major natural source of atmospheric sulfate aerosols. However, there remain large uncertainties in our...- publication PDF
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Lapse rate or cold point: The tropical tropopause identified by in situ...
Although the tropopause is a well‐established concept, its definition and physical properties remain an active research topic. In the tropics, both the World Meteorological...- publication PDF
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Impacts of including rain-evaporative cooling in the initial conditions on...
A cycling run, which began 36 h before the model forecast, was employed to assimilate special Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (TiMREX) soundings, Global...- publication PDF
