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Hemispheric differences in the annual cycle of tropical lower stratosphere...
Transport in the tropical lower stratosphere plays a major role in determining the composition of the entire stratosphere. Previous studies that quantified the relative role of...- publication PDF
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Influence of surface observations in mesoscale data assimilation using an...
The assimilation of surface observations using an ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) approach was successfully performed in the Advanced Research version of the Weather Research and...- publication PDF
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Changing weather and climate in Northern Ghana: Comparison of local...
Local perspectives on changing weather and climate and analyses of meteorological data represent two different but potentially complementary ways of knowing about the local-...- publication PDF
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Multidecadal variability in surface albedo feedback across CMIP5 models
Previous studies quantify surface albedo feedback (SAF) in climate change, but few assess its variability on decadal time scales. Using the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project...- publication PDF
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Higher measured than modeled ozone production at increased NOx levels in the...
Chemical models must correctly calculate the ozone formation rate, P(O3), to accurately predict ozone levels and to test mitigation strategies. However, air quality models can...- publication PDF
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A zonal wavenumber 3 pattern of Northern Hemisphere wintertime planetary...
A prominent pattern of variability of the Northern Hemisphere wintertime tropospheric planetary waves, referred to here as the Wave3 pattern, is identified from the NCEP-NCAR...- publication PDF
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A comparison of carbon monoxide retrievals between the MOPITT satellite and...
Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) is an instrument on NASA's Terra satellite that has measured tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) from early 2000 to the...- publication PDF
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Contrail cirrus supporting areas in model and observations
Contrails form and persist dependent on the surrounding moisture, temperature and pressure fields and on fuel and aircraft specific variables. After formation, contrail...- publication PDF
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On the secular trend of COx and CO₂ in the lower thermosphere
An analysis of recent observations (2004-2013) made by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) instrument indicate that total carbon (COx =...- publication PDF
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Unprecedented high northern Australian streamflow linked to an...
Streamflow in Australia's northern rivers has been steadily increasing since the 1970s, most likely due to increased intensity in the Indo-Australian monsoon. However, because...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of the water cycle over the Indian Ocean and Maritime Continent...
A regional model was used to simulate the water cycle over the Indian Ocean (IO) and Maritime Continent (MC). Sixteen 92 day simulations were performed using different...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms for a record-breaking rainfall in the coastal metropolitan city...
Record-breaking rainfall of 524.1mm in 24hr occurred in the coastal metropolitan city of Guangzhou, China, during 6-7 May 2017 and caused devastating flooding. Observation...- publication PDF
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Climate responses under an extreme quiet sun scenario
Fundamental understanding of the climate responses to solar variability is obscured by the large and complex climate variability. This long-standing issue is addressed here by...- publication PDF
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Storm surge and "certain death": Interviews with Texas coastal residents...
Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas, on 13 September 2008 as a large category 2 storm that generated significant storm surge and flooding. This article presents...- publication PDF
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Attributing air pollutant exposure to emission sources with proximity sensing
Biomass burning for home energy use contributes to negative health outcomes and environmental degradation. As part of the REACCTING study (Research on Emissions, Air quality,...- publication PDF
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Ice cloud particle size distributions and pressure-dependent terminal...
The primary goal of this study is to derive ice particle terminal velocities from micron to centimeter sizes and for atmospheric pressures covering the range 200–1000 hPa from...- publication PDF
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Total column water vapor, [In “States of the Climate in 2014"]
Most of the dozens of essential climate variables monitored each year in this report continued to follow their long-term trends in 2014, with several setting new records. Carbon...- publication PDF
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Dynamics of Wind Setdown at Suez and the Eastern Nile Delta
Wind setdown is the drop in water level caused by wind stress acting on the surface of a body of water for an extended period of time. As the wind blows, water recedes from the...- publication PDF
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Analysis of stress-induced transcripts and biogenic volatile organic...
Changes in the composition of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and stress-responsive gene transcripts were investigated in the tropical tree species Hymenaea...- publication PDF
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The representative concentration pathways: an overview
This paper summarizes the development process and main characteristics of the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), a set of four new pathways developed for the climate...- publication PDF
