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Assessment of the quality of the Version 1.07 temperature-versus-pressure...
The quality of the retrieved temperature-versus-pressure (or T(p)) profiles is described for the middle atmosphere for the publicly available Sounding of the Atmosphere using...- publication PDF
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Impact of ITCZ width on global climate: ITCZ-MIP
The width of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affects tropical rainfall, Earth's albedo, large-scale circulation, and climate sensitivity. To better understand the...- publication PDF
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Potential impacts of future warming and land use changes on intra-urban heat...
Extreme heat events in the United States are projected to become more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. We investigated the individual and combined effects of...- publication PDF
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Assimilation of GPS radio occultation refractivity data from CHAMP and SAC-C...
In this study, the GPS radio occultation (RO) data from the Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) and Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-C (SAC-C) missions are...- publication PDF
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Momentum budget of the migrating diurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower...
The leading terms of the momentum budget of the migrating diurnal tide are diagnosed from temperatures and geopotential height provided by Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere...- publication PDF
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Aerosol effects on stratocumulus water paths in a PDF-based parameterization
Successful simulation of aerosol indirect effects in climate models requires parameterizations that capture the full range of cloud-aerosol interactions, including positive and...- publication PDF
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An examination of the impact of grid spacing on WRF simulations of...
A large set of deterministic and ensemble forecasts was produced to identify the optimal spacing for forecasting U.S. East Coast snowstorms. WRF forecasts were produced on...- publication PDF
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Sun-like stars shed light on solar climate forcing
Recently published precise stellar photometry of 72 Sun-like stars obtained at the Fairborn Observatory between 1993 and 2017 is used to set limits on the solar forcing of...- publication PDF
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The effects of the island of Hawaii on offshore rainband evolution
The diurnal cycle of airflow on the island of Hawaii and the structure of the low-level flow separation line between the island-induced offshore flow and incoming trade winds...- publication PDF
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An objective analysis of the QBO in ERA-Interim and the Community Atmosphere...
The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) is the dominant mode of variability in the tropical stratosphere, which is in large part driven by upward propagating atmospheric waves. For...- publication PDF
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[Global Climate] Hydrologic cycle: Total column water vapor
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Influence of organized turbulence on OH reactivity at a deciduous forest
Oxidation of reactive carbon fuels climate- and pollution-relevant chemistry. Deciduous forests are important sources of reactive carbon (particularly isoprene). Organization in...- publication PDF
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Silver buckshot or bullet: Is a future "energy mix" necessary?
To displace fossil fuels and achieve the global greenhouse-gas emissions reductions required to meet the Paris Agreement on climate change, the prevalent argument is that a mix...- publication PDF
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Impact of trash burning on air quality in Mexico City
Air pollution experienced by expanding urban areas is responsible for serious health effects and death for millions of people every year. Trash burning is a common disposal...- publication PDF
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Recovery from Maunder-like grand minima in a Babcock–Leighton Solar Dynamo Model
The Sun occasionally goes through Maunder-like extended grand minima when its magnetic activity drops considerably from the normal activity level for several decades. Many...- publication PDF
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Coupling the Rice convection model-equilibrium to the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry...
The pursuit of realistic simulation of the physics of plasma transport, ring current formation and storm-triggered Earth magnetic and electric field is an ongoing challenge in...- publication PDF
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Climatology and structures of southwest vortices in the NCEP climate...
The southwest vortex (SWV) is a meso-a-scale cyclonic low pressure system originating in southwest China. It is a high-impact precipitation-generating weather system in this...- publication PDF
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Examining the impacts of great lakes temperature perturbations on simulated...
Most inland water bodies are not resolved by general circulation models, requiring that lake surface temperatures be estimated. Given the large spatial and temporal variability...- publication PDF
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The North American Multimodel Ensemble: Phase-1 seasonal-to-interannual...
The recent U.S. National Academies report, Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability, was unequivocal in recommending the need for the...- publication PDF
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Externally forced and internally generated decadal climate variability...
Globally averaged surface air temperatures in some decades show rapid increases (accelerated warming decades), and in other decades there is no warming trend (hiatus decades). A...- publication PDF