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Uniting the Sun's Hale magnetic cycle and "extended solar cycle" paradigms
Through meticulous daily observation of the Sun's large-scale magnetic field the Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) has catalogued two magnetic (Hale) cycles of solar activity....- publication PDF
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Origins of uncertainty in the response of the summer north Pacific...
The variability of the summer North Pacific Subtropical High (NPSH) has substantial socioeconomic impacts. However, state-of-the-art climate models significantly disagree on the...- publication PDF
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Climate-driven variability and trends in plant productivity over recent...
Variability in climate exerts a strong influence on vegetation productivity (gross primary productivity; GPP), and therefore has a large impact on the land carbon sink. However,...- publication PDF
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Climate-change-driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era
Using a 25-y time series of precision satellite altimeter data from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3, we estimate the climate-change-driven acceleration of global...- publication PDF
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Three-dimensional structure of convectively coupled equatorial waves in...
Accurate simulations of convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) are key to properly forecasting rainfall and weather patterns within (and outside) the tropics. Many...- publication PDF
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CAM-SE: A scalable spectral element dynamical core for the Community Atmosphere Model
The Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) version 5 includes a spectral element dynamical core option from NCAR's High-Order Method Modeling Environment. It is a continuous Galerkin...- publication PDF
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Climate and carbon cycle dynamics in a CESM simulation from 850 to 2100 CE
Under the protocols of phase 3 of the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project, a number of simulations were produced that provide a range of potential climate evolutions...- publication PDF
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Interesting Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Observed by All-Sky Imagers in the...
This paper reports some interesting equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) on 4 and 5 October 2013 and 29 and 30 September 2013 observed by two all-sky imagers located in the...- publication PDF
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Metrics for the diurnal cycle of precipitation: Toward routine benchmarks...
Metrics are proposed--that is, a few summary statistics that condense large amounts of data from observations or model simulations--encapsulating the diurnal cycle of...- publication PDF
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CEDAR electrodynamics thermosphere ionosphere (ETI) challenge for systematic...
Objective quantification of model performance based on metrics helps us evaluate the current state of space physics modeling capability, address differences among various...- publication PDF
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Interdecadal variability of terrestrial water storage since 2003
Earth’s water cycle is changing due to anthropogenic forcing and internal variations in the climate system. These changes are leading to an intensification of the water...- publication PDF
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Towards the next generation operational meteorological radar
This article summarizes research and risk reduction that will inform acquisition decisions regarding NOAA's future national operational weather radar network. A key alternative...- publication PDF
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On the realism of the rain microphysics representation of a squall line in...
A comparison between retrieved properties of the rain drop size distributions (DSDs) from multifrequency cloud radar observations and WRF Model results using either the Morrison...- publication PDF
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Evidence for nonmigrating tides produced by the interaction between tides...
In this work, 11 years (2002-2012) of Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics, and Dynamics/Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) global...- publication PDF
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Could wind have parted the Red Sea?
This article in Weatherwise magazine explains for a general audience the research results published in a scientific paper: Drews and Han 2010, "Dynamics of Wind Setdown at Suez...- publication PDF
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Assessing the impacts of assimilating GOLD disk O/N2 observations on the...
The Global‐scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) imagers scan the Earth's Thermosphere‐Ionosphere (TI) in the far ultraviolet wavelengths. Measurements from...- publication PDF
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Science directions in a post COP21 world of transient climate change:...
During recent decades, through theoretical considerations and analyses of observations and model simulations, the scientific community has fundamentally advanced our...- publication PDF
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Reproducing the September 2013 record-breaking rainfall over the Colorado...
Four convection-permitting Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) forecasts were produced in an attempt to replicate the record-breaking rainfall across the Colorado Front...- publication PDF
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Results of the PMIP2 coupled simulations of the mid-Holocene and Last...
A set of coupled ocean-atmosphere(-vegetation) simulations using state of the art climate models is now available for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the Mid-Holocene (MH)...- publication PDF
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Impact of the summer 2004 Alaska fires on top of the atmosphere clear-sky...
In this study we estimate the radiative impact of wildfires in Alaska during the record wildfire season of 2004 by integrating model simulations and satellite observations of...- publication PDF
