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A global survey of rotating convective updrafts in the GFDL X-SHiELD 2021...
We present the global characteristics of rotating convective updrafts in the 2021 version of GFDL's eXperimental System for High-resolution prediction on Earth-to-Local Domains...- publication PDF
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Large-eddy simulation of the daytime boundary layer in an idealized valley...
A three-dimensional numerical meteorological model is used to perform large-eddy simulations of the upslope flow circulation over a periodic ridge-valley terrain. The subgrid-...- publication PDF
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Analysis of the isoprene chemistry observed during the New England Air...
Isoprene and its first and second generation photochemical products, methyl vinyl ketone (MVK), methacrolein (MACR), and peroxymethacrylic nitric anhydride (MPAN), were measured...- publication PDF
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A Ray-tracing operator and its adjoint for the use of GPS/MET refraction...
The development of small, high-performance instruments to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) signals has created an opportunity for active remote sounding of the Earth's...- publication PDF
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Using GPS multipath to measure soil moisture fluctuations: Initial results
Measurements of soil moisture are important for studies of climate and weather forecasting, flood prediction, and aquifer recharge studies. Although soil moisture measurement...- publication PDF
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Relationship of convection initiation and subsequent storm strength to...
A 50-member convection-allowing ensemble was used to examine environmental factors influencing afternoon convection initiation (CI) and subsequent severe weather on 5 April 2017...- publication PDF
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Odin observations of Antarctic nighttime NO densities in the...
The Optical Spectrograph and Infrared Imaging System (OSIRIS) on the Odin satellite currently has an eight-year dataset of nighttime Antarctic nitric oxide densities, [NO], in...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms regulating coccolithophore dynamics in the Great Calcite Belt in...
The Great Calcite Belt (GCB) is a region of elevated particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) generated by coccolithophore growth that spans the subantarctic Southern Ocean. The GCB...- publication PDF
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The Energy Balance Experiment EBEX-2000. Part I: Overview and energy balance
An overview of the Energy Balance Experiment (EBEX-2000) is given. This experiment studied the ability of state-of-the-art measurements to close the surface energy balance over...- publication PDF
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Perturbing parameters to understand cloud contributions to climate change
The sensitivity of cloud feedbacks to atmospheric model parameters is evaluated using a CAM6 perturbed parameter ensemble (PPE). The CAM6 PPE perturbs 45 parameters across 262...- publication PDF
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Clear-sky column water vapor retrievals using the Airborne Imaging Microwave...
The brightness temperature measurements from the Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer ( AIMR) microwave radiometer 37 GHz and 90 GHz channels are used to determine the column...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of humidity correction methods for Vaisala RS92 tropical sounding data
This study examines the DigiCORA and Global Climate Observing System Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) humidity corrections of Vaisala RS92 radiosondes at three sites over the...- publication PDF
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An Earth-system prediction initiative for the twenty-first century
The necessity and benefits for establishing the international Earth-system Prediction Initiative (EPI) are discussed by scientists associated with the World Meteorological...- publication PDF
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Vortex waves in sunspots
Context. Waves in the magnetized solar atmosphere are one of the favourite means of transferring and depositing energy into the solar corona. The study of waves brings...- publication PDF
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Monsoon regimes and processes in CCSM4. Part I: The Asian-Australian monsoon
The simulation characteristics of the Asian-Australian monsoon are documented for the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4). This is the first part of a two part...- publication PDF
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Convective eddy momentum tendencies in long cloud-resolving model simulations
Domain-average momentum budgets are examined in several multiday cloud-resolving model simulations of deep tropical convection in realistic shears. The convective eddy momentum...- publication PDF
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A two-ejecta event associated with a two-step geomagnetic storm
A new view on how large disturbances in the magnetosphere may be prolonged and intensified further emerges from a recently discovered interplanetary process: the...- publication PDF
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Observationally derived and GCM simulated tropical stratospheric upward mass fluxes
We quantify the vertical velocity and upward mass flux in the tropical lower stratosphere on the basis of accurate radiative heating rate calculations using 8-year Southern...- publication PDF
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Theoretical expressions for the ascent rate of moist deep convective thermals
An approximate analytic expression is derived for the ratio lambda of the ascent rate of moist deep convective thermals and the maximum vertical velocity within them; lambda is...- publication PDF
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A modeling strategy for the investigation of the effect of mesoscale SST...
An efficient modeling strategy is proposed for the investigation of the effect of the sea surface temperature (SST) mesoscale variability on atmospheric dynamics. Two ensembles...- publication PDF
