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Response of orographic precipitation to subsaturated low-level layers
In orographic precipitation events, there are times when subsaturated low-level layers are observed to be below saturated, nearly moist-neutral, upper-level layers. By...- publication PDF
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Secondary ice production by fragmentation of freezing drops: Formulation and theory
A numerical formulation is provided for secondary ice production during fragmentation of freezing raindrops or drizzle. This is obtained by pooling laboratory observations from...- publication PDF
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Importance of mid-level moisture for tropical cyclone formation in easterly...
This study explores the importance of midlevel moisture for tropical cyclone (TC) formation in monsoon and easterly environments over the western North Pacific in regional...- publication PDF
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Marine and terrestrial organic ice-nucleating particles in pristine marine...
Sea spray aerosol (SSA) generated by bubble bursting at the ocean surface is an important component of aerosol-cloud interactions over remote oceans, providing the atmosphere...- publication PDF
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Sudden stratospheric warmings
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are impressive fluid dynamical events in which large and rapid temperature increases in the winter polar stratosphere (similar to 10-50 km)...- publication PDF
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Further results on moist nearly neutral flow over a ridge
In a recent study, the authors performed numerical simulations of moist nearly neutral flows over a ridge using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model in a regime...- publication PDF
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User's Guide to NCAR Computing Facility
This manual includes policy matters as well as technical information for users of the NCAR Computing Facility. This reference manual is for visitors and remote job entry users...- publication PDF
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Societal and economic research and applications for weather forecasts:...
Despite the meteorological community's long-term interest in weather-society interactions, efforts to understand socioeconomic aspects of weather prediction and to incorporate...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the diurnal variation in atmospheric NO 2 from Geostationary...
The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) over Asia is the first geostationary Earth orbit instrument in the virtual constellation of sensors for atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Effect of climate change on surface ozone over North America, Europe, and East Asia
The effect of future climate change on surface ozone over North America, Europe, and East Asia is evaluated using present-day (2000s) and future (2100s) hourly surface ozone...- publication PDF
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A comparison of the Diel cycle of modeled and measured latent heat flux...
Precipitation changes the physiological characteristics of an ecosystem. Because land-surface models are often used to project changes in the hydrological cycle, modeling the...- publication PDF
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Characteristics of vertical air motion in isolated convective clouds
The vertical velocity and air mass flux in isolated convective clouds are statistically analyzed using aircraft in situ data collected from three field campaigns: High-Plains...- publication PDF
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A Carrier Balloon for Tropical Soundings
During July 1970 to January 1971, a series of tests was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining wind data in the tropical troposphere and lower stratosphere by...- publication PDF
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Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is an important contributor to air pollution and can adversely affect human health(1-9). A decrease in NO2 concentrations has been reported as a result of...- publication PDF
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Hydrodynamic planetary thermosphere model: 1. Response of the Earth's...
It has been suggested that the exobase temperature of early terrestrial planetary atmosphere could have reached over 10,000 K. Although such high exobase temperatures should...- publication PDF
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Nighttime secondary ozone layer during major stratospheric sudden warmings...
A major stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) strongly impacts the entire middle atmosphere up to the thermosphere. Currently, the role of atmospheric dynamics on polar ozone in...- publication PDF
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Eruptive event generator based on the Gibson-Low magnetic configuration
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs), a kind of energetic solar eruptions, are an integral subject of space weather research. Numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling, which...- publication PDF
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Force-free Magnetic Field Computation I
This report describes the physical background and the basic equations of a general force-free magnetic field, and shows that for a class of constant ��� force-...- publication PDF
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Precipitation and synoptic regime in two extreme years 2009 and 2010 at Dome...
At the East Antarctic deep ice core drilling site Dome C, daily precipitation measurements were initiated in 2006 and are being continued until today. The amounts and stable...- publication PDF
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Observed and bin model simulated evolution of drop size distributions in...
This study examines microphysical processes in developing high-based cumulus congestus over the United Arab Emirates using aircraft observations and a large-eddy-simulation...- publication PDF