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Daedalus: A low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower...
The Daedalus mission has been proposed to the European Space Agency (ESA) in response to the call for ideas for the Earth Observation program's 10th Earth Explorer. It was...- publication PDF
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Airborne doppler radar and sounding analysis of an oceanic cold front
An analysis of a cold front over the eastern Atlantic Ocean based on airborne Doppler wind syntheses and dropsonde data is presented. The focus and unique aspect of this study...- publication PDF
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A regime-based approach for integrating wind information in spatio-temporal...
Spatio-temporal solar forecasting based on statistical models seldom integrates wind information. An AutoRegressive with eXogenous input (ARX) model was tested using global...- publication PDF
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The relative contributions of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures and...
The recent slowdown in global mean surface temperature (GMST) warming during boreal winter is examined from a regional perspective using 10-member initial-condition ensembles...- publication PDF
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A steady-state continuous flow chamber for the study of daytime and...
Experiments performed in laboratory chambers have contributed significantly to the understanding of the fundamental kinetics and mechanisms of the chemical reactions occurring...- publication PDF
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Tropical cyclone simulation and response to CO₂ doubling in the GFDL CM2.5...
Global tropical cyclone (TC) activity is simulated by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Climate Model, version 2.5 (CM2.5), which is a fully coupled global...- publication PDF
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Dispersion of Smoke Plumes From the Oil Fires of Kuwait
Measurements collected during the multiple passes of a research aircraft through the smoke plumes from the oil fires of Kuwait are used to determine the sizes and growth rates...- publication PDF
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WACCM simulations of the mean circulation and trace species transport in the...
Downwelling of air in the high latitude winter middle atmosphere causes perturbations in chemical composition. Species with sources in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere,...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of parameterized convective transport of trace gases in...
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Uncertainties of estimates of inertio-gravity energy in the atmosphere. Part...
This paper presents the application of the normal-mode functions to diagnose the atmospheric energy spectra in terms of balanced and inertia-gravity (IG) contributions. A set of...- publication PDF
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Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed transport and variability
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) extends from the Southern Ocean to the northern North Atlantic, transporting heat northwards throughout the South and...- 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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Kinematic and dynamic collision statistics of cloud droplets from...
We study the dynamic and kinematic collision statistics of cloud droplets for a range of flow Taylor microscale Reynolds numbers (up to 500), using a highly scalable hybrid...- publication PDF
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Understanding the varied influence of midlatitude jet position on clouds and...
This study examines the dynamical mechanisms responsible for changes in midlatitude clouds and cloud radiative effects (CRE) that occur in conjunction with meridional shifts in...- publication PDF
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Toward better and healthier air quality: Implementation of WHO 2021 Global...
Air pollution is estimated to contribute to approximately 7 million premature deaths, of which around 4.5 million deaths are linked to ambient (outdoor) air pollution. The...- publication PDF
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Physically-based landfalling tropical cyclone scenarios in support of risk assessment
Populations and property values are increasing in tropical cyclone prone regions, driving up repair and replacement costs following a tropical cyclone impact. Climate change...- publication PDF
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Dust emission response to climate in Southern Africa
The processes which act in mineral dust source regions and factors which contribute to interannual variability within dust plumes emanating from them are poorly understood. In...- publication PDF
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Influence of projected Arctic sea ice loss on polar stratospheric ozone and...
The impact of projected Arctic sea ice loss on the stratosphere is investigated using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM), a state-of-the-art coupled chemistry...- publication PDF
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Airborne quantification of upper tropospheric NOx production from lightning...
The reported range for global production of nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO₂) by lightning remains large (e.g., 32 to 664 mol NOx flash⁻¹), despite incorporating results from...- publication PDF
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Validating precision estimates in horizontal wind measurements from a Doppler lidar
Results from a recent field campaign are used to assess the accuracy of wind speed and direction precision estimates produced by a Doppler lidar wind retrieval algorithm. The...- publication PDF