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The impact of positive-definite moisture transport on NWP precipitation forecasts
A positive-definite transport scheme for moisture is tested in a nonhydrostatic forecast model using convection-permitting resolutions. Use of the positive-definite scheme is...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of an analytical model for the maximum intensity of tropical cyclones
Several studies have shown that the intensity of numerically simulated tropical cyclones can exceed (by 50%) a theoretical upper limit. To investigate the cause, this study...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the role of internal climate variability in future climate trends
Internal variability in the climate system gives rise to large uncertainty in projections of future climate. The uncertainty in future climate due to internal climate...- publication PDF
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Approximate Absorption Cross Sections of F12, F11, CIONO2, N2O5, HNO3, CCI4,...
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A novel Whole Air Sample Profiler (WASP) for the quantification of volatile...
The emission and fate of reactive volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is of inherent interest to those studying chemical biosphere-atmosphere interactions. In-canopy VOC...- publication PDF
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Torsional Alfvén wave embedded ICME magnetic cloud and corresponding...
Energy transfer during the interaction of large-scale solar wind structure and the Earth's magnetosphere is a chronic issue in space-weather studies. To understand this,...- publication PDF
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Tropical temperature variability and Kelvin-wave activity in the UTLS from...
Tropical temperature variability over 10-30 km and associated Kelvin-wave activity are investigated using GPS radio occultation (RO) data from January 2002 to December 2014. RO...- publication PDF
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Investigating ice nucleation in cirrus clouds with an aerosol-enabled...
In this study, an aerosol-dependent ice nucleation scheme has been implemented in an aerosol-enabled Multiscale Modeling Framework (PNNL MMF) to study ice formation in upper...- publication PDF
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Response of winter fine particulate matter concentrations to emission and...
The winter haze is a growing problem in North China, but the causes are not well understood. The chemistry version of the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF-Chem) was...- publication PDF
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Large amplitude perturbations in mesospheric OH Meinel and 87-Km Na lidar...
Two high-precision CEDAR instruments, an OH Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (MTM) and a Na Temperature Lidar, have been used to investigate seasonal variability in the mid-...- publication PDF
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Efficient in-cloud removal of aerosols by deep convection
Convective systems dominate the vertical transport of aerosols and trace gases. The most recent in situ aerosol measurements presented here show that the concentrations of...- publication PDF
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The atmospheric response to three decades of observed Arctic sea ice loss
Arctic sea ice is declining at an increasing rate with potentially important repercussions. To understand better the atmospheric changes that may have occurred in response to...- publication PDF
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Data conservancy provenance, context, and lineage services: Key components...
Among the key services that institutional data management infrastructures must provide are provenance and lineage tracking and the ability to associate data with contextual...- publication PDF
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Indirect assimilation of radar reflectivity with WRF 3D-Var and its impact...
An indirect radar reflectivity assimilation scheme has been developed within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model three-dimensional data assimilation system (WRF...- publication PDF
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Toward constraining regional-scale fluxes of CO₂ with atmospheric...
We analyze the spatial variability of CO2 measurements from aircraft platforms, including extensive observations acquired over North America during the CO2 Budget and...- publication PDF
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Improved estimates of ocean heat content from 1960 to 2015
Earth's energy imbalance (EEI) drives the ongoing global warming and can best be assessed across the historical record (that is, since 1960) from ocean heat content (OHC)...- publication PDF
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Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by...
The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission built a photochemical climatology of air parcels based on in situ measurements with the NASA DC-8 aircraft along objectively...- publication PDF
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Earth's global energy budget
An update is provided on the Earth's global annual mean energy budget in the light of new observations and analyses. In 1997, Kiehl and Trenberth provided a review of past...- publication PDF
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Lower-stratospheric aerosol measurements in eastward-shedding vortices over...
Eastward air-mass transport from the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) anticyclone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) often involves eastward-shedding vortices,...- publication PDF
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Possible observation of horizontal roll vortices over the Adriatic Sea during bora
We report a possible occurrence of horizontal roll vortices over the Adriatic Sea during the bora wind. The National Center for Atmospheric Research Electra aircraft measured...- publication PDF
