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Acidity and the multiphase chemistry of atmospheric aqueous particles and clouds
The acidity of aqueous atmospheric solutions is a key parameter driving both the partitioning of semi-volatile acidic and basic trace gases and their aqueous-phase chemistry. In...- publication PDF
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Multi-model comparison of the volcanic sulfate deposition from the 1815...
The eruption of Mt. Tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption of the past 500 years. The eruption had significant climatic impacts, leading to the 1816 "year without a...- publication PDF
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Response of GOLD retrieved thermospheric temperatures to geomagnetic...
Global-scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) disk measurements of far ultraviolet molecular nitrogen band emissions are used to retrieve temperatures (Tdisk), which are...- publication PDF
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Magnetic buoyancy and rotational instabilities in the tachocline
We present results from an analytical model for magnetic buoyancy and rotational instabilities in a full spherical shell tachocline that includes rotation, differential rotation...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of northern Great Plains convection forecasts to upstream and...
The role of earlier forecast errors on subsequent convection forecasts is evaluated for a northern Great Plains severe convective event on 11-12 June 2013 during the Mesoscale...- publication PDF
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Key drivers of ozone change and its radiative forcing over the 21st century
Over the 21st century changes in both tropospheric and stratospheric ozone are likely to have important consequences for the Earth's radiative balance. In this study, we...- publication PDF
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Northern winter stratospheric temperature and ozone responses to ENSO...
The connection between the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Northern polar stratosphere has been established from observations and atmospheric modeling. Here a...- publication PDF
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Observations of the ABL structures over a heterogeneous land surface during IHOP_2002
This study analyzes data collected by aircraft and surface flux sites over a 60-km north–south-oriented aircraft track for five fair-weather days during the International H2O...- publication PDF
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Turbulence regimes and turbulence intermittency in the stable boundary layer...
An investigation of nocturnal intermittent turbulence during the Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study in 1999 (CASES-99) revealed three turbulence regimes at each...- publication PDF
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Grand challenges in the physics of the sun and sun-like stars
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Two methods for estimating limits to large-scale wind power generation
Wind turbines generate electricity by removing kinetic energy from the atmosphere. We show that the limited replenishment of kinetic energy from aloft limits wind power...- publication PDF
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Comparison of local and nonlocal observation operators for the assimilation...
In this study, an Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) is performed to evaluate the performance of a nonlocal excess phase operator and a local refractivity operator...- publication PDF
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Climatological annual cycle of the salinity budgets of the subtropical maxima
Six subtropical salinity maxima (S-max) exist: two each in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean basins. The north Indian (NI) S-max lies in the Arabian Sea while the...- publication PDF
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Climate impacts of systematic errors in the simulation of the path of the...
Experiments employing an adjustment of the pressure field in the ocean component of a coupled climate system model are undertaken in both ocean-only and coupled experiments to...- publication PDF
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"Dry hole" in Venezuelan mesoscale cyclone
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An ensemble conditional nonlinear optimal perturbation approach: Formulation...
The conditional nonlinear optimal perturbation (CNOP) method proposed by Mu et al. (2003) has been a useful tool for studying predictability dynamics. Its further applications...- publication PDF
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A computationally efficient method for updating fuel inputs for wildfire...
Disturbance events can happen at a temporal scale much faster than wildland fire fuel data updates. When used as input for wildland fire behavior models, outdated fuel datasets...- publication PDF
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Learning about parameter and structural uncertainty in carbon cycle models
Uncertainty in the response of the global carbon cycle to anthropogenic emissions plays a key role in assessments of potential future climate change and response strategies. We...- publication PDF
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Quantifying emissions of CO and NOx using observations from MOPITT, OMI,...
We use the GEOS-Chem four-dimensional variational data assimilation system to estimate emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in November 2009 and July...- publication PDF
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Land use and land cover change strongly modulates land-atmosphere coupling...
Prior research indicates that land use and land cover change (LULCC) in the central United States has led to significant changes in surface climate. The spatial resolution of...- publication PDF