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A range of outcomes: The combined effects of internal variability and...
Disentangling the effects of internal variability and anthropogenic forcing on regional climate trends remains a key challenge with far-reaching implications. Due to its largely...- publication PDF
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Waldmeier effect in stellar cycles
One of the most robust features of the solar magnetic cycle is that the stronger cycles rise faster than the weaker ones. This is popularly known as the Waldmeier Effect, which...- publication PDF
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Predictability of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during major sudden...
The predictability of the middle atmosphere during major sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) is investigated based on subseasonal hindcasts in the Community Earth System Model,...- publication PDF
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Improving quantitative precipitation forecasts in the warm season: A USWRP...
Warm-season quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) are the poorest performance area of forecast systems worldwide. They stubbornly fall further behind while other aspects...- publication PDF
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Cyclic evolution of coronal fields from a coupled dynamo potential-field...
The structure of the Sun's corona varies with the solar-cycle phase, from a near spherical symmetry at solar maximum to an axial dipole at solar minimum. It is widely accepted...- publication PDF
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Severe weather forecasts and public perceptions: An analysis of the 2011...
This paper uses the "Super Outbreak" of 2011 as a case study to examine the potential gaps between the dissemination of severe weather warnings and the public's behavioral...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of a simulated squall line to horizontal resolution and...
Idealized simulations of the 15 May 2009 squall line from VORTEX2 are evaluated in this study. Four different microphysical setups are used, with either single-moment (1M) or...- publication PDF
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Simulation of the formation of a solar active region
We present a radiative magnetohydrodynamics simulation of the formation of an active region (AR) on the solar surface. The simulation models the rise of a buoyant magnetic flux...- publication PDF
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Report on the MkIII Calibration and Quality Assurance Project
This report addresses the MkIII Calibration and Quality Assurance Project areas where effort needed to be applied were determined through an examination of current and...- publication PDF
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Measurements of heavy convective rainfall in the presence of hail in...
The utility of X-band polarimetric radar to provide rainfall estimations with high spatial and temporal resolution in heavy convective precipitation in the presence of hail is...- publication PDF
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Increasing Alaskan river discharge during the cold season is driven by recent warming
Arctic hydrology is experiencing rapid changes including earlier snow melt, permafrost degradation, increasing active layer depth, and reduced river ice, all of which are...- publication PDF
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Tropical thin cirrus and relative humidity observed by the Atmospheric...
Global observations of cloud and humidity distributions in the upper troposphere within all geophysical conditions are critically important in order to monitor the present...- publication PDF
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The path to CAM6: Coupled simulations with CAM5.4 and CAM5.5
This paper documents coupled simulations of two developmental versions of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) towards CAM6. The configuration called CAM5.4 introduces new...- publication PDF
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A single-column model ensemble approach applied to the TWP-ICE experiment
Single-column models (SCM) are useful test beds for investigating the parameterization schemes of numerical weather prediction and climate models. The usefulness of SCM...- publication PDF
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Assimilation of MODIS snow cover through the Data Assimilation Research...
To improve snowpack estimates in Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow cover fraction (SCF) was assimilated into...- publication PDF
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A simple technique for creating regional composites of sea-surface...
This paper describes a simple technique for creating regional, high-resolution, daytime and nighttime composites of sea surface temperature (SST) for use in operational...- publication PDF
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Regional climate impacts of irrigation in northern Italy using a high...
Irrigation is crucial for sustaining agriculture in certain regions; however, there are effects on the local climate. Previous studies discussed that the irrigation signal might...- publication PDF
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Process-oriented analysis of dominant sources of uncertainty in the land carbon sink
The observed global net land carbon sink is captured by current land models. All models agree that atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen deposition driven gains in carbon stocks are...- publication PDF
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The Ophir Radiometric Thermometer: Preliminary Evaluation
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Is the net cloud radiative effect constrained to be uniform over the...
Global radiative-convective equilibrium simulations are used to investigate the hypothesis that mutual interactions among cloud albedo, sea surface temperature gradients, and...- publication PDF
