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Flight control software for the wave-front sensor of SUNRISE 1m balloon telescope
This paper describes the flight control software of the wave-front correction system that flew on the 2009 science flight of the Sunrise balloon telescope. The software...- publication PDF
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The meteorology and impacts of the September 2020 Western United States...
In September 2020, Western North America was impacted by a highly anomalous meteorological event. Over the Pacific Northwest, strong and dry easterly winds exceeded historically...- publication PDF
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Upper atmosphere radiance data assimilation: A feasibility study for GOLD...
Far ultraviolet observations of Earth's dayglow from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission...- publication PDF
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African hydroclimate during the early Eocene from the DeepMIP simulations
The early Eocene (similar to 56-48 Myr ago) is characterized by high CO2 estimates (1,200-2,500 ppmv) and elevated global temperatures (similar to 10 degrees C-16 degrees C...- publication PDF
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Entering negotiations: Early-career perspectives on the UN Conference of...
As the pressure to address the climate crisis builds, scientists must walk the line between research and activism. This was apparent at the 2019 United Nations (UN) Framework...- publication PDF
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Coupled mesoscale-LES modeling of a diurnal cycle during the CWEX-13 field...
Multiscale modeling of a diurnal cycle of real-world conditions is presented for the first time, validated using data from the CWEX-13 field experiment. Dynamical downscaling...- publication PDF
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Evaluating model performance of an ensemble-based chemical data assimilation...
We present a global chemical data assimilation system using a global atmosphere model, the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM3) with simplified chemistry and the Data Assimilation...- publication PDF
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A review of global long-term changes in the mesosphere, thermosphere and...
The climate of the upper atmosphere, including the mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere, is changing. As data records are much more limited than in the lower atmosphere and...- publication PDF
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Quality control for community-based sea-ice model development
A new collaborative organization for sea-ice model development, the CICE Consortium, has devised quality control procedures to maintain the integrity of its numerical codes'...- publication PDF
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Observations of gravity wave forcing of the mesopause region during the...
Studies of vertical and interhemispheric coupling during Sudden Stratospheric Warmings (SSWs) suggest that gravity wave (GW) momentum flux divergence plays a key role in forcing...- publication PDF
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Effects of trans-Eurasian transport of air pollutants on surface ozone...
Due to a lack of industrialization in Western China, surface air there was, until recently, believed to be relatively unpolluted. However, recent measurements and modeling...- publication PDF
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Resolving nanoparticle growth mechanisms from size- and time-dependent...
Atmospheric new particle formation occurs frequently in the global atmosphere and may play a crucial role in climate by affecting cloud properties. The relevance of newly formed...- publication PDF
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Limited-area atmospheric modeling using an unstructured mesh
A regional configuration of the atmospheric component of the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS-A) is described and evaluated. It employs horizontally unstructured...- publication PDF
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The behavior of trade-wind cloudiness in observations and models: The major...
Guided by ground-based radar and lidar profiling at the Barbados Cloud Observatory (BCO), this study evaluates trade-wind cloudiness in ECMWF's Integrated Forecast System (IFS)...- publication PDF
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An investigation of ammonia and inorganic particulate matter in California...
Airborne observations from the California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) campaign in May and June 2010 are used to investigate the role of...- publication PDF
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Overview of the CPOC pilot study at Whiteface Mountain, NY: Cloud Processing...
Aqueous chemical processing within cloud and fog water is thought to be a key process in the production and transformation of secondary organic aerosol mass, found abundantly...- publication PDF
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Changes of thermospheric composition and ionospheric density caused by quasi...
Using the thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere electrodynamics-general circulation model, we investigate the effect of quasi 2 day wave (QTDW) dissipation on thermospheric...- publication PDF
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Global and zonal-mean hydrological response to early Eocene warmth.
Earth's hydrological cycle is expected to intensify in response to global warming, with a "wet-gets-wetter, dry-gets-drier" response anticipated over the ocean. Subtropical...- publication PDF
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Comparison of eulerian bin and lagrangian particle-based microphysics in...
A single nonprecipitating cumulus congestus setup is applied to compare droplet spectra grown by the diffusion of water vapor in Eulerian bin and particle-based Lagrangian...- publication PDF
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Projections of future summertime ozone over the U.S.
We use a regional coupled chemistry-transport model to assess changes in surface ozone over the summertime U.S. between present and a 2050 future time period at high spatial...- publication PDF