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Constraining a 3DVAR radar data assimilation system with large-scale...
It is known from previous studies that radar data assimilation can improve short-range forecasts of precipitation, mainly when radial wind and reflectivity are available....- publication PDF
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Decadal-scale periodicities in the stratosphere associated with the solar...
An interactive two-dimensional model is used to analyze the response of the stratosphere to the 11-year solar cycle in the presence of a quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO). The...- publication PDF
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Improved simulations of atmospheric river climatology and variability in...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs), referring to long and narrow filamentary bands of intense water vapor transport in the atmosphere, can cause extreme precipitation, floods, and drought...- publication PDF
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Flash drought timing and winter wheat productivity in the southern Great...
Flash droughts are highly impactful, subseasonal to seasonal events that pose a severe risk to agricultural production. Within the United States, these rapidly intensifying...- publication PDF
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Use of information by National Weather Service forecasters and emergency...
Winter storms making landfall in western North America can generate heavy precipitation and other significant weather, leading to floods, landslides, and other hazards that...- 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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Investigation of interhemispheric asymmetry of the thermospheric composition...
An interhemispheric asymmetry of thermospheric Oxygen (O) to Nitrogen (N-2) column density ratio (Sigma O/N-2) variations was observed by the Global-scale Observations of the...- publication PDF
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Global atmospheric CO2 inverse models converging on neutral tropical land...
We have compared a suite of recent global CO2 atmospheric inversion results to independent airborne observations and to each other, to assess their dependence on differences in...- publication PDF
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An analog ensemble for short-term probabilistic solar power forecast
The energy produced by photovoltaic farms has a variable nature depending on astronomical and meteorological factors. The former are the solar elevation and the solar azimuth,...- publication PDF
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Uncovering the forced climate response from a single ensemble member using...
Internal atmospheric variability fundamentally limits predictability of climate and obscures evidence of anthropogenic climate change regionally and on time scales of up to a...- publication PDF
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Rapid intensification, eyewall contraction, and breakdown of Hurricane...
The rapid intensification and decay in Hurricane Charley (2004) was sampled by the WSR-88Ds in Key West and Tampa. Charley's axisymmetric wind fields, vertical vorticity,...- publication PDF
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Wavelength-diverse polarization modulators for Stokes polarimetry
Information about the three-dimensional structure of solar magnetic fields is encoded in the polarized spectra of solar radiation by a host of physical processes. To extract...- publication PDF
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Historical and future trends in ocean climate and biogeochemistry
Changing atmospheric composition due to human activities, primarily carbon dioxide (COâ) emissions from fossil fuel burning, is already impacting ocean circulation,...- publication PDF
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Propagation delays induced in GPS signals by dry air, water vapor,...
Dry air, water vapor, hydrometeors, and other particulates (sand, dust, aerosols, and volcanic ash) in the atmosphere introduce microwave propagation delays. These delays must...- publication PDF
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Atlas of Computed Infrared Atmospheric Absorption Spectra: Atmospheric...
An atlas of atmospheric absorption calculations is presented for a vertical path through the atmosphere above altitudes of 4, 14, 30, 40, 45, and 54 km. The calculations are...- publication PDF
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Contribution of mixing to upward transport across the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL)
During the second part of the TROCCINOX campaign that took place in Brazil in early 2005, chemical species were measured on-board the high-altitude research aircraft Geophysica...- publication PDF
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Current Global Land-surface Data Sets for Use in Climate-related Studies
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Tracking movement of long-lived equatorial coronal holes from analysis of...
Features at the Sun's surface and atmosphere are constantly changing due to its magnetic field. The McIntosh Archive provides a long-term (45 yr) record of these features,...- publication PDF
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On the scaling of shear-driven entrainment: A DNS study
The deepening of a shear-driven turbulent layer penetrating into a stably stratified quiescent layer is studied using direct numerical simulation (DNS). The simulation design...- publication PDF
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Small-scale behavior of Hall magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Decaying Hall magnetohydrodynamic (HMHD) turbulence is studied using three-dimensional (3D) direct numerical simulations with grids up to 768(3) points and two different types...- publication PDF