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Terrestrial and marine perspectives on modeling organic matter degradation pathways
Organic matter (OM) plays a major role in both terrestrial and oceanic biogeochemical cycles. The amount of carbon stored in these systems is far greater than that of carbon...- publication PDF
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Precipitation variability increases in a warmer climate
Understanding changes in precipitation variability is essential for a complete explanation of the hydrologic cycle's response to warming and its impacts. While changes in mean...- publication PDF
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A gridded solar irradiance ensemble prediction system based on WRF-solar EPS...
The WRF-Solar Ensemble Prediction System (WRF-Solar EPS) and a calibration method, the analog ensemble (AnEn), are used to generate calibrated gridded ensemble forecasts of...- publication PDF
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Method for Object-Based Diagnostic Evaluation
This technical note discusses the Method for Object-Based Diagnostic Evaluation (MODE), which is part of the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) verification software package. MODE is...- publication PDF
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Eddy-modified iron, light, and phytoplankton cell division rates in the...
We examine the effects of Southern Ocean eddies on phytoplankton cell division rates in a global, multiyear, eddy-resolving, 3-D ocean simulation of the Community Earth System...- publication PDF
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Latent variable modeling for integrating output from multiple climate models
Numerical models of atmosphere - ocean circulation are widely used to understand past climate and to project future climate change. Although the same laws of physics, chemistry,...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of tropical cyclone rainfall to idealized global-scale forcings
Heavy rainfall and flooding associated with tropical cyclones (TCs) are responsible for a large number of fatalities and economic damage worldwide. Despite their large...- publication PDF
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The modeling of the North Equatorial Countercurrent in the Community Earth...
The North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) simulated by a coupled ocean-atmosphere model and its oceanic component have been investigated and compared against oceanographic...- publication PDF
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Operational implementation of COSMIC observations into NCEP's Global Data...
The next generation of NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System became operational on 1 May 2007. This system incorporates the assimilation of global positioning system (GPS)...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of convective cell dynamics and microphysics to model resolution...
The OWLeS IOP2b lake-effect case is simulated using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model with a horizontal grid spacing of 148 m (WRF-LES mode). The dynamics and...- publication PDF
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Global modeling of equatorial spread F with SAMI3/WACCM-X
We report the first results of a global ionosphere/thermosphere simulation study that self-consistently generates large-scale equatorial spreadF(ESF) plasma bubbles in the...- publication PDF
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The Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Model Intercomparison...
The Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate (SSiRC) Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project (ISA-MIP) explores uncertainties in the processes that...- publication PDF
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AMOC stability and diverging response to Arctic sea ice decline in two climate models
This study compares the impacts of Arctic sea ice decline on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) in two configurations of the Community Earth System Model...- publication PDF
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Impact of tropical cyclone wind forcing on the global climate in a fully...
Tropical cyclones (TCs) alter upper-ocean temperature and influence ocean heat content via enhanced turbulent mixing. A better understanding of the role of TCs within the...- publication PDF
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Error growth in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere based on hindcast...
The capability to forecast conditions in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere is investigated based on 30-day hindcast experiments that were initialized bimonthly during 2009...- publication PDF
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Improved cloud-phase determination of low-level liquid and mixed-phase...
The unambiguous retrieval of cloud phase from polarimetric lidar observations is dependent on the assumption that only cloud scattering processes affect polarization...- publication PDF
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Global demographic trends and future carbon emissions
Substantial changes in population size, age structure, and urbanization are expected in many parts of the world this century. Although such changes can affect energy use and...- publication PDF
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Impacts of initial estimate and observations availability on...
The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) uses an ensemble of short-range forecasts to estimate the flow-dependent background error covariances required in data assimilation. The...- publication PDF
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Hybrid forecasting: blending climate predictions with AI models
Hybrid hydroclimatic forecasting systems employ data-driven (statistical or machine learning) methods to harness and integrate a broad variety of predictions from dynamical,...- publication PDF
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Observational analyses of dramatic developments of a severe air pollution...
A rapid development of a severe air pollution event in Beijing, China, at the end of November 2015 was investigated with unprecedented observations collected during the field...- publication PDF
