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Statistical–dynamical seasonal forecast of western North Pacific and East...
This study attempts to improve the prediction of western North Pacific (WNP) and East Asia (EA) landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) using modes of large-scale climate...- publication PDF
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Air-sea interaction in the Ligurian Sea: Assessment of a Coupled...
In situ experimental data and numerical model results are presented for the Ligurian Sea in the northwestern Mediterranean. The Ligurian Sea Air-Sea Interaction Experiment...- publication PDF
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The longitudinal variation of the daily mean thermospheric mass density
This study uses the GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) and CHAMP(CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) accelerometer measurements from 2003 to 2008. These measurements...- publication PDF
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The impact on the ozone layer of a potential fleet of civil hypersonic aircraft
The aeronautical community is currently researching technology that might lead to commercial hypersonic aircraft that would cruise at Mach 5-8 in the middle or upper...- publication PDF
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A Ray-tracing operator and its adjoint for the use of GPS/MET refraction...
The development of small, high‐performance instruments to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) signals has created an opportunity for active remote sounding of the Earth's...- publication PDF
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Consistent impacts of surface enthalpy and drag coefficient uncertainty...
Several previous studies have demonstrated the significant sensitivity of simulated tropical cyclone structure and intensity to variations in surface-exchange coefficients for...- publication PDF
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The atmospheric role in the Arctic water cycle: A review on processes, past...
Atmospheric humidity, clouds, precipitation, and evapotranspiration are essential components of the Arctic climate system. During recent decades, specific humidity and...- publication PDF
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Last millennium climate and its variability in CCSM4
An overview of a simulation referred to as the "Last Millennium" (LM) simulation of the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4), is presented. The CCSM4 LM simulation...- publication PDF
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Mesospheric nitric oxide transport in WACCM
Energetic particle precipitation (EPP) causes ionization of the main constituents of the Earth's atmosphere which leads to the production of nitric oxide (NO) throughout the...- publication PDF
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Decadal climate prediction: Opportunities and challenges
The scientific understanding of Earth's climate system is now sufficiently developed to show that climate change from anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing is already upon us,...- publication PDF
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Impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on transatlantic flight routes and...
The variation of wind-optimal transatlantic flight routes and their turbulence potential is investigated to understand how upper-level winds and large-scale flow patterns can...- publication PDF
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Modeling the influence of hypsometry, vegetation, and storm energy on...
Point observations and previous basin modeling efforts have suggested that snowmelt may be a significant input of water for runoff during extreme rain-on-snow floods within...- publication PDF
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Performance of the Vaisala RS80 A/H and RS90 Humicap sensors and the...
In climate research there is a strong need for accurate observations of water vapor in the upper atmosphere. Radiosoundings provide relative humidity profiles but the accuracy...- publication PDF
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Explicitly representing soil microbial processes in Earth system models
Microbes influence soil organic matter decomposition and the long-term stabilization of carbon (C) in soils. We contend that by revising the representation of microbial...- publication PDF
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Box model intercomparison of cloud chemistry
Chemical processes in clouds and fogs can substantially alter atmospheric oxidant budgets and lead to aerosol mass formation. However, many regional and global models do not...- publication PDF
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Strong local evaporative cooling over land due to atmospheric aerosols
Aerosols can enhance terrestrial productivity through increased absorption of solar radiation by the shaded portion of the plant canopy-the diffuse radiation fertilization...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of a convection-permitting modeling of precipitation over the...
Precipitation is a critical input to land surface and hydrology modeling and prediction. Dynamical downscale modeling has added value to representing precipitation, when...- publication PDF
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Bridging the gap between climate and weather
The interagency National Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) collaboration convened a 2.5-day workshop with 106 representatives from several federal and state agencies, as...- publication PDF
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Altitude variations in the thermosphere mass density response to geomagnetic...
Accelerometer data from coplanar orbits of Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites were used to study the...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of MOPITT Version 7 joint TIR–NIR X CO retrievals with TCCON
Observations of carbon monoxide (CO) from the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument aboard the Terra spacecraft were expected to have an accuracy of...- publication PDF
