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Point Correlations of Geopotential Height and Temperature at 30 mb and...
This report discusses teleconnection in the atmosphere and extends the analysis to the stratosphere. The intent of this document is to provide a more comprehensive view of...- publication PDF
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Contribution of meteorological downscaling to skill and precision of...
Research in meteorological prediction on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scales has seen growth in recent years. Concurrent with this growth, demand for seasonal drought...- publication PDF
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The response of mesospheric H2O and CO to solar irradiance variability in...
Water vapor (H2O) is the source of reactive hydrogen radicals in the middle atmosphere, whereas carbon monoxide (CO), being formed by CO2 photolysis, is suitable as a dynamical...- publication PDF
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Ozone and Foliar Damage Analysis: NCAR and St. Louis
Surface level ozone, or tropospheric ozone, is a common pollutant and can cause harm to a wide variety of plant species. Observing and analyzing ozone concentrations and foliar...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models...
Using NASA's A-Train satellite measurements, we evaluate the accuracy of cloud water content (CWC) and water vapor mixing ratio (H₂O) outputs from 19 climate models submitted to...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric global dust cycle and iron inputs to the ocean
Since iron is an important micronutrient, deposition of iron in mineral aerosols can impact the carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2. This paper reviews our current understanding of...- publication PDF
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Impact of aerosols and turbulence on cloud droplet growth: An in-cloud...
This paper investigates the relative importance of turbulence and aerosol effects on the broadening of the droplet size distribution (DSD) during the early stage of cloud and...- publication PDF
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Determining robust impacts of land-use-induced land cover changes on surface...
The project Land-Use and Climate, Identification of Robust Impacts (LUCID) was conceived to address the robustness of biogeophysical impacts of historical land use--land cover...- publication PDF
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Revisiting the linkages between the variability of atmospheric circulations...
The sharp decline of Arctic sea ice in recent decades has captured the attention of the climate science community. A majority of climate analyses performed to date have used...- publication PDF
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Magneto-static modeling from Sunrise/IMaX: Application to an active region...
Magneto-static models may overcome some of the issues facing force-free magnetic field extrapolations. So far they have seen limited use and have faced problems when applied to...- publication PDF
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Forced and internal variability of tropical cyclone track density in the...
Forced interannual-to-decadal variability of annual tropical cyclone (TC) track density in the western North Pacific between 1979 and 2008 is studied using TC tracks from...- publication PDF
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Simulation of the propagation and effects of gravity waves generated by...
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption on 15 January 2022 triggered strong atmospheric gravity wave (GW) activity in the upper atmosphere, which was later detected by...- publication PDF
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A bayesian approach for statistical–physical bulk parameterization of rain...
A new framework is proposed for the bulk parameterization of rain microphysics: the Bayesian Observationally Constrained Statistical-Physical Scheme (BOSS). It is designed to...- publication PDF
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Alkoxy radical bond scissions explain the anomalously low secondary organic...
Oxidation of monoterpenes (C10H16) by nitrate radicals (NO3) constitutes an important source of atmospheric secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and organonitrates. However,...- publication PDF
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Azimuthal averaging -- Reconstruction filtering techniques for...
When solving hydrodynamic equations in spherical or cylindrical geometry using explicit finite-difference schemes, a major difficulty is that the time step is greatly restricted...- publication PDF
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Air pollution and associated human mortality: The role of air pollutant...
Increases in surface ozone (O₃) and fine particulate matter (≤2.5 μm aerodynamic diameter, PM2.5) are associated with excess premature human mortalities. We estimate changes in...- publication PDF
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An observational and modeling study of characteristics of urban heat island...
In this paper, the characteristics of urban heat island (UHI) and boundary layer structures in the Beijing area, China, are analyzed using conventional and Moderate Resolution...- publication PDF
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Current Global Land-surface Data Sets for Use in Climate-related Studies
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Aerosols at the poles: an AeroCom Phase II multi-model evaluation
Atmospheric aerosols from anthropogenic and natural sources reach the polar regions through long-range transport and affect the local radiation balance. Such transport is,...- publication PDF
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Influence of surface temperature and emissivity on AMSU-A assimilation over land
AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A) measurements for channels that are sensitive to the surface over land have not been widely assimilated into numerical weather...- publication PDF