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Mountain-wave turbulence in the presence of directional wind shear over the...
Mountain-wave turbulence in the presence of directional wind shear over the Rocky Mountains in Colorado is investigated. Pilot reports (PIREPs) are used to select cases in which...- publication PDF
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WRF gray-zone simulations of precipitation over the Middle-East and the UAE:...
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The representation of the TTL in a tropical channel version of the WRF model
In this study, the Weather Research Forecast (WRF) model is used to investigate key physical processes controlling the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) temperature and water...- publication PDF
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Realizing a terrestrial reference frame using the Global Positioning System
We describe a terrestrial reference frame (TRF) realization based on Global Positioning System (GPS) data alone. Our approach rests on a highly dynamic, long-arc (9 day)...- publication PDF
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Aura/MLS observes and SD-WACCM-X simulates the seasonality, quasi-biennial...
This work uses 17 years of upper mesospheric carbon monoxide (CO) and temperature observations by the microwave limb sounder (MLS) on-board the Aura satellite to present and...- publication PDF
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"Gray Zone" simulations using a three-dimensional planetary boundary layer...
Generating accurate weather forecasts of planetary boundary layer (PBL) properties is challenging in many geographical regions, oftentimes due to complex topography or...- publication PDF
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Testing the fidelity of methods used in proxy-based reconstructions of past climate
Two widely used statistical approaches to reconstructing past climate histories from climate "proxy" data such as tree rings, corals, and ice cores are investigated using...- publication PDF
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Monotonic limiters for a second-order finite-volume advection scheme using...
An assessment of a recently developed (by Miura) second-order numerical advection scheme for icosahedral-hexagonal grids on the sphere is presented, and the effects of monotonic...- publication PDF
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Satellite radiance data assimilation for binary tropical cyclone cases over...
A total of three binary tropical cyclone (TC) cases over the Western North Pacific are selected to investigate the effects of satellite radiance data assimilation on analyses...- publication PDF
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Radial transport versus local acceleration: The long-standing debate
On 28 July 2021, within the Geospace Environment Modeling Virtual Summer Workshop, a joint panel discussion organized by the "System Understanding of Radiation Belt Particle...- publication PDF
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Three-dimensional X-line spreading in asymmetric magnetic reconnection
Three-dimensional X-line spreading is important for the coupling between global dynamics and local kinetic physics of magnetic reconnection. Using large-scale 3-D particle-in-...- publication PDF
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On the dynamical mechanisms governing El Niño–Southern Oscillation irregularity
This study investigates the mechanisms by which short time-scale perturbations to atmospheric processes can affect El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in climate models. To this...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric blocking and other large-scale precursor patterns of landfalling...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) manifest as transient filaments of intense water vapor transport that contribute to synoptic-scale extremes and interannual variability of...- publication PDF
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Impacts of biogenic and anthropogenic emissions on summertime ozone...
This study is the first attempt to understand the synergistic impact of anthropogenic and biogenic emissions on summertime ozone (O-3) formation in the Guanzhong (GZ) Basin...- publication PDF
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Effective radius and droplet spectral width from in-situ aircraft...
This paper presents statistics of cloud microphysical properties of shallow tropical cumuli observed by a research aircraft during RICO field campaign. Cloud properties are...- publication PDF
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Tidal variations in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere before, during,...
This work presents a comprehensive evaluation of tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere-...- publication PDF
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A quality control procedure for GPS radio occultation data
[1] A quality control ( QC) procedure is applied to the Challenging Minisatellite Payload ( CHAMP) level-2 Global Position System (GPS) radio occultation (RO) data provided by...- publication PDF
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Analysis of thundersnow storms over northern Colorado
Lightning flashes during snowstorms occur infrequently compared to warm-season convection. The rarity of such thundersnow events poses an additional hazard because the lightning...- publication PDF
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The substorm cycle as reproduced by global MHD models
Recently, Gordeev et al. (2015) suggested a method to test global MHD models against statistical empirical data. They showed that four community-available global MHD models...- publication PDF
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Internal variability of Indian Ocean SST
A 40-yr integration of an eddy-resolving numerical model of the tropical Indian Ocean is analyzed to quantify the interannual variability that is caused by the internal...- publication PDF