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Pathways of F region thermospheric mass density enhancement via soft...
The efficiencies of pathways of thermospheric heating via soft electron precipitation in the dayside cusp region are investigated using the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-...- publication PDF
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The vertical structure of mesoscale convective vortices
Simulations of two cases of developing mesoscale convective vortices (MCVs) are examined to determine the dynamics governing the origin and vertical structure of these features....- publication PDF
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Scenarios for modeling solar radiation modification
Making informed future decisions about solar radiation modification (SRM; also known as solar geoengineering)âapproaches such as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) that...- publication PDF
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How often does it really rain?
The perception about whether a place is a nice place to live often depends on how often it rains (or snows). The frequency relates to how dreary the weather appears, and it is...- publication PDF
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Polarization lidar observations of backscatter phase matrices from oriented...
Oriented particles can exhibit different polarization properties than randomly oriented particles. These properties cannot be resolved by conventional polarization lidar systems...- publication PDF
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Simulated prompt acceleration of multi-MeV electrons by the 17 March 2015...
Prompt enhancement of relativistic electron flux at L = 3-5 has been reported from Van Allen Probes Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope (REPT) measurements associated with...- publication PDF
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A formula for the maximum vertical velocity in supercell updrafts
In supercell environments, previous authors have shown strong connections between the vertical wind shear magnitude, updraft width, and entrainment. Based on these results, it...- publication PDF
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Lower-stratospheric aerosol measurements in eastward-shedding vortices over...
Eastward air-mass transport from the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) anticyclone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) often involves eastward-shedding vortices,...- publication PDF
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Statistical characteristics of nighttime Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric...
For the first time, we used the machine learning method to analyze the statistical occurrence and propagation characteristics of nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric...- publication PDF
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Measured and modeled trends of seven tropospheric pollutants in the high...
The long-term trends and seasonality of many tropospheric pollutants are not well characterized in the high Arctic due to a dearth of trace-gas measurements in this remote...- publication PDF
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The potential utility of high-resolution ensemble sensitivity analysis for...
Expansion in the availability of relocatable near-surface atmospheric observing sensors introduces the question of where placement maximizes gain in forecast accuracy. As one...- publication PDF
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Isotopic variability in tropical cyclone precipitation is controlled by...
Tropical cyclones produce rainfall with extremely negative isotope values (delta O-18 and delta H-2), but the controls on isotopic fractionation during tropical cyclones are...- publication PDF
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Future changes in regional tropical cyclone wind, precipitation, and...
Understanding changes in the hazard component of climate risk is important to inform societal resilience planning in a changing climate. Here, we examine local changes in wind...- publication PDF
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The effect of mesh resolution on convective boundary layer statistics and...
A massively parallel large-eddy simulation (LES) code for planetary boundary layers (PBLs) that utilizes pseudospectral differencing in horizontal planes and solves an elliptic...- publication PDF
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Aerostatic Lift of Helium and Hydrogen in the Atmosphere
The purpose of this report is to provide a simple and accurate method of making buoyancy calculations of lift gases. A table is included which gives pertinent model atmospheric...- publication PDF
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The vertical structure of temperature in the tropics: Different flavors of El Niño
To explore the vertical coherence of the vertical temperature structure in the atmosphere, an analysis is performed of the full three-dimensional spatial structure of the...- publication PDF
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An examination of the long-term CO records from MOPITT and IASI: Comparison...
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a key atmospheric compound that can be remotely sensed by satellite on the global scale. Fifteen years of continuous observations are now available from...- publication PDF
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The Bolzano Tracer Experiment (BTEX)
The paper describes the observational and modeling efforts performed under the Bolzano Tracer Experiment (BTEX). BTEX focused on the basin surrounding the city of Bolzano, at...- publication PDF
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The tropospheric biennial oscillation and asian-australian monsoon rainfall
In the context of the Asian-Australian monsoon, the tropospheric biennial oscillation (TBO) is defined as the tendency for a relatively strong monsoon to be followed by a...- publication PDF
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Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth
Atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a critical variable in determining plant photosynthesis. Synthesis of four global climate datasets reveals a sharp increase of VPD...- publication PDF
