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Characterization of the long-term radiosonde temperature biases in the upper...
Radiosonde observations (RAOBs) have provided the only long-term global in situ temperature measurements in the troposphere and lower stratosphere since 1958. In this study, we...- publication PDF
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Consequences of 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming levels for temperature and...
Discriminating climate impacts between 1.5 degrees C and 2 degrees C warming levels is particularly important for Central Africa, a vulnerable region where multiple biophysical,...- publication PDF
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An impact assessment of GPS radio occultation data on prediction of a...
The impact of global positioning system (GPS) radio occultation (RO) data on an intense synoptic-scale storm that occurred over the Southern Ocean in December 2007 is evaluated,...- publication PDF
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Heterogeneous nucleation drives particle size segregation in sequential...
Secondary organic aerosol formation via condensation of organic vapors onto existing aerosol transforms the chemical composition and size distribution of ambient aerosol, with...- publication PDF
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Fast computation of absorption spectra for lidar data processing using...
We describe a principal component-based technique for approximating absorption and scattering spectra commonly needed for lidar signal processing. Where previously these...- publication PDF
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Estimating heat-related exposures and urban heat island impacts: A case...
Accelerated urbanization increases both the frequency and intensity of heatwaves (HW) and urban heat islands (UHIs). An extreme HW event occurred in 2012 summer that caused...- publication PDF
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Analysis of present day and future OH and methane lifetime in the ACCMIP simulations
Results from simulations performed for the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Modeling Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP) are analysed to examine how OH and methane lifetime may...- publication PDF
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Mean and variability of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean in the CCSM4
This study analyzes important aspects of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from simulations of the fourth version of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM4): the mean sea surface...- publication PDF
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Observational constraints on recent increases in the atmospheric CH₄ burden
Measurements of atmospheric CH₄ from air samples collected weekly at 46 remote surface sites show that, after a decade of near-zero growth, globally averaged atmospheric methane...- publication PDF
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Research priorities in observing and modeling urban weather and climate
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Lilly's model for steady-state tropical cyclone intensity and structure
This study revisits the axisymmetric tropical cyclone (TC) theory from D. K. Lilly's unpublished manuscript (Lilly model) and compares it to axisymmetric TC simulations from a...- publication PDF
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Models of daily rainfall cross-correlation for the United Kingdom
Automated easy-to-use tools capable of generating spatial-temporal weather scenarios for the present day or downscaled future climate projections are highly desirable. Such...- publication PDF
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Celebrating COMET's 25 years of providing innovative education and training
The Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training (COMET)'s mission when it began in 1990 was to deliver professional development opportunities to...- publication PDF
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Comparison of Desroziers and Three-Cornered Hat methods for estimating...
We compare two seemingly different methods of estimating random error statistics (uncertainties) of observations, the three-cornered hat (3CH) method and Desroziers method, and...- publication PDF
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Demonstrating the applicability of a Robust Decision Making (RDM) to...
Climate change challenges conservation planners in making decisions about habitat site selection and augmentation. This pilot study explores the use of Robust Decision Making...- publication PDF
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The role of surface heat fluxes on the size of Typhoon Megi (2016)
This study attempts to understand how surface heat fluxes in different storm regions affect tropical cyclone (TC) size. The Advanced Research version of the Weather Research and...- publication PDF
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Harry Van Loon Symposium, Studies in Climate II
This symposium was held to celebrate Harry van Loon's contribution to Climate Studies. Harry van Loon has been a scientist at NCAR since 1963. Since that time he has published...- publication PDF
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Testing of a cell-integrated semi-Lagrangian semi-implicit nonhydrostatic...
A recently developed cell-integrated semi-Lagrangian (CISL) semi-implicit nonhydrostatic atmospheric solver that uses the conservative semi-Lagrangian multitracer (CSLAM)...- publication PDF
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Progress in turbulence detection via GNSS occultation data
The increased availability of radio occultation (RO) data offers the ability to detect and study turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. An analysis of how RO data can be used to...- publication PDF
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A community forum for evaluation and use of seasonal forecasts of the North...
The North American Monsoon (NAM) system is an annual weather pattern that brings summer rains to the dry regions of the United States southwest and northwestern Mexico. Broader...- publication PDF
