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Crucial Experiments in Climate Science
This article discusses the interplay between computational experiments and scientific advancement in dynamical meteorology and climate dynamics. In doing so, the emphasis is on...- publication PDF
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Finescale single- and dual-Doppler analysis of tornado intensification,...
Finescale, single- and dual-Doppler observations are used to diagnose the three-dimensional structure of the wind field surrounding a tornado that occurred near the town of...- publication PDF
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Population exposure to hazardous air quality due to the 2015 fires in Equatorial Asia
Vegetation and peatland fires cause poor air quality and thousands of premature deaths across densely populated regions in Equatorial Asia. Strong El-Niño and positive Indian...- publication PDF
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Three-moment representation of rain in a bulk microphysics model
A bulk three‐moment representation for rain microphysics is developed and implemented in the Predicted Particle Properties (P3) microphysics scheme. In addition, a new...- publication PDF
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Comparison of polarimetric radar drop size distribution retrieval algorithms
Recently, two physically based algorithms, the "beta" (β) method and the "constrained-gamma" method, have been proposed for retrieving the governing parameters of the gamma drop...- publication PDF
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The role of relative humidity in continental new particle formation
Relative humidity (RH) has been observed to be anticorrelated with continental new particle formation. Several reasons have been proposed for this rather surprising finding, but...- publication PDF
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Using satellite-based estimates of evapotranspiration and groundwater...
Irrigation is a widely used water management practice that is often poorly parameterized in land surface and climate models. Previous studies have addressed this issue via use...- publication PDF
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Quantifying progress across different CMIP phases with the ESMValTool
More than 40 model groups worldwide are participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6), providing a new and rich source of information to better...- publication PDF
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A bird’s-eye view: Development of an operational ARM unmanned aerial...
Thorough understanding of aerosols, clouds, boundary layer structure, and radiation is required to improve the representation of the Arctic atmosphere in weather forecasting and...- publication PDF
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Solar radiation management impacts on agriculture in China: A case study in...
Geoengineering via solar radiation management could affect agricultural productivity due to changes in temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation. To study rice and maize...- publication PDF
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Enlightenment strikes! Broadening graduate school training through field...
This article provides an overview of the Advanced Study Institute: Field Studies of Convection in Argentina (ASI-FSCA) program, a 3-week dynamic and collaborative hands-on...- publication PDF
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Climatological Atlas: 1950-1979 Surface Air Temperature, Precipitation,...
Monthly surface air temperatures (TMP), sea-level pressures (SLP), sea surface temperatures (SST) and precipitation (PRC) from two complementary historical data sets are used to...- publication PDF
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A complete dynamical ozone budget measured in the tropical marine boundary...
The Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment (PASE) was field mission that took place aboard the NCAR C-130 airborne laboratory over the equatorial Pacific Ocean near Christmas...- publication PDF
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Estimation of the minimum canopy resistance for croplands and grasslands...
Vegetated surfaces, such as grasslands and croplands, constitute a significant portion of the earth’s surface and play an important role in land-atmosphere exchange processes....- publication PDF
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Magnetic buoyancy and rotational instabilities in the tachocline
We present results from an analytical model for magnetic buoyancy and rotational instabilities in a full spherical shell tachocline that includes rotation, differential rotation...- publication PDF
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The NCAR Local Network
This document is in two sections. The first is intended for the general user of the NCAR Local Network. It describes in "cookbook" fashion the operation of the Network. A...- publication PDF
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Design strategies of an hourly update 3DVAR data assimilation system for...
This study examines two strategies for improving the analysis of an hourly update three-dimensional variational data assimilation (3DVAR) system and the subsequent quantitative...- publication PDF
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Modeling the day-to-day variability of midnight Equatorial Plasma Bubbles...
It is well-known that equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) are highly correlated to the post-sunset rise of the ionosphere on a climatological basis. However, when proceeding to the...- publication PDF
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The spectral element method (SEM) on variable-resolution grids: Evaluating...
We evaluate the performance of the Community Atmosphere Model's (CAM) spectral element method on variable-resolution grids using the shallow-water equations in spherical...- publication PDF
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Deriving global OH abundance and atmospheric lifetimes for long-lived gases:...
An accurate estimate of global hydroxyl radical (OH) abundance is important for projections of air quality, climate, and stratospheric ozone recovery. As the atmospheric mixing...- publication PDF
