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An Overview of NCAR's Computing Environment
The Scientific Computing Division is charged with providing computing support for research conducted by NCAR staff and for extending the computing resources of university...- publication PDF
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WRF-TEB: Implementation and evaluation of the coupled Weather Research and...
Urban land surface processes need to be represented to inform future urban climate and building energy projections. Here, the single layer urban canopy model Town Energy Balance...- publication PDF
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Listening to stakeholders: Initiating research on subseasonal-to-seasonal...
Heavy precipitation events and their associated flooding can have major impacts on communities and stakeholders. There is a lack of knowledge, however, about how stakeholders...- publication PDF
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A frequent-updating analysis system based on radar, surface, and mesoscale...
The Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System (VDRAS) was implemented in Beijing, China, and contributed to the Beijing 2008 Forecast Demonstration Project (B08FDP) in support...- publication PDF
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An investigation comparing ground-based techniques that quantify auroral...
We present three case studies that examine optical and radar methods for specifying precipitating auroral flux parameters and conductances. Three events were chosen...- publication PDF
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Novel approaches to improve estimates of short-lived halocarbon emissions...
Fluxes of halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over the Southern Ocean remain poorly understood, and few atmospheric measurements exist to constrain modeled emissions...- publication PDF
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Extratropical–Tropical Interaction Model Intercomparison Project (ETIN-MIP):...
This article introduces the Extratropical-Tropical Interaction Model Intercomparison Project (ETIN-MIP), where a set of fully coupled model experiments are designed to examine...- publication PDF
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Constraining ensemble forecasts of discrete convective initiation with...
Predicting when and where individual convective storms will develop remains an elusive challenge. Previous studies have suggested that surface observations can capture...- publication PDF
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Sources and characteristics of summertime organic aerosol in the Colorado...
The evolution of organic aerosols (OAs) and their precursors in the boundary layer (BL) of the Colorado Front Range during the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry...- publication PDF
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Explicit form of the radiative and collisional branching ratios in polarized...
We consider the vector emissivity of the polarized radiation transfer in a Lambda-type atomic transition, which we recently proposed to account for both complete frequency...- publication PDF
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Contribution of atmospheric rivers to Antarctic precipitation
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are efficient mechanisms for transporting atmospheric moisture from low latitudes to the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS). While AR events occur infrequently,...- publication PDF
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Does increased horizontal resolution Improve hurricane wind forecasts?
The representation of tropical cyclone track, intensity, and structure in a set of 69 parallel forecasts performed at each of two horizontal grid increments with the Advanced...- publication PDF
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Technical note: AQMEII4 Activity 1 - Evaluation of wet and dry deposition...
We present in this technical note the research protocol for phase 4 of the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII4). This research initiative is divided...- publication PDF
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The Community Climate System Model, version 2
The Community Climate System Model, version 2 (CCSM2) is briefly described. A 1000-yr control simulation of the present day climate has been completed without flux adjustments....- publication PDF
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Developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) for the global ocean
The Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) is a new United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development programme working to develop a practical,...- publication PDF
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Data Catalog for the 1970 Colorado Lee Wave Observational Program
The 1970 Colorado Lee Wave Observational Program provided the second period of intensive measurements of mountain-induced airflow over the central Rocky Mountains. The first...- publication PDF
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Managing Datasets and Programs at NCAR: The Mass Storage Subsystem
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
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Evaluation of PBL parameterizations in WRF at subkilometer grid spacings:...
Planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterizations in mesoscale models have been developed for horizontal resolutions that cannot resolve any turbulence in the PBL, and evaluation...- publication PDF
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Pliocene warmth consistent with greenhouse gas forcing
With CO2 concentrations similar to today (410 ppm), the Pliocene Epoch offers insights into climate changes under a moderately warmer world. Previous work suggested a low zonal...- publication PDF
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Profiles of ionospheric storm-enhanced density during the 17 March 2015 great storm
Ionospheric F₂ region peak densities (NmF2) are expected to have a positive correlation with total electron content (TEC), and electron densities usually show an anticorrelation...- publication PDF
