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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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A physical model for GPS multipath caused by land reflections: Toward bare...
Reflected Global Positioning System (GPS) signals can be used to infer information about soil moisture in the vicinity of the GPS antenna. Interference of direct and reflected...- publication PDF
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Managing climate risks in California: The need to engage resource managers...
In this paper we propose a framework for evaluating how prepared California resource managers are for risks of continued climate change. The framework presented suggests three...- 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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A new hourly dataset for photovoltaic energy production for the continental USA
This new dataset is an ensemble of solar photovoltaic energy production simulations over the continental US. The simulations are carried out in three steps. First, a weather...- publication PDF
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The Method for Object-based Diagnostic Evaluation (MODE) applied to...
The authors use a procedure called the method for object-based diagnostic evaluation, commonly referred to as MODE, to compare forecasts made from two models representing...- publication PDF
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Dust emission response to climate in Southern Africa
The processes which act in mineral dust source regions and factors which contribute to interannual variability within dust plumes emanating from them are poorly understood. In...- publication PDF
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How well are we measuring snow post-SPICE?
Accurate snowfall measurements are necessary for meteorology, hydrology, and climate research. Typical uses include creating and calibrating gridded precipitation products, the...- publication PDF
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Reducing correlation sampling error in ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation
Ensemble Kalman filters are widely used for data assimilation in large geophysical models. Good results with affordable ensemble sizes require enhancements to the basic...- publication PDF
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Cloud activating properties of aerosol observed during CELTIC
Measurements of aerosol size distribution, chemical composition, and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentration were performed during the Chemical Emission, Loss,...- publication PDF
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The SPARC Data Initiative: Comparisons of CFC-11, CFC-12, HF and SF6...
A quality assessment of the CFC-11 (CCl3F), CFC-12 (CCl2F2), HF, and SF6 products from limb-viewing satellite instruments is provided by means of a detailed intercomparison. The...- publication PDF
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Understanding Australia's hottest September on record
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Anomalously large latent heat fluxes in low to moderate wind conditions...
An air-sea interaction field campaign was conducted in September of 2017 within the warm and cold eddy region of the western Northwest Pacific (WNP) (17.5 ring;-20.5 ring;N,...- publication PDF
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Incorporating multiyear temperature predictions for water resources planning
Multiyear climate predictions provide climate outlooks from years to a decade in advance. As multiyear temperature predictions become more mainstream and skillful, guidance is...- publication PDF
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Global-scale observations and modeling of far-ultraviolet airglow during twilight
The NASA Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet imaging spectrograph performs observations of upper atmosphere airglow from the sunlit disk and limb of the...- publication PDF
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Future ozone-related acute excess mortality under climate and population...
Climate change is likely to further worsen ozone pollution in already heavily polluted areas, leading to increased ozone-related health burdens. However, little evidence exists...- publication PDF
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The use of the electrotopological state as a basis for predicting hydrogen...
Structure-activity relationships (SARs) are essential components of detailed chemical models, where they are employed to provide kinetic information when high-quality...- publication PDF
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Microphysical simulations of sulfur burdens from stratospheric sulfur geoengineering
Recent microphysical studies suggest that geoengineering by continuous stratospheric injection of SOâ gas may be limited by the growth of the aerosols. We study the efficacy...- publication PDF
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Dynamically forced increase of tropical upwelling in the lower stratosphere
Drivers of upwelling in the tropical lower stratosphere are investigated using the E39C-A chemistry-climate model. The climatological annual cycle in upwelling and its wave...- publication PDF
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Earth, wind, and fire: Are Boulderâs extreme downslope winds changing?
A Denver newspaper in 2016 reported that a new Colorado all-time record peak wind gust of 148 mph was recorded on 18 February 2016, on Monarch Pass in the Colorado Rockies near...- publication PDF
