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Impact of subsurface convective flows on the formation of sunspot magnetic...
Strong solar flares occur in δ-spots characterized by the opposite-polarity magnetic fluxes in a single penumbra. Sunspot formation via flux emergence from the convection zone...- publication PDF
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Simulations of severe convective systems using 1- versus 3-km grid spacing
Herein, 14 severe quasi-linear convective systems (QLCS) covering a wide range of geographical loca-tions and environmental conditions are simulated for both 1-and 3-km...- publication PDF
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On the discrepancy of HCl processing in the core of the wintertime polar vortices
More than 3 decades after the discovery of the ozone hole, the processes involved in its formation are believed to be understood in great detail. Current state-of the-art models...- publication PDF
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Trace gas and particle emissions from open biomass burning in Mexico
We report airborne measurements of emission factors (EF) for trace gases and PM₂.₅ made in southern Mexico in March of 2006 on 6 crop residue fires, 3 tropical dry forest fires,...- publication PDF
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Connecting land-atmosphere interactions to surface heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19
The Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-Balance Study Enabled by a High-Density Extensive Array of Detectors 2019 (CHEESEHEAD19) is an ongoing National Science Foundation...- publication PDF
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On the formation of a fast thermospheric zonal wind at the magnetic dip equator
Simulations with the NCAR Thermosphere - Ionosphere - Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIE-GCM) have been carried out to understand the cause of strong thermospheric...- publication PDF
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Measurement of HO₂NO₂ in the free troposphere during the Intercontinental...
The first direct in situ measurements of HO₂NO₂ in the upper troposphere were performed from the NASA DC-8 during the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-North...- publication PDF
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Inhomogeneous background error modeling and estimation over Antarctica
The structure of the analysis increments in a variational data assimilation scheme is strongly driven by the formulation of the background error covariance matrix, especially in...- publication PDF
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Initialized decadal prediction for transition to positive phase of the...
The negative phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO), a dominant mode of multi-decadal variability of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Pacific, contributed to...- publication PDF
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Ozone pollution: What can we see from space? A case study
Due to its impact on environment, tropospheric ozone received particular attention since several decades. Ground-based networks associated with regional chemical transport...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of regional climate to global temperature and forcing
The sensitivity of regional climate to global average radiative forcing and temperature change is important for setting global climate policy targets and designing scenarios....- publication PDF
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Predictability and predictions
This essay describes the author's lifetime experiences with predictability theory and weather predictions.- publication PDF
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The National Hail Research Experiment Summer 1972 Summary Report
This report gives a brief appraisal of the conduct of the first operational season of the National Hail Research Experiment at the end of July. Participants were asked to...- publication PDF
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Estimation of mercury emissions from forest fires, lakes, regional and local...
Gaseous elemental mercury is a global pollutant that can lead to serious health concerns via deposition to the biosphere and bio-accumulation in the food chain. Hourly...- publication PDF
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Comparing partial and continuously cycling Ensemble Kalman Filter data...
Several limited-area 80-member ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) data assimilation systems with 15-km horizontal grid spacing were run over a computational domain spanning the...- publication PDF
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Potential climate impact of black carbon emitted by rockets
A new type of hydrocarbon rocket engine is expected to power a fleet of suborbital rockets for commercial and scientific purposes in coming decades. A global climate model...- publication PDF
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Partitioning of semivolatile surface-active compounds between bulk, surface...
We present a model study demonstrating that surface partitioning of volatile surfactants enhances their uptake by submicron liquid droplets. In submicron-sized droplets, surface...- publication PDF
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Attribution and impacts of upper ocean biases in CCSM3
The largest and potentially most important ocean near-surface biases are examined in the Community Climate System Model coupled simulation of present-day conditions. They are...- publication PDF
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Total column water vapor [in "State of the Climate in 2016"]
This was published as a section in "The State of the Climate in 2016", a Special Supplement edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.- publication PDF
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Testing and development of transfer functions for weighing precipitation...
Weighing precipitation gauges are used widely for the measurement of all forms of precipitation, and are typically more accurate than tipping-bucket precipitation gauges. This...- publication PDF
