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The 2011 La Niña: So strong, the oceans fell
Global mean sea level (GMSL) dropped by 5 mm between the beginning of 2010 and mid 2011. This drop occurred despite the background rate of rise, 3 mm per year, which dominates...- publication PDF
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The influence of African easterly waves on convection over tropical Africa...
Using data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the modulation of convection by African easterly waves (AEWs) is investigated over regions of the east Atlantic...- publication PDF
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Can 3-D models explain the observed fractions of fossil and non-fossil...
A 3-D chemistry-transport model has been applied to the Mexico City metropolitan area to investigate the origin of elevated levels of non-fossil (NF) carbonaceous aerosols...- publication PDF
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Traveling planetary-scale waves in the lower thermosphere: Effects on...
The effects of breaking of traveling, planetary scale Rossby waves (TPWs) in the lower thermosphere are investigated with respect to the mixing of neutral constituents. We use...- publication PDF
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Interactions between demography and environmental effects are important...
Climate change will affect the population dynamics of many species, yet the consequences for the long-term persistence of populations are poorly understood. A major reason for...- publication PDF
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Analysis of plasmaspheric hiss wave amplitudes inferred from low-altitude...
A novel technique capable of inferring wave amplitudes from low-altitude electron measurements from the Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) spacecraft has been...- publication PDF
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Grand challenges in the physics of the sun and sun-like stars
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Dynamical seasonal predictions of tropical cyclone activity: Roles of sea...
Climate models often show errors in simulating and predicting tropical cyclone (TC) activity, but the sources of these errors are not well understood. This study proposes an...- publication PDF
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Future changes in coastal upwelling ecosystems with global warming: The case...
Coastal upwelling ecosystems are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, meaning that their response to climate change is of critical importance. Our understanding of...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric amines and ammonia measured with a chemical ionization mass...
We report measurements of ambient amines and ammonia with a fast response chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS) in a southeastern US forest and a moderately polluted...- publication PDF
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Dust radiative effects on atmospheric thermodynamics and tropical...
This study investigated the dust radiative effects on atmospheric thermodynamics and tropical cyclogenesis over the Atlantic Ocean using the Weather Research and Forecasting...- publication PDF
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How open data and interdisciplinary collaboration improve our understanding...
Space weather refers to conditions around a star, like our Sun, and its interplanetary space that may affect space- and ground-based assets as well as human life. Space weather...- publication PDF
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Airborne doppler radar and sounding analysis of an oceanic cold front
An analysis of a cold front over the eastern Atlantic Ocean based on airborne Doppler wind syntheses and dropsonde data is presented. The focus and unique aspect of this study...- publication PDF
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sunstardb: A database for the study of stellar magnetism and the...
The "solar-stellar connection" began as a relatively small field of research focused on understanding the processes that generate magnetic fields in stars and sometimes lead to...- publication PDF
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Vortex waves in sunspots
Context. Waves in the magnetized solar atmosphere are one of the favourite means of transferring and depositing energy into the solar corona. The study of waves brings...- publication PDF
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Dynamics of eddying abyssal mixing layers over sloping rough topography
The abyssal overturning circulation is thought to be primarily driven by small-scale turbulent mixing. Diagnosed water-mass transformations are dominated by rough topography...- publication PDF
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Climate variability and change since 850 CE: An ensemble approach with the...
The climate of the past millennium provides a baseline for understanding the background of natural climate variability upon which current anthropogenic changes are superimposed....- publication PDF
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Land–atmosphere interactions: The LoCo perspective
Metrics derived by the LoCo working group Local Land-Atmosphere Coupling) have matured and begun to enter the mainstream, signaling the success of the GEWEX approach to foster...- publication PDF
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Large-eddy simulation of the daytime boundary layer in an idealized valley...
A three-dimensional numerical meteorological model is used to perform large-eddy simulations of the upslope flow circulation over a periodic ridge-valley terrain. The subgrid-...- publication PDF
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A novel investigation of the small-scale magnetic activity of the quiet sun...
One of the key research problems in stellar physics is to decipher the small-scale magnetic activity of the quiet solar atmosphere. Recent magneto-convection simulations that...- publication PDF
