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Convection initiation during the Meiyu environment in the Yangtze�Huai...
Convection is the main contributor to heavy rainfall over China's Yangtze-Huai River Basin (YHRB) during Meiyu season; however, the mechanisms of convection initiation (CI)...- publication PDF
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The multi-scale aerosol-climate model PNNL-MMF: Model description and evaluation
Anthropogenic aerosol effects on climate produce one of the largest uncertainties in estimates of radiative forcing of past and future climate change. Much of this uncertainty...- publication PDF
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Assessing and tracing the outcomes and impact of research infrastructures
Recent policy shifts on the part of funding agencies and journal publishers are causing changes in the acknowledgment and citation behaviors of scholars. A growing emphasis on...- publication PDF
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Quasi-spherical ice in convective clouds
Homogeneous freezing of supercooled droplets occurs in convective systems in low and midlatitudes. This droplet-freezing process leads to the formation of a large amount of...- publication PDF
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Correction of GRACE measurements of the Earth’s moment of inertia (MOI)
The widely used 15-year Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data sets do not conserve global total mass. They have a spurious decreasing trend of similar to 280...- publication PDF
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Using GRACE and climate model simulations to predict mass loss of Alaskan...
Glaciers in Alaska are currently losing mass at a rate of similar to-50 Gt a(-1), one of the largest ice loss rates of any regional collection of mountain glaciers on Earth....- publication PDF
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Turbulent pressure and velocity perturbations induced by gentle hills...
How the spatial perturbations of the first and second moments of the velocity and pressure fields differ for flow over a train of gentle hills covered by either sparse or dense...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of 21st century stratospheric ozone to greenhouse gas scenarios
To understand how greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may affect future stratospheric ozone, 21st century projections from four chemistry-climate models are examined for their...- publication PDF
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Modeling the diurnal cycle of conserved and reactive species in the...
We have developed a one-dimensional second-order closure numerical model to study the vertical turbulent transport of trace reactive species in the convective (daytime)...- publication PDF
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Self-organized criticality and homeostasis in atmospheric convective organization
Atmospheric convection has a tendency to organize on a hierarchy of scales ranging from the mesoscale to the planetary scales, with the latter especially manifested by the...- publication PDF
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Avoidable impacts of ocean warming on marine primary production: Insights...
As anthropogenic emissions and warming continue to alter Earth's environment, it is essential to highlight future impacts that can be avoided through mitigation. Here we use two...- publication PDF
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North American extreme precipitation events and related large-scale...
This paper surveys the current state of knowledge regarding large-scale meteorological patterns (LSMPs) associated with short-duration (less than 1 week) extreme precipitation...- publication PDF
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Revisiting the precipitous terrain classification from a meteorological perspective
Takeoff and landing maneuvers can be particularly hazardous at airports surrounded by complex terrain. To address this situation, the Federal Aviation Administration has...- publication PDF
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Chemistry-climate model simulations of twenty-first century stratospheric...
The response of stratospheric climate and circulation to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and ozone recovery in the twenty-first century is analyzed in simulations...- publication PDF
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Soil moisture sensing using spaceborne GNSS reflections: Comparison of...
This paper quantifies the relationship between forward scattered L-band Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals, recorded by the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite...- publication PDF
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ESMValTool (v1.0) -- A community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for...
A community diagnostics and performance metrics tool for the evaluation of Earth system models (ESMs) has been developed that allows for routine comparison of single or multiple...- publication PDF
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Multiple new-particle growth pathways observed at the US DOE Southern Great...
New-particle formation (NPF) is a significant source of aerosol particles into the atmosphere. However, these particles are initially too small to have climatic importance and...- publication PDF
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Impact assessment of simulated Doppler wind lidars with a multivariate...
This paper deals with the dynamical aspect of variational data assimilation in the tropics and the role of the background-error covariances in the observing system simulation...- publication PDF
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Vertically resolved concentration and liquid water content of atmospheric...
Most prior field studies of new particle formation (NPF) have been performed at or near ground level, leaving many unanswered questions regarding the vertical extent of NPF. To...- publication PDF
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[Global Climate] Hydrologic cycle: Total column water vapor [in "State of...
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