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An Eulerian scheme for identifying fronts and vortices in quasi-balanced flows
The identification of vortices in a fluid flow is a dynamically interesting problem that has practical applications in oceanography due to the outsized role eddies play in water...- publication PDF
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Biosphere-atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) for the NCAR Community Climate Model
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Shear�parallel tropical convective systems: Importance of cold pools and wind shear
The impact of cold pools on line-orientated convective systems is assessed using idealized simulations of tropical oceanic convection under weak, moderate, and strong wind shear...- publication PDF
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Global atmospheric budget of acetone: Air‐sea exchange and the contribution...
Acetone is one of the most abundant oxygenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere. The oceans impose a strong control on atmospheric acetone, yet the oceanic...- publication PDF
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Forecast uncertainty dynamics in the THORPEX Interactive Grand Global...
This paper employs local linear, spatial spectral, and Lorenz curve–based diagnostics to investigate the dynamics of uncertainty in global numerical weather forecasts in the NH...- publication PDF
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Energy transfer by turbulent dissipation in glacial conduits
Water flow within and beneath glaciers and ice sheets influences ice dynamics and is relevant for practical applications such as modeling outburst floods from mountain glaciers....- publication PDF
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Impacts of shifting phenology on boundary layer dynamics in North America in the CESM
Plant phenology modulates water and energy exchanges between the biosphere and the atmosphere and therefore influences planetary boundary layer (PBL) dynamics. Here we conduct a...- publication PDF
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Seasonal variations of the mesospheric Fe layer at Rothera, Antarctica...
Lidar observations of Fe densities between 75 and 105 km above Rothera, Antarctica, are used to characterize the seasonal variations of the mesospheric Fe layer near the...- publication PDF
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The impact of raindrop collisional processes on the polarimetric radar variables
The impact of the collisional warm-rain microphysical processes on the polarimetric radar variables is quantified using a coupled microphysics–electromagnetic scattering model....- publication PDF
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Modeling high-impact weather and climate: Lessons from a tropical cyclone perspective
Although the societal impact of a weather event increases with the rarity of the event, our current ability to assess extreme events and their impacts is limited by not only...- publication PDF
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UCAR/NCAR Junior Faculty Forum on Future Scientific Directions
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Asymmetry in the duration of El Niño and La Niña.
El Niño and La Niña are not a simple mirror image, but exhibit significant differences in their spatial structure and seasonal evolution. In particular, sea surface temperature...- publication PDF
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Inter�hemispheric coupling during sudden stratospheric warming events with...
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSW) are large-scale disruptions of the wintertime state of the stratosphere that can affect the circulation at synoptic and global scales,...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of top-down estimates of CO sources to GCTM transport
Estimates of CO sources derived from inversions using satellite observations still exhibit discrepancies. Here, we conduct controlled inverse analyses to elucidate the influence...- publication PDF
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A squall-line-like principal rainband in Typhoon Hagupit (2008) observed by...
This study examines the structure and dynamics of Typhoon Hagupit’s (2008) principal rainband using airborne radar and dropsonde observations. The convection in Hagupit’s...- publication PDF
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Testing the hybrid-3-D hillslope hydrological model in a controlled environment
Hillslopes are important for converting rainfall into runoff, influencing the terrestrial dynamics of the Earth's climate system. Recently, we developed a hybrid-3-D (h3D)...- publication PDF
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The summer North Atlantic oscillation: Past, present, and future
Summer climate in the North Atlantic - European sector possesses a principal pattern of year-to-year variability that is the parallel to the well-known North Atlantic...- publication PDF
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Inferring the global cosmic dust influx to the Earth's atmosphere from lidar...
Estimates of the global influx of cosmic dust are highly uncertain, ranging from 0.4-110 t/d. All meteoric debris that enters the Earth's atmosphere is eventually transported to...- publication PDF
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East-west differences in F-region electron density at midlatitude: Evidence...
The global configuration of the geomagnetic field shows that the maximum east-west difference in geomagnetic declination of northern middle latitude lies in the US region...- publication PDF
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Hyper-resolution global hydrological modelling: What is next?
Between 15 and 17 March 2010, a workshop was held at Princeton University entitled 'Meeting a Grand Challenge to Hydrology: The Global Monitoring of Earth's Terrestrial Water'....- publication PDF
