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The influence of vertical wind shear on moist thermals
Although it is well established that vertical wind shear helps to organize and maintain convective systems, there is a longstanding colloquial notion that it inhibits the...- publication PDF
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The multi-thermal chromosphere
Context. Numerical simulations of the solar chromosphere predict a diverse thermal structure with both hot and cool regions. Observations of plage regions in particular...- publication PDF
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Polar thermospheric winds and temperature observed by Fabry-Perot...
Upper atmospheric neutral winds and temperature have been observed by the Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) which was installed at Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Antarctica, in 2014....- publication PDF
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Estimating the impacts of radiation belt electrons on atmospheric chemistry...
This study considers the impact of electron precipitation from Earth's radiation belts on atmospheric composition using observations from the NASA Van Allen Probes and NSF...- publication PDF
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The impacts of using mixed physics in the Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble
A well-known problem in high-resolution ensembles has been a lack of sufficient spread among members. Modelers often have used mixed physics to increase spread, but this can...- publication PDF
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Integrated land ecosystem-atmosphere processes study (iLEAPS) assessment of...
Long-term, continuous observations are needed for Earth system investigations and evaluation of simulations. The atmospheric and ecological communities have independently...- publication PDF
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Conservation of dry air, water, and energy in CAM and its potential impact...
For the Community Atmosphere Model version 6 (CAM6), an adjustment is needed to conserve dry air mass. This adjustment exposes an inconsistency in how CAM6's energy budget...- publication PDF
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Limited-area atmospheric modeling using an unstructured mesh
A regional configuration of the atmospheric component of the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS-A) is described and evaluated. It employs horizontally unstructured...- publication PDF
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Simulation of polar ozone depletion: An update
We evaluate polar ozone depletion chemistry using the specified dynamics version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model for the year 2011. We find that total ozone...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of historical orographically enhanced extreme precipitation...
Using high resolution convective permitting simulations, we have investigated the sensitivity of historical orographically enhanced extreme precipitation events to idealized...- publication PDF
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Dual-polarization radar observations of deep convection over Lake Victoria...
Lake Victoria in East Africa supports the livelihood of thousands of fishermen and it is estimated that 3000-5000 human deaths occur per year over the lake. It is hypothesized...- publication PDF
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Analysis and simulation of mesoscale convective systems accompanying heavy...
We investigated a torrential rainfall case with a daily rainfall amount of 379 mm and a maximum hourly rain rate of 77.5 mm that took place on 12 July 2006 at Goyang in the...- publication PDF
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Conditions leading to the unprecedented low Antarctic sea ice extent during...
The 2016 austral spring was characterized by the lowest Southern Hemisphere (SH) sea ice extent seen in the satellite record (1979 to present) and coincided with anomalously...- publication PDF
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An observationally constrained 3D potential-field source-surface model for...
The improvement of techniques for realistically modeling the solar magnetic field has been a priority in solar physics for decades. The challenge of creating synoptic maps of...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric tides from 80 to 400 km: Propagation, interannual variability,...
Recent observations and model simulations demonstrate unequivocally that non-Sun-synchronous (nonmigrating) tides due to deep tropical convection produce large longitudinal and...- publication PDF
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A multiyear tropical Pacific cooling response to recent Australian wildfires in CESM2
The climate response to biomass burning emissions from the 2019-2020 Australian wildfire season is estimated from two 30-member ensembles using CESM2: one of which incorporates...- publication PDF
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Microclimate and human ecological factors in the divergent ecology of Aedes...
An estimate of the interval between successive infections is essential for surveillance, control, and modeling of infectious diseases. This paper proposes a method for...- publication PDF
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The art and science of climate model tuning
The process of parameter estimation targeting a chosen set of observations is an essential aspect of numerical modeling. This process is usually named tuning in the climate...- publication PDF
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Implications for atmospheric dynamics derived from global observations of...
In this work absolute values of gravity wave (GW) momentum flux are derived from global temperature measurements by the satellite instruments High Resolution Dynamics Limb...- publication PDF
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Impact of intraseasonal oscillations on the tropical cyclone activity over...
The tropical cyclones (TCs) that form over the warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico region pose a major threat to the surrounding coastal communities. Skillful subseasonal...- publication PDF
