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A multicase comparative assessment of the ensemble Kalman filter for...
The effectiveness of the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) for assimilating radar observations at convective scales is investigated for cases whose behaviors span supercellular,...- publication PDF
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Comparison of past and future simulations of ENSO in CMIP5/PMIP3 and...
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the strongest mode of interannual climate variability in the current climate, influencing ecosystems, agriculture, and weather systems...- publication PDF
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Reference upper-air observations for climate: From concept to reality
The three main objectives of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) are to provide long-term high-quality climate records of vertical...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric dry layers in the tropical western Pacific: Comparisons of GPS...
We use GPS radio occultation (RO) data to investigate the structure and temporal behavior of extremely dry, high-ozone tropospheric air in the tropical western Pacific during...- publication PDF
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Pathways to achieve universal household access to modern energy by 2030
A lack of access to modern energy impacts health and welfare and impedes development for billions of people. Growing concern about these impacts has mobilized the international...- publication PDF
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Marine ice sheet experiments with the Community Ice Sheet Model
Ice sheet models differ in their numerical treatment of dynamical processes. Simulations of marine-based ice are sensitive to the choice of Stokes flow approximation and basal...- publication PDF
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Emission factors and evolution of SO2 measured from biomass burning in...
Fires emit sufficient sulfur to affect local and regional air quality and climate. This study analyzes SO2 emission factors and variability in smoke plumes from US wildfires and...- publication PDF
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Ocean climate observing requirements in support of climate research and...
Natural variability and change of the Earth's climate have significant global societal impacts. With its large heat and carbon capacity and relatively slow dynamics, the ocean...- publication PDF
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Climate simulations with a new air-sea turbulent flux parameterization in...
This study examines climate simulations with the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 3 (NCAR CAM3) using a new air-sea turbulent flux...- publication PDF
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Vertical Interpolation and Truncation of Model-coordinate Data
This technical note explores the advantages and disadvantages of using global analyses on 1) pressure level surfaces, and 2) model (sigma or hybrid) level surfaces and the...- publication PDF
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The impact of positive-definite moisture transport on NWP precipitation forecasts
A positive-definite transport scheme for moisture is tested in a nonhydrostatic forecast model using convection-permitting resolutions. Use of the positive-definite scheme is...- publication PDF
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As the wind blows? Understanding hurricane damages at the local level...
An understanding of the potential drivers of local-scale hurricane losses is developed through a case study analysis. Two recent category-3 U.S. landfalling hurricanes (Ivan in...- publication PDF
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An improved OSIRIS NO2 profile retrieval in the upper troposphere–lower...
The v7.2 NO2 retrieval for the Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System (OSIRIS) was designed to improve sensitivity in the upper troposphere-lower stratosphere (UTLS)...- publication PDF
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A limited area model (LAM) intercomparison study of a TWP-ICE active monsoon...
A limited area model (LAM) intercomparison study is conducted based on a tropical monsoonal deep convection case observed during the Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud...- publication PDF
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A bird's-eye view: Development of an operational ARM unmanned aerial...
Thorough understanding of aerosols, clouds, boundary layer structure, and radiation is required to improve the representation of the Arctic atmosphere in weather forecasting and...- publication PDF
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High-resolution gridded soil moisture and soil temperature datasets for the...
High-resolution soil moisture/temperature (SM/ST) are critical components of the growing demand for fine-scale products over the Indian monsoon region (IMR) which has diverse...- publication PDF
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Improving retrieval quality for airborne limb sounders by horizontal regularisation
Modern airborne infrared limb sounders are capable of measuring profiles so fast that neighbouring profiles are very similar to one another. This can be exploited by retrieving...- publication PDF
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Monitoring air quality from space: The case for the geostationary platform
Air quality (AQ) is defined by the atmospheric composition of gases and particulates near the Earth's surface. This composition depends on local emissions of pollutants,...- publication PDF
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Rethinking failure: Engineering for climate extremes
How does our built environment make society vulnerable to climate extremes such as flooding? What knowledge is required by engineering designers and risk managers to address the...- publication PDF
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A climatology of planetary wave-driven mesospheric inversion layers in the...
Mesospheric inversion layers (MILs) are a useful diagnostic to simultaneously investigate middle atmosphere radiation, chemistry, and dynamics in high-top general circulation...- publication PDF
