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A total energy error analysis of dynamical cores and physics-dynamics...
A closed total energy (TE) budget is of utmost importance in coupled climate system modeling; in particular, the dynamical core or physics-dynamics coupling should ideally not...- publication PDF
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Causes of the longitudinal differences in the equatorial vertical E Ã B...
During stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) periods large changes in the low-latitude vertical drift have been observed at Jicamarca as well as in other longitudinal sectors. In...- publication PDF
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Adaptive mesh refinement with spectral accuracy for magnetohydrodynamics in...
We examine the effect of accuracy of high-order spectral element methods, with or without adaptive mesh refinement (AMR), in the context of a classical configuration of magnetic...- publication PDF
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Isohaline salinity budget of the North Atlantic salinity maximum
In this study, the salinity budget of the North Atlantic subtropical salinity maximum region for control volumes bounded by isohaline surfaces is analyzed. The authors provide...- publication PDF
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Competing forecast verification: Using the power-divergence statistic for...
When testing hypotheses about which of two competing models is better, say A and B, the difference is often not significant. An alternative, complementary approach, is to...- publication PDF
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Operation of the Stokes Profile Synthesis Routine
The Stokes Profile Synthesis Routine (SPSR) calculates the Stokes vector emerging from a model atmosphere using the Diagonal Element Lambda Operator (DELO) method described in...- publication PDF
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Application of dynamical error estimation for statistical optimization of...
Errors in stratospheric bending angles retrieved from GPS radio occultations can be significantly reduced by using statistical optimization. In order for this technique to work...- publication PDF
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Effects from time dependence of ice nucleus activity for contrasting cloud types
The role of time-dependent freezing of ice nucleating particles (INPs) is evaluated with the "Aerosol-Cloud" (AC) model in 1) deep convection observed over Oklahoma during the...- publication PDF
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Retrievals of carbon monoxide profiles from MOPITT observations using...
Optimal estimation methods, such as the "maximum a posteriori" solution, are commonly employed for retrieving profiles of atmospheric trace gases from satellite observations. To...- publication PDF
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Electrification of thunderstorms and formation of precipitation
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Ocean complexity shapes sea surface temperature variability in a CESM2...
To improve understanding of ocean processes impacting monthly sea surface temperature (SST) variability, we analyze a Community Earth System Model, version 2, hierarchy in which...- publication PDF
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Retrieval of tropical cyclone statistics with a high-resolution coupled...
When observations are assimilated into a high-resolution coupled model, a traditional scheme that preferably projects observations to correct large-scale background tends to...- publication PDF
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Snow on Arctic sea ice in a warming climate as simulated in CESM
Earth system models are valuable tools for understanding how the Arctic snow-ice system and the feedbacks therein may respond to a warming climate. In this analysis, we...- publication PDF
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Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for WRF: Formulation and...
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model-based variational data assimilation system (WRF-Var) has been extended from three- to four-dimensional variational data...- publication PDF
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Spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). Part I:...
This study examines spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). This paper, the first part of the study, evaluates the structures of spiral rainbands...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the performance of WRF in simulating winds and surface...
The intensity and frequency of wildfires in California (CA) have increased in recent years, causing significant damage to human health and property. In October 2007, a number of...- publication PDF
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Constraining clouds and convective parameterizations in a climate model...
Cloud and convective parameterizations strongly influence uncertainties in equilibrium climate sensitivity. We provide a proof-of-concept study to constrain these...- publication PDF
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Challenges of operational river forecasting
Skillful and timely streamflow forecasts are critically important to water managers and emergency protection services. To provide these forecasts, hydrologists must predict the...- publication PDF
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Modelling atmospheric flows with adaptive moving meshes
An anelastic atmospheric flow solver has been developed that combines semi-implicit non-oscillatory forward-in-time numerics with a solution-adaptive mesh capability. A key...- publication PDF
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Stratosphere-troposphere coupling and annular mode variability in...
The internal variability and coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere in CCMVal-2 chemistry-climate models are evaluated through analysis of the annular mode patterns...- publication PDF
