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The use of GPS measurements for water vapor determination
A workshop on the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements in weather and climate with emphasis on water vapor determination, was organized by the National...- publication PDF
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The NCAR In Situ Turbulence Detection Algorithm
Historically, there has been one main source for routine turbulence observations for the aviation community, namely pilot reports. Although useful for tactical turbulence...- publication PDF
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Deployment and performance analyses of high-resolution Iowa XPOL radar...
This article presents the data collected and analyzed using the University of Iowa's X-band polarimetric (XPOL) radars that were part of the spring 2013 hydrology-oriented Iowa...- publication PDF
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Improving societal outcomes of extreme weather in a changing climate: An...
Despite hazard mitigation efforts and scientific and technological advances, extreme weather events continue to cause substantial losses. The impacts of extreme weather result...- publication PDF
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Polarization lidar operation for measuring backscatter phase matrices of...
We describe implementation and demonstration of a polarization technique adapted for lidar to measure all unique elements of the volume backscatter phase matrix. This capability...- publication PDF
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Topographic-thermal circulations and GPS-measured moisture variability...
To investigate topographic-thermal circulations and the associated moisture variability over western Puerto Rico, field data were collected from 15 to 31 March 2011. Surface...- 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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Daedalus: A low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower...
The Daedalus mission has been proposed to the European Space Agency (ESA) in response to the call for ideas for the Earth Observation program's 10th Earth Explorer. It was...- publication PDF
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Airborne doppler radar and sounding analysis of an oceanic cold front
An analysis of a cold front over the eastern Atlantic Ocean based on airborne Doppler wind syntheses and dropsonde data is presented. The focus and unique aspect of this study...- publication PDF
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A regime-based approach for integrating wind information in spatio-temporal...
Spatio-temporal solar forecasting based on statistical models seldom integrates wind information. An AutoRegressive with eXogenous input (ARX) model was tested using global...- publication PDF
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The relative contributions of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures and...
The recent slowdown in global mean surface temperature (GMST) warming during boreal winter is examined from a regional perspective using 10-member initial-condition ensembles...- publication PDF
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A steady-state continuous flow chamber for the study of daytime and...
Experiments performed in laboratory chambers have contributed significantly to the understanding of the fundamental kinetics and mechanisms of the chemical reactions occurring...- publication PDF
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Tropical cyclone simulation and response to CO₂ doubling in the GFDL CM2.5...
Global tropical cyclone (TC) activity is simulated by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Climate Model, version 2.5 (CM2.5), which is a fully coupled global...- publication PDF
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Dispersion of Smoke Plumes From the Oil Fires of Kuwait
Measurements collected during the multiple passes of a research aircraft through the smoke plumes from the oil fires of Kuwait are used to determine the sizes and growth rates...- publication PDF
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WACCM simulations of the mean circulation and trace species transport in the...
Downwelling of air in the high latitude winter middle atmosphere causes perturbations in chemical composition. Species with sources in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere,...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of parameterized convective transport of trace gases in...
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Uncertainties of estimates of inertio-gravity energy in the atmosphere. Part...
This paper presents the application of the normal-mode functions to diagnose the atmospheric energy spectra in terms of balanced and inertia-gravity (IG) contributions. A set of...- publication PDF
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Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed transport and variability
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) extends from the Southern Ocean to the northern North Atlantic, transporting heat northwards throughout the South and...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms for a record-breaking rainfall in the coastal metropolitan city...
Record-breaking rainfall of 524.1mm in 24hr occurred in the coastal metropolitan city of Guangzhou, China, during 6-7 May 2017 and caused devastating flooding. Observation...- publication PDF
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Kinematic and dynamic collision statistics of cloud droplets from...
We study the dynamic and kinematic collision statistics of cloud droplets for a range of flow Taylor microscale Reynolds numbers (up to 500), using a highly scalable hybrid...- publication PDF
