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Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): Experimental design and...
The Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project has expanded to include a model intercomparison for the mid-Pliocene warm period (3.29 to 2.97 million yr ago). This project...- publication PDF
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The atmospheric response to projected terrestrial snow changes in the late...
Two atmospheric general circulation model experiments are conducted with specified terrestrial snow conditions representative of 1980-99 and 2080-99 The snow states are obtained...- publication PDF
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Impacts of increasing anthropogenic soluble iron and nitrogen deposition on...
We present results from transient sensitivity studies with the Biogeochemical Elemental Cycling (BEC) ocean model to increasing anthropogenic atmospheric inorganic nitrogen (N)...- publication PDF
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The Saharan air layer and the fate of African Easterly waves--NASA's AMMA...
In 2006, NASA led a field campaign to investigate the factors that control the fate of African easterly waves (AEWs) moving westward into the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Aircraft...- publication PDF
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The Solar Optical Telescope for the Hinode mission: An overview
The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard the Hinode satellite (formerly called Solar-B) consists of the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) and the Focal Plane Package (FPP). The...- publication PDF
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The bow and arrow mesoscale convective structure
The accurate prediction of warm-season convective systems and the heavy rainfall and severe weather associated with them remains a challenge for numerical weather prediction...- publication PDF
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Fate of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Strong decline...
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report concludes that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could weaken substantially but...- publication PDF
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Solar extreme-ultraviolet irradiance for general circulation models
Recent measurements of the solar extreme-ultraviolet spectrum provide high-resolution spectral irradiance that can be used for calculating ionization and dissociation rates in...- publication PDF
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Technical Note: A trace gas climatology derived from the Atmospheric...
The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment-Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) aboard the Canadian satellite SCISAT (launched in August 2003) was designed to investigate the...- publication PDF
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Dynamical forcing of subseasonal variability in the Tropical Brewer-Dobson...
Upwelling across the tropical tropopause exhibits strong subseasonal variability superimposed on the well-known annual cycle, and these variations directly affect temperature...- publication PDF
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Modeling the sources and chemistry of polar tropospheric halogens (Cl, Br,...
Current chemistry climate models do not include polar emissions and chemistry of halogens. This work presents the first implementation of an interactive polar module into the...- publication PDF
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Enhancing understanding and improving prediction of severe weather through...
Severe weather, including tornadoes, thunderstorms, wind, and hail annually cause significant loss of life and property. We are developing spatiotemporal machine learning...- publication PDF
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Poynting flux in the dayside polar cap boundary regions from DMSP F15...
Poynting flux, which describes electromagnetic energy flux, is an important energy source for the high-latitude upper atmosphere. After the launch of Defense Meteorological...- publication PDF
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Effects of low-level flow orientation and vertical shear on the structure...
This article explores the simultaneous effect of vertical wind shear (VWS) and low-level mean flow (LMF) on tropical cyclone (TC) structure evolution. The structural evolution...- publication PDF
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Contrasting organic aerosol particles from boreal and tropical forests...
We present the vibrational sum frequency generation spectra of organic particles collected in a boreal forest in Finland and a tropical forest in Brazil. These spectra are...- publication PDF
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Cloud and surface albedo feedbacks reshape 21st century warming in...
The relative importance of radiative feedbacks and emissions scenarios in controlling surface warming patterns is challenging to quantify across model generations. We analyze...- publication PDF
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Continuity of the mass loss of the world's glaciers and ice caps from the...
We use time series of time-variable gravity from the Gravitational Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) missions to evaluate the mass balance...- publication PDF
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Detecting the permafrost carbon feedback: Talik formation and increased...
Thaw and release of permafrost carbon (C) due to climate change is likely to offset increased vegetation C uptake in northern high-latitude (NHL) terrestrial ecosystems. Models...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale convective vortices observed during BAMEX. Part 2: Influences on...
Observations from the Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment are used to examine the role of the five mesoscale convective vortices described in Part 1 on...- publication PDF
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Observation- and model-based estimates of particulate dry nitrogen...
Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) emissions to the atmosphere have increased significantly the deposition of nitrate (NO3-) and ammonium (NH4+) to the surface waters of the open ocean,...- publication PDF