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A guide to RBF-generated finite differences for nonlinear transport: Shallow...
The current paper establishes the computational efficiency and accuracy of the RBF-FD method for large-scale geoscience modeling with comparisons to state-of-the-art methods as...- publication PDF
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The path integral formulation of climate dynamics
The chaotic nature of the atmospheric dynamics has stimulated the applications of methods and ideas derived from statistical dynamics. For instance, ensemble systems are used to...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of humidity correction methods for Vaisala RS92 tropical sounding data
This study examines the DigiCORA and Global Climate Observing System Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) humidity corrections of Vaisala RS92 radiosondes at three sites over the...- publication PDF
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Temperature variations in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during...
Using the temperature data observed from the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER), we investigate the response of the mesosphere and lower...- publication PDF
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Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth
Atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a critical variable in determining plant photosynthesis. Synthesis of four global climate datasets reveals a sharp increase of VPD...- publication PDF
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Determination of the combined ventilation factor and capacitance for ice...
The ventilation factor and capacitance used in numerical models to represent ice crystal aggregates directly affects the growth rate of the ice crystal aggregates, and...- publication PDF
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Interannual, seasonal and regional variations in the Martian convective...
We present interannual, seasonal, and regional variations in the daytime Martian convective boundary layer (CBL). Martian CBL meteorology is driven both by the effect of diurnal...- publication PDF
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Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean
Small-scale mixing drives the diabatic upwelling that closes the abyssal ocean overturning circulation. Indirect microstructure measurements of in situ turbulence suggest that...- publication PDF
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Altitude variations of the horizontal thermospheric winds during geomagnetic storms
It is generally assumed that viscosity smooths out vertical gradients of the horizontal thermospheric winds in the upper thermosphere, and thus observations of neutral winds at...- publication PDF
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The impact of abrupt suspension of solar radiation management (termination...
We have examined changes in climate which result from the sudden termination of geoengineering after 50 years of offsetting a 1% per annum increase in COâ concentrations by a...- publication PDF
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Evolution of ozone pollution in China: What track will it follow?
Increasing surface ozone (O3) concentrations has emerged as a key air pollution problem in many urban regions worldwide in the last decade. A longstanding major issue in...- publication PDF
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The tropical tropopause layer 1960-2100
The representation of the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) in 13 different Chemistry Climate Models (CCMs) designed to represent the stratosphere is analyzed. Simulations for...- publication PDF
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The Energy Balance Experiment EBEX-2000. Part I: Overview and energy balance
An overview of the Energy Balance Experiment (EBEX-2000) is given. This experiment studied the ability of state-of-the-art measurements to close the surface energy balance over...- publication PDF
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Automatic near-real-time detection of CMEs in Mauna Loa K-Cor coronagraph images
A simple algorithm has been developed to detect the onset of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), together with speed estimates, in near-real time using linearly polarized white-light...- publication PDF
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Asteroseismic signatures of stellar magnetic activity cycles
Observations of stellar activity cycles provide an opportunity to study magnetic dynamos under many different physical conditions. Space-based asteroseismology missions will...- publication PDF
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Surface and lightning sources of nitrogen oxides over the United States:...
We use observations from two aircraft during the ICARTT campaign over the eastern United States and North Atlantic during summer 2004, interpreted with a global 3-D model of...- publication PDF
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Aircraft-based aerosol sampling in clouds: Performance characterization of...
Interaction of liquid cloud droplets and ice particles with aircraft aerosol inlets can result in the generation of a large number of secondary particles and contaminate aerosol...- publication PDF
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Tropical decadal variability and the rate of Arctic Sea ice decrease
The trend for cold-season (November-December-January-February, NDJF) decreases in Arctic sea ice extent from 2000 to 2014 was about a factor of two larger than the 1979-2000...- publication PDF
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Anisotropic Gent-McWilliams parameterization for ocean models
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Response of the Amazon carbon balance to the 2010 drought derived with...
Two major droughts in the past decade had large impacts on carbon exchange in the Amazon. Recent analysis of vertical profile measurements of atmospheric COâ and CO by Gatti...- publication PDF