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HIWIND observation of summer season polar cap thermospheric winds
HIWIND (High altitude Interferometer WIND experiment) is a balloon-borne Fabry Perot interferometer for daytime thermospheric wind observations. In this paper, we examine the...- publication PDF
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A conservative semi-lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin scheme on the cubed sphere
The discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods designed for hyperbolic problems arising from a wide range of applications are known to enjoy many computational advantages. DG methods...- publication PDF
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Spatial and temporal variability of interhemispheric transport times
The seasonal and interannual variability of transport times from the northern midlatitude surface into the Southern Hemisphere is examined using simulations of three idealized...- publication PDF
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Evaluating a lightning parameterization based on cloud-top height for...
The Price and Rind lightning parameterization based on cloud-top height is a commonly used method for predicting flash rate in global chemistry models. As mesoscale simulations...- publication PDF
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An investigation of ammonia and inorganic particulate matter in California...
Airborne observations from the California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) campaign in May and June 2010 are used to investigate the role of...- publication PDF
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Maximum entropy production and time varying problems: The seasonal cycle in...
It has been suggested that the maximum entropy production (MEP) principle, or MEP hypothesis, could be an interesting tool to compute climatic variables like temperature. In...- publication PDF
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Plant physiological and environmental controls over the exchange of...
We quantified fine scale sources and sinks of gas phase acetaldehyde in two forested ecosystems in the US. During the daytime, the upper canopy behaved as a net source while at...- publication PDF
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Enhanced new particle formation observed in the northern midlatitude...
The free troposphere and lower stratosphere is a source region for new particle formation. In particular, nucleation can be active near the tropopause because of low...- publication PDF
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Algorithm for the charge-coupled-device scanning actinic flux...
Stratospheric ozone column data was acquired during four recent aircraft-based validation missions for the Aura satellite flown in years 2004-2006. The data was retrieved by the...- publication PDF
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Separating daily 1 km PM 2.5 inorganic chemical composition in China since...
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) chemical composition has strong and diverse impacts on the planetary environment, climate, and health. These effects are still not well...- publication PDF
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An objective methodology for configuring and down-selecting an NWP Ensemble...
Ensembles of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model predictions are used for a variety of forecasting applications. Such ensembles quantify the uncertainty of the prediction...- publication PDF
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Isoprene suppression of new particle formation in a mixed deciduous forest
Production of new particles over forests is an important source of cloud condensation nuclei that can affect climate. While such particle formation events have been widely...- publication PDF
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Biophysical consequences of photosynthetic temperature acclimation for climate
Photosynthetic temperature acclimation is a commonly observed process that is increasingly being incorporated into Earth System Models (ESMs). While short-term acclimation has...- publication PDF
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MM4 (Penn State/NCAR) Mesoscale Model. Version 4 Documentation
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Evaluating twenty-year trends in earth's energy flows from observations and...
Satellite, reanalysis, and ocean in situ data are analyzed to evaluate regional, hemispheric and global mean trends in Earth's energy fluxes during the first 20 years of the...- publication PDF
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Concentrations and sources of organic carbon aerosols in the free...
Aircraft measurements of water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) aerosol over NE North America during summer 2004 (ITCT-2K4) are simulated with a global chemical transport model...- publication PDF
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Exposures to carbon monoxide in a cookstove intervention in Northern Ghana
Biomass burning for home energy use is a major environmental health concern. Improved cooking technologies could generate environmental health benefits, yet prior results...- publication PDF
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Comparison of two turbulence parameterisations for the simulation of the...
In this work, we compare two different parameterisations for the wind velocity-component standard deviations. The first one is the (Hanna 1982) parameterisation, while the...- publication PDF
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A dynamic congestion management system for InfiniBand networks
While the InfiniBand link-by-link flow control helps avoid packet loss, it unfortunately causes the effects of congestion to spread through a network. Flows whose paths do not...- 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