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Kinematics of magnetic bright features in the solar photosphere
Convective flows are known as the prime means of transporting magnetic fields on the solar surface. Thus, small magnetic structures are good tracers of turbulent flows. We study...- publication PDF
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A negative feedback between anthropogenic ozone pollution and enhanced ocean...
Naturally emitted from the oceans, iodine compounds efficiently destroy atmospheric ozone and reduce its positive radiative forcing effects in the troposphere. Emissions of...- publication PDF
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Radiative forcing since preindustrial times due to ozone change in the...
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The coupled boundary layers and air-sea transfer experiment in low winds
The Office of Naval Research's Coupled Boundary Layers and Air–Sea Transfer (CBLAST) program is being conducted to investigate the processes that couple the marine boundary...- publication PDF
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Marine boundary layers above heterogeneous SST: Alongfront winds
Turbulent flow in a weakly convective marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) driven by geostrophic winds V-g = 10 m s(-1) and heterogeneous sea surface temperature (SST) is...- publication PDF
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Landscape controls on water-energy-carbon fluxes across different ecosystems...
The dependence of arid and semiarid ecosystems on seasonal rainfall is not well understood when sites have access to groundwater. Gradients in terrain conditions in northwest...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms of mixed-layer salinity seasonal variability in the Indian Ocean
Based on a joint analysis of an ensemble mean of satellite sea surface salinity retrievals and the output of a high-resolution numerical ocean circulation simulation, physical...- publication PDF
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Weather forecast uncertainty information: An exploratory study with...
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Longitudinal variations of thermospheric composition at the solstices
O/N2, measured by the Global Ultraviolet Imager on board the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics Dynamics satellite, has large longitudinal variations at the...- publication PDF
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Expansion of a holepunch cloud by a gravity wave front
A holepunch cloud is a curious phenomenon where a disturbance in a thin cloud layer initiates an expanding circular hole of clear air. Usually triggered by the passage of...- publication PDF
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Development and evaluation of a mosaic approach in the WRF-Noah framework
The current Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Noah modeling framework considers only the dominant land cover type within each grid cell, which here is referred to as the...- publication PDF
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Integrating cloud processes in the Community Atmosphere Model, Version 5
This paper provides a description of the integrated representation for the cloud processes in the Community Atmosphere Model, version 5 (CAM5). CAM5 cloud parameterizations add...- publication PDF
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The SPARC Data Initiative: Comparisons of CFC-11, CFC-12, HF and SF6...
A quality assessment of the CFC-11 (CCl3F), CFC-12 (CCl2F2), HF, and SF6 products from limb-viewing satellite instruments is provided by means of a detailed intercomparison. The...- publication PDF
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Emission of sunscreen salicylic esters from desert vegetation and their...
Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) produced by plants are known to have an important role in atmospheric chemistry. However, our knowledge of the range of BVOCs produced...- publication PDF
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Validation of mountain precipitation forecasts from the...
Convection-permitting ensembles can capture the large spatial variability and quantify the inherent uncertainty of precipitation in areas of complex terrain; however, such...- publication PDF
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Aerosol hygroscopicity and CCN activation kinetics in a boreal forest...
Measurements of size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations, subsaturated hygroscopic growth, size distribution, and chemical composition were collected from...- publication PDF
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Instructor's Handbook on Meteorological Instrumentation
This Instructor's Handbook is the result of an NCAR-sponsored summer colloquium whose purpose is provided useful material to assist instructors in teaching meteorological...- publication PDF
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Toward a minimal representation of aerosols in climate models: Comparative...
The authors have decomposed the anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing into direct contributions from each aerosol species to the planetary energy balance through absorption...- 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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Driving influences of the Doppler flash observed by SuperDARN HF radars in...
Sudden enhancement in high-frequency absorption is a well-known impact of solar flare-driven Short-Wave Fadeout (SWF). Less understood, is a perturbation of the radio wave...- publication PDF