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Evaluation of the new CNDV option of the Community Land Model: Effects of...
The Community Land Model, version 4 (CLM4) includes the option to run the prognostic carbon-nitrogen (CN) model with dynamic vegetation (CNDV). CNDV, which simulates unmanaged...- publication PDF
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A Mass-conservative semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian limited-area shallow-water...
A locally mass conservative shallow-water model using a two-time-level, semi-implicit, semi-Lagrangian integration scheme is presented. The momentum equations are solved with...- publication PDF
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Is it possible to quantify irrigation water‐use by assimilating a...
Irrigation is the largest human intervention in the water cycle that can modulate climate extremes, yet irrigation water use (IWU) remains largely unknown in most regions....- publication PDF
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Investigation of the residual in column-integrated atmospheric energy...
Observationally based atmospheric energy balance is analyzed using Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES)-derived TOA and surface irradiance, Global Precipitation...- publication PDF
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Systems approach to polarization calibration for the Daniel K. Inouye solar...
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) advances studies of solar magnetism through high-precision and accuracy in polarimetry at frontier spatial and temporal scales. A...- publication PDF
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Mapping model agreement on future climate projections
Climate change projections are often based on simulations from multiple global climate models and are presented as maps with some form of stippling or measure of robustness to...- publication PDF
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On the value of time-lag-ensemble averaging to improve numerical model...
The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model with its hourly updating cycles provides multiple weather forecasts valid at any given time. A logical combination of these...- publication PDF
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Technical Description of an Urban Parameterization for the Community Land...
This technical note describes the physical parameterizations and numerical implementation of a Community Land Model Urban (CLMU) parameterization as coupled to version 4 of the...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of meteorological skill to selection of WRF‐Chem physical...
Ozone concentrations in excess of health-based standards occur along the coastline of Lake Michigan. A complex pattern of ozone precursor emissions interfaces with a complex...- publication PDF
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Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for a limited area model
A 4-dimensional variational data assimilation (4D-Var) scheme for the HIgh Resolution Limited Area Model (HIRLAM) forecasting system is described in this article. The innovative...- publication PDF
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A numerical study of mountain waves in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
A numerical study of mountain waves in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (UTLS) is presented for two Intensive Observational Periods (IOPs) of the Terrain-induced...- publication PDF
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A framework for detection and attribution of regional precipitation change:...
Despite the emerging influence of anthropogenic climate change on the global water cycle, at regional scales the combination of observational uncertainty, large internal...- publication PDF
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Impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering on meteorological droughts in...
This study assesses changes in meteorological droughts in West Africa under a high greenhouse gas scenario, i.e., a representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5), and under...- publication PDF
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Relationship between level of neutral buoyancy and dual-Doppler observed...
Although it is generally accepted that the level of neutral buoyancy (LNB) is only a coarse estimate of updraft depth, the LNB is still used to understand and predict storm...- publication PDF
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The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: Large-scale climate...
The Pliocene epoch has great potential to improve our understanding of the long-term climatic and environmental consequences of an atmospheric CO2 concentration near similar to...- publication PDF
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When will MISR detect rising high clouds?
It is predicted by both theory and models that high-altitude clouds will occur higher in the atmosphere as a result of climate warming. This produces a positive longwave...- publication PDF
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The importance of ENSO phase during volcanic eruptions for detection and attribution
Comparisons of the observed global-scale cooling following recent volcanic eruptions to that simulated by climate models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5)...- publication PDF
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Understanding land-atmosphere interactions across a range of spatial and...
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Monsoon regimes and processes in CCSM4. Part II: African and American monsoon systems
This is the second part of a two part series studying simulation characteristics of the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) for various monsoon regimes around the...- publication PDF
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Exposing global cloud biases in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) using...
Satellite observations and their corresponding instrument simulators are used to document global cloud biases in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) versions 4 and 5. The...- publication PDF