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Radar observation of precipitation asymmetries in tropical cyclones making...
This study explores, for the first time, the asymmetric distribution of precipitation in tropical cyclones (TCs) making landfall along east China coast using reflectivity data...- publication PDF
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Understanding rapid adjustments to diverse forcing agents
Rapid adjustments are responses to forcing agents that cause a perturbation to the top of atmosphere energy budget but are uncoupled to changes in surface warming. Different...- publication PDF
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The kinematic and microphysical characteristics and associated precipitation...
Dual-Doppler, polarimetric radar observations and precipitation efficiency (PE) calculations are used to analyze subtropical heavy rainfall events that occurred in southern...- publication PDF
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Changing seasonal sea ice predictor relationships in a changing Arctic climate
Seasonal predictions of Arctic sea ice conditions often rely on statistical relationships of a set of predictors that have shown skill for historical conditions. However, with...- publication PDF
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Global observations of gravity wave intermittency and its impact on the...
Three years of gravity wave observations from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder instrument on NASA's Aura satellite are examined. We produce estimates of the global...- publication PDF
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A weather and climate enterprise strategic implementation plan for...
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Weather and Climate Enterprise Strategic Implementation Plan for Generating and Communicating Forecast Uncertainty (the Plan) is...- publication PDF
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Predicting the Atlantic multidecadal variability from initialized simulations
In contrast to dominant interannual time-scale variability in other ocean basins, the leading observed mode variability in the Atlantic is characterized as a basinwide seesaw-...- publication PDF
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The uneven nature of daily precipitation and its change
A few days with heavy rain contribute disproportionately to total precipitation, while many days with light drizzle contribute much less. What is not appreciated is just how...- publication PDF
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Toward an uncertainty budget for a coastal ocean model
Estimates of three components of an uncertainty budget for a coastal ocean model in a wind-forced regime are made based on numerical simulations. The budget components behave...- publication PDF
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Contrary responses of the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio to Arctic sea ice loss
The impact on the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio from Arctic sea ice loss is investigated using the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) model for their important roles...- publication PDF
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MOPITT multispectral CO retrievals: Origins and effects of geophysical...
An obstacle to the simultaneous use of near-infrared (NIR) and thermal infrared (TIR) observations from the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument has...- publication PDF
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Stomatal conductance influences interannual variability and long-term...
Ambient ozone uptake by plant stomata degrades ecosystem and crop health and alters local-to-global carbon and water cycling. Metrics for ozone plant damage are often based...- publication PDF
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Assessing boundary condition and parametric uncertainty in...
To accurately plan and manage wind power plants, not only does the time-varying wind resource at the site of interest need to be assessed but also the uncertainty connected to...- publication PDF
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Evidence of a gravity wave breaking event and the estimation of the wave...
On the night of December 3rd, 2004 (UT day 338), we observed a significant acceleration of horizontal wind near 100 km between 0900 and 0915 UT accompanied by a temperature...- publication PDF
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A numerical case study on the initiation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
A mesoscale tropical channel model is used to study the long-standing problem of the initiation of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO). With initial and lateral boundary...- publication PDF
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Effects of surface exchange coefficients and turbulence length scales on the...
Using numerical simulations, this study examines the sensitivity of hurricane intensity and structure to changes in the surface exchange coefficients and to changes in the...- publication PDF
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Interannual coupling between summertime surface temperature and...
Widespread negative correlations between summertime-mean temperatures and precipitation over land regions are a well-known feature of terrestrial climate. This behavior has...- publication PDF
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A Summary of Solar Activity Observed at the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory: 1980-1983
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The Holton-Tan mechanism under stratospheric aerosol intervention
The teleconnection between the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex, or the Holton-Tan (HT) relationship, may change in a warmer climate or...- publication PDF
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A nonhydrostatic unstructured-mesh soundproof model for simulation of...
A semi-implicit edge-based unstructured-mesh model is developed that integrates nonhydrostatic soundproof equations, inclusive of anelastic and pseudo-incompressible systems of...- publication PDF
