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Forecasts of hurricanes using large-ensemble outputs
This paper describes the development of a model framework for Forecasts of Hurricanes Using Large-Ensemble Outputs (FHLO). FHLO quantifies the forecast uncertainty of a tropical...- publication PDF
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Assessment of using field-aligned currents to drive the global ionosphere...
In this study, field-aligned currents (FACs) obtained from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment data set have been used to specify the...- publication PDF
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How much climate change can be avoided by mitigation?
Avoiding the most serious climate change impacts will require informed policy decisions. This in turn will require information regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas...- publication PDF
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Empirical insights into the fate of ammonia in western U.S. wildfire smoke plumes
Wildfires are a major source of gas-phase ammonia (NH3) to the atmosphere. Quantifying the evolution and fate of this NH3 is important to understanding the formation of...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale and large-scale variability in high-latitude ionospheric...
Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis, a variant of principle component analysis, is applied to 20 months of plasma drift data from the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network...- publication PDF
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Climate versus emission drivers of methane lifetime against loss by...
With a more-than-doubling in the atmospheric abundance of the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH₄) since preindustrial times, and indications of renewed growth following a...- publication PDF
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The Mean Circulation of the Tropical and Subtropical Atmosphere-July
The purpose of this atlas is to provide a long-term data set to describe the mean structure of the tropical atmosphere straddling the equator for the period of the northern...- publication PDF
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Aspects of precipitation development in trade wind cumulus revealed by...
Early radar echo development in trade wind cumulus clouds is studied using the equivalent reflectivity factor Ze combined with the differential reflectivity Zdr. The clouds...- publication PDF
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Evaluating simplified chemical mechanisms within present-day simulations of...
While state-of-the-art complex chemical mechanisms expand our understanding of atmospheric chemistry, their sheer size and computational requirements often limit simulations to...- publication PDF
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Rethinking failure: Engineering for climate extremes
How does our built environment make society vulnerable to climate extremes such as flooding? What knowledge is required by engineering designers and risk managers to address the...- publication PDF
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Generation and trapping of gravity waves from convection with comparison to...
Some parameterizations of gravity wave mean flow forcing in global circulation models (GCMs) add realism by describing wave generation by tropospheric convection. Because the...- publication PDF
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Surface temperature probability distributions in the NARCCAP hindcast...
Methodology is developed and applied to evaluate the characteristics of daily surface temperature distributions in a six-member regional climate model (RCM) hindcast experiment...- publication PDF
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Do multi�model ensembles improve reconstruction skill in paleoclimate data...
Reconstructing past climates remains a difficult task because pre-instrumental observational networks are composed of geographically sparse and noisy paleoclimate proxy records...- publication PDF
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Global Distribution of Total Cloud Cover and Cloud Type Amounts Over the Ocean
This is the fourth of a series of atlases to result from a study of the global cloud distribution from ground-based observations. The first two atlases (NCAR/TN-201+STR and...- publication PDF
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On measurements of small ice particles in clouds
For many years it has been recognized that some aircraft cloud microphysical measurements may be contaminated by ice hydrometeors shattering on probe inlets. Small ice particle...- publication PDF
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Flight control software for the wave-front sensor of SUNRISE 1m balloon telescope
This paper describes the flight control software of the wave-front correction system that flew on the 2009 science flight of the Sunrise balloon telescope. The software...- publication PDF
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Aircraft observations of cumulus microphysics ranging from the tropics to...
In situ data collected by three research aircraft in four geographical locations are analyzed to determine the relationship between cloud-base temperature, drop size...- publication PDF
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Verifying supercellular rotation in a convection-permitting ensemble...
The utility of radar-derived rotation track data for the verification of supercell thunderstorm forecasts was quantified through this study. The forecasts were generated using a...- publication PDF
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Northern Hemisphere climate variability during winter: Looking back on the...
We present a brief commentary on the landmark study of Exner (1913), in which an analysis of the correlation between monthly anomalies of “polar pressure” and sea level pressure...- publication PDF
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Characterization of coarse particulate matter in the western United States:...
We provide a regional characterization of coarse particulate matter (PM10-2.5) spanning the western United States based on the analysis of measurements from 50 sites reported in...- publication PDF
