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Quantification of CO emissions from the city of Madrid using MOPITT...
The growth of mega-cities leads to air quality problems directly affecting the citizens. Satellite measurements are becoming of higher quality and quantity, which leads to more...- publication PDF
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Solar filament impact on 21 January 2005: Geospace consequences
On 21 January 2005, a moderate magnetic storm produced a number of anomalous features, some seen more typically during superstorms. The aim of this study is to establish the...- publication PDF
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Spatially and temporally varying adaptive covariance inflation for ensemble filters
Ensemble filters are used in many data assimilation applications in geophysics. Basic implementations of ensemble filters are trivial but are susceptible to errors from many...- publication PDF
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Radar observations of winds, waves and tides in the mesosphere and lower...
The mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) is a dynamic layer of the earth's atmosphere. This region marks the interface at which neutral atmosphere dynamics begin to influence...- publication PDF
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New software to analyze how extremes change over time
Average behavior is often studied, with well-developed techniques from the field of statistics allowing for inferences to be readily made. However, in many atmospheric,...- publication PDF
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Estimation of turbulent heat fluxes via assimilation of air temperature and...
A number of studies have used time series of air temperature and specific humidity observations to estimate turbulent heat fluxes. These studies require the specification of...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the mesospheric polar vortices in WACCM
This work evaluates the wintertime mesospheric polar vortices in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model. Mesospheric altitudes are where high-top models underestimate the...- publication PDF
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Can we do better than the grid survey: Optimal synoptic surveys in presence...
Regular grid (“lawnmower”) survey is a classical strategy for synoptic sampling of the ocean. Is it possible to achieve a more effective use of available resources if one takes...- publication PDF
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Leading efforts to improve global quantitative precipitation estimation
Global quantitative precipitation estimates (QPEs) at higher spatial and temporal resolutions are critical for the development of applications that address a variety of...- publication PDF
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Comparison of inversion codes for polarized line formation in MHD...
Milne-Eddington (M-E) inversion codes for the radiative transfer equation are the most widely used tools to infer the magnetic field from observations of the polarization...- publication PDF
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Application of dynamical error estimation for statistical optimization of...
Errors in stratospheric bending angles retrieved from GPS radio occultations can be significantly reduced by using statistical optimization. In order for this technique to work...- publication PDF
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Radar data assimilation with WRF 4D-Var. Part I: System development and...
The major goal of this two-part study is to assimilate radar data into the high-resolution Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting Model (ARW-WRF) for the improvement...- publication PDF
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Diurnal variation of summer rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau and its...
This paper investigates the diurnal variation of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and its neighboring areas using the TMPA (TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation...- publication PDF
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Estimating continuous-coverage instantaneous precipitation rates using...
This study demonstrates a method of temporally and spatially scaling precipitation rates at low probability of precipitation-rate exceedance levels (e.g., 0.1%) from coarser-...- publication PDF
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The effects of climate model similarity on probabilistic climate projections...
Approaches for probability density function (pdf) development of future climate often assume that different climate models provide independent information, despite model...- publication PDF
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Provenance of anthropogenic Pb and atmospheric dust to northwestern North America
Industrial activities release aerosols containing toxic metals into the atmosphere, where they are transported far from their sources, impacting ecosystems and human health....- publication PDF
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Quasi-idealized numerical simulations of processes involved in orogenic...
The Sierras de Cordoba (SDC) range in Argentina is a hotspot of deep moist convection initiation (CI). Radar climatology indicates that 44% of daytime CI events that occur near...- publication PDF
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Global dynamics of the MLT
The transition between the middle atmosphere and the thermosphere is known as the MLT region (for mesosphere and lower thermosphere). This area has some character- istics that...- publication PDF
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Research needs and directions of regional climate modeling using WRF and CCSM
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Importance of tree- and species-level interactions with wildfire, climate,...
The boreal zone of Alaska is dominated by interactions between disturbances, vegetation, and soils. These interactions are likely to change in the future through increasing...- publication PDF
