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Impact of equinoctial high-speed stream structures on thermospheric responses
We examine thermospheric neutral density response to 172 solar wind high-speed streams (HSSs) and the associated stream interfaces during the equinox seasons of 2002–2008. HSSs...- publication PDF
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Air parcel trajectory dispersion near the tropical tropopause
Dispersion of backward air parcel trajectories that are initially tightly grouped near the tropical tropopause is examined using three ensemble approaches: "RANWIND," in which...- publication PDF
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Mechanisms of a meteorological drought onset: Summer 2020 to Spring 2021 in...
By summer 2021 moderate to exceptional drought impacted 28% of North America, focused west of the Mississippi, with serious impacts on fire, water resources, and agriculture....- publication PDF
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The Second Joint Solar Dynamics Project Data Summary: Solar Magneticfield,...
This Technical Note presents the observations made during this effort in the interval 3-17 June 1983. As far as possible, daily observations made with the Mark-Ill kcoronameter...- publication PDF
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Dust storm over the Black Rock Desert: Larger-scale dynamic signatures
A dust storm that originated over the Black Rock Desert (BRD) of northwestern Nevada is investigated. Our primary goal is to more clearly understand the sequence of dynamical...- publication PDF
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Impacts of latent energy and snow fall speed on a wintertime midlatitude cyclone
This study aimed to understand the impacts of latent energy as well as snow fall speeds on precipitation properties and synoptic-scale storm characteristics of a wintertime...- publication PDF
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Role of abnormally enhanced MJO over the Western Pacific in the formation...
In the summer of 2018, Northeast Asia experienced a heatwave event that broke the existing high-temperature records in several locations in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and...- publication PDF
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Representation of spatial and temporal variability in large-domain...
The transfer of parameter sets over different temporal and spatial resolutions is common practice in many large-domain hydrological modelling studies. The degree to which...- publication PDF
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Zonally uniform tidal oscillations in the tropical stratosphere
By analyzing data from satellite measurements, a reanalysis, and a chemistry-climate model, we found clear zonally uniform tidal signals in the tropical stratosphere,...- publication PDF
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The MAP special observing period
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Specifying satellite drag through coupled thermosphere-ionosphere data...
The largest obstacle to managing satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) is accurately forecasting the neutral mass densities that appreciably impact atmospheric drag. Empirical...- publication PDF
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Revisiting trends in wetness and dryness in the presence of internal climate...
A theoretically expected consequence of the intensification of the hydrological cycle under global warming is that on average, wet regions get wetter and dry regions get drier...- publication PDF
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El Niño/Southern Oscillation inhibited by submesoscale ocean eddies
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation is characterized by irregular warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) events in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which have substantial global...- publication PDF
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A comprehensive observational study of graupel and hail terminal velocity,...
This study uses novel approaches to estimate the fall characteristics of hail, covering a size range from about 0.5 to 7 cm, and the drag coefficients of lump and conical...- publication PDF
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The roles of mineral dust as cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei during...
Aerosols play important roles in the evolution of deep convective systems like hailstorms. In this study, the heterogeneous ice nucleation schemes have been improved in the...- publication PDF
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Global investigation of the Mg atom and ion layers using SCIAMACHY/Envisat...
Mg and Mg+ concentration fields in the upper mesosphere/lower thermosphere (UMLT) region are retrieved from SCIAMACHY/Envisat limb measurements of Mg and Mg+ dayglow emissions...- publication PDF
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A TRMM assessment of the composition of the generator current that supplies...
The Peterson et al. (2015, ) passive microwave electric field retrieval is applied to 15years of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observations to estimate...- publication PDF
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Interglacials of the last 800,000 years
Interglacials, including the present (Holocene) period, are warm, low land ice extent (high sea level), end-members of glacial cycles. Based on a sea level definition, we...- publication PDF
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A geostationary thermal infrared sensor to monitor the lowermost...
This paper describes the capabilities of a nadir thermal infrared (TIR) sensor proposed for deployment onboard a geostationary platform to monitor ozone (O₃) and carbon monoxide...- publication PDF
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Source attribution of carbon monoxide in India and surrounding regions...
This study presents a CO source contribution analysis for the atmosphere of South Asia during January-February 2008. The approach includes into the Weather Research and...- publication PDF