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Will there be a significant change to El Niño in the 21st century?
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) response to anthropogenic climate change is assessed in the following 1° nominal resolution Community Climate System Model, version 4...- publication PDF
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Evaluations of upper-level turbulence diagnostics performance using the...
The forecast skill of upper-level turbulence diagnostics is evaluated using available turbulence observations [viz., pilot reports (PIREPs)] over East Asia. The six years...- publication PDF
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New solar irradiance measurements from the Cubesat
The goal of the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) CubeSat is to explore the energy distribution of soft X-ray (SXR) emissions from the quiescent Sun, active regions,...- publication PDF
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Quantifying scavenging efficiencies of different aerosol species and...
In-cloud aerosol scavenging remains a large source of model uncertainty, affecting capabilities to capture the aerosol lifetime and impacts on air quality and climate. While...- publication PDF
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A numerical weather model's ability to predict characteristics of aircraft...
Recent advances in high-performance computing have enabled higher-resolution numerical weather models with increasingly complex data assimilation and more accurate physical...- publication PDF
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Collecting longitudinal, perishable social science observations during hurricanes
A hurricane is highly dynamic, evolving over minutes, hours, and days. It can change in intensity, track, and translational speed, all of which can change the hazards from wind,...- publication PDF
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Impact of stratospheric air and surface emissions on tropospheric nitrous...
We measured the global distribution of tropospheric N2O mixing ratios during the NASA airborne Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission. ATom measured concentrations of similar to...- publication PDF
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Large-eddy simulation of maritime deep tropical convection
This study represents an attempt to apply Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) resolution to simulate deep tropical convection in near equilibrium for 24 hours over an area of about 205...- publication PDF
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The Annual Cycle of Precipitation Over the Indian Subcontinent: Daily,...
This technical note documents the annual cycle of precipitation over the Indian subcontinent. Particular attention is focused upon India, the largest country within the region....- publication PDF
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Scientific Documentation for the NMM Solver
The development of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling system is a multiagency effort to provide a next-generation mesoscale forecast model system that aims at...- publication PDF
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On the links between ice nucleation, cloud phase, and climate sensitivity in CESM2
Ice nucleation in mixed-phase clouds has been identified as a critical factor in projections of future climate. Here we explore how this process influences climate sensitivity...- publication PDF
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An agent-based modeling framework for examining the dynamics of the...
Hurricane evacuations involve many interacting physical-social factors and uncertainties that evolve with time as the storm approaches and arrives. Because of these complex and...- publication PDF
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Strong modulations on the Bay of Bengal monsoon onset vortex by the first...
Monsoon onset vortex (OV) in the form of tropical cyclone is often observed in the pre-monsoon period and contributes to the subsequent abrupt establishment of summer monsoon...- publication PDF
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A high CO episode of long-range transport detected by MOPITT
Recent developments in satellite remote sensing technologies resulted in the ability to observe major pollution events such as dust and smoke around the world on a daily basis....- publication PDF
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Troposphere-stratosphere temperature trends derived from satellite data...
Decadal-scale trends in tropospheric and stratospheric temperatures derived from satellite measurements over 1979â2014 are compared with ensemble simulations from the Whole...- publication PDF
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Virtual field campaigns on deep tropical convection in climate models
High-resolution time - height data over warm tropical oceans are examined, from three global atmosphere models [GFDL's Atmosphere Model 2 (AM2), NCAR's Community Atmosphere...- publication PDF
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Skillful seasonal prediction of North American summertime heat extremes
This study shows that the frequency of North American summertime (June-August) heat extremes is skillfully predicted several months in advance in the newly developed Geophysical...- publication PDF
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Validation of the MIPAS CO2 volume mixing ratio in the mesosphere and lower...
We present the validation of Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) CO2 daytime concentration in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere by comparing...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the Atmospheric and Hydrological Cycle in the NCEP Reanalyses
An evaluation is carried out of the moisture fields, the precipitation P and evaporation E, and the moisture transport and divergence in the atmosphere from the global...- publication PDF
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13 years of MOPITT operations: Lessons from MOPITT retrieval algorithm development
The Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on the NASA Terra platform has now acquired over thirteen years of global tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO)...- publication PDF