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Improving the physical basis for updraft dynamics in deep convection...
This article presents a new deep convective parameterization that determines cloud characteristics based on a specified cloud size distribution. The vertical profiles of cloud...- publication PDF
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The role of large-scale feedbacks in cumulus convection parameter estimation
Uncertainty in cumulus convection parameterization is one of the most important causes of model climate drift through interactions between large-scale background and local...- publication PDF
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A chromospheric conundrum?
We examine spectra of the Ca II H line, obtained under good seeing conditions with the VTT Echelle Spectrograph in 2007 June, and higher resolution data of the Ca II λ8542 line...- publication PDF
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The size distribution and mass-weighted terminal velocity of low-latitude...
Ice crystal terminal velocities govern the lifetime of radiatively complex, climatologically important, low-latitude tropopause cirrus clouds. To better understand cloud...- publication PDF
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The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice...
Reduced cloudiness and enhanced downwelling radiation are associated with the unprecedented 2007 Arctic sea ice loss. Over the Western Arctic Ocean, total summertime cloud cover...- publication PDF
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The simple rectification to Cartesian space of folded radial velocities from...
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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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Relationship between level of neutral buoyancy and dual-Doppler observed...
Although it is generally accepted that the level of neutral buoyancy (LNB) is only a coarse estimate of updraft depth, the LNB is still used to understand and predict storm...- publication PDF
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Predicting storm outages through new representations of weather and vegetation
This paper introduces new developments in an outage prediction model (OPM) for an electric distribution network in the Northeastern United States and assesses their significance...- publication PDF
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Hybrid simulations of a Tangential Discontinuity-driven Foreshock Bubble...
Hot flow anomalies (HFAs) and foreshock bubbles (FBs) are significant foreshock transients that can accelerate particles and disturb the magnetosphere-ionosphere system. Yet,...- publication PDF
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Observed temperature advection by tropical instability waves
Velocity data from moored current meters is combined with satellite sea surface temperature (SST) to compute oceanic mixed layer temperature advection by tropical instability...- publication PDF
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Estimating tropical cyclone intensity by satellite imagery utilizing...
Accurately estimating tropical cyclone (TC) intensity is one of the most critical steps in TC forecasting and disaster warning/management. For over 40 years, the Dvorak...- publication PDF
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Intermittency scaling for mixing and dissipation in Rotating Stratified...
Many issues pioneered by Jackson Herring deal with how nonlinear interactions shape atmospheric dynamics. In this context, we analyze new direct numerical simulations of...- publication PDF
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The Wavy Ekman Layer: Langmuir circulations, breaking waves, and Reynolds stress
Large-eddy simulations are made for the canonical Ekman layer problem of a steady wind above a uniformly rotating, constant-density ocean. The focus is on the influence of...- publication PDF
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An observational and modeling study of the processes leading to deep, moist...
A case study of orographic convection initiation (CI) that occurred along the eastern slopes of the Vosges Mountains in France on 6 August 2007 during the Convective and...- publication PDF
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A growing freshwater lens in the Arctic Ocean with sustained climate warming...
One of the most robust changes in the hydrological cycle predicted by Earth System Models (ESMs) during the remainder of 21st century is an increase in the difference between...- publication PDF
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Subrainband structure and dynamic characteristics in the principal rainband...
The principal rainband in tropical cyclones is currently depicted as a solitary and continuous precipitation region. However, the airborne radar observations of the principal...- publication PDF
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Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the...
During the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, the Balloon-bornE moduLar Utility for profilinG the lower Atmosphere...- publication PDF
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Meteorological applications benefiting from an improved understanding of...
This paper reviews the benefits of a better understanding of atmospheric exchange processes over mountains. These processes affect weather and climate variables that are...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the WRF-Urban Modeling System coupled to Noah and Noah-MP Land...
We have augmented the existing capabilities of the integrated Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-urban modeling system by coupling three urban canopy models (UCMs) available...- publication PDF
