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On the theoretical equivalence of differently proposed ensemble/3D-Var...
Hybrid ensemble-three-dimensional variational analysis schemes incorporate flow-dependent, ensemble-estimated background-error covariances into the three-dimensional variational...- publication PDF
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Dependence of the ice water content and snowfall rate on temperature,...
Cloud ice microphysical properties measured or estimated from in situ aircraft observations are compared with global climate models and satellite active remote sensor...- publication PDF
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Downscaling extremes: A comparison of extreme value distributions in...
There is substantial empirical and climatological evidence that precipitation extremes have become more extreme during the twentieth century, and that this trend is likely to...- publication PDF
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The COSMO coronagraph optical design and stray light analysis
The Coronal Solar Magnetism Observatory Large Coronagraph (COSMO-LC) is a 1.5 meter Lyot coronagraph dedicated to measuring magnetic fields and plasma properties in the solar...- publication PDF
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Changes in observed daily precipitation over the United States between...
Changes in observed daily precipitation over the conterminous United States between two 30-yr periods (1950-79 and 1980-2009) are examined using a 60-yr daily precipitation...- publication PDF
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General assessment of the operational utility of National Water Model...
This work investigates the utility of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Water Model (NWM) for water management operations by assessing the total...- publication PDF
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Evaluating CMIP5 ocean biogeochemistry and Southern Ocean carbon uptake...
Observed seasonal cycles in atmospheric potential oxygen (APO ~ O2 + 1.1 CO2) were used to evaluate eight ocean biogeochemistry models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison...- publication PDF
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Investigating the acceleration of regional sea level rise during the...
The 25-year record of satellite altimeter-measured sea level has led to improvements in the understanding of sea level change on both regional and global scales. However, the...- publication PDF
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QSCAT-R: The QuikSCAT Tropical Cyclone Radial Structure Dataset
This document describes the QuikSCAT Tropical Cyclone Radial Structure Dataset (QSCAT-R), including its parameter and file structure as well as the underlying methodology for...- publication PDF
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Deep learning to evaluate US NOx emissions using surface ozone predictions
Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) in the United States have declined significantly during the past three decades. However, satellite observations since 2009 indicate...- 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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The pre-depression Investigation of cloud-systems in the tropics field...
The pre-depression investigation of cloud-systems in the tropics (PREDICT) field experiment successfully gathered data from four developing and four decaying/non-developing...- publication PDF
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Role of sea-surface salinity in simulating historical decadal variations of...
Extending climate prediction from seasonal to decadal timescales requires realistic initialization of not only upper ocean heat content but also the Atlantic meridional...- publication PDF
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Reply to comment by Keith J. Beven and Hannah L. Cloke on "Hyperresolution...
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Nitrogen oxides and PAN in plumes from boreal fires during ARCTAS-B and...
We determine enhancement ratios for NOx, PAN, and other NOy species from boreal biomass burning using aircraft data obtained during the ARCTAS-B campaign and examine the impact...- publication PDF
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Impacts of black carbon aerosol on photolysis and ozone
The regional distributions of black carbon aerosol ( soot) are calculated and the impacts of black carbon aerosol on photolysis frequencies and ozone concentrations are...- publication PDF
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Cloud-aerosol interactions for boundary layer stratocumulus in the...
Lagrangian Cloud Model (LCM) is a mixed Eulerian/Lagrangian approach to atmospheric large eddy simulation (LES), with two-way coupling between Eulerian dynamics and...- publication PDF
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Breaking the cloud-parameterization deadlock
A key factor limiting the reliability of simulations of anthropogenic climate change is the inability to accurately represent the various effects of clouds on climate. Despite...- publication PDF
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Outlook for exploiting artificial intelligence in the earth and...
Promising new opportunities to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to the Earth and environmental sciences are identified, informed by an overview of current efforts in the...- publication PDF
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A comparison of the effects of CIR- and CME-induced geomagnetic activity on...
Enhanced energy input from the magnetosphere to the upper atmosphere during geomagnetic storms has a profound effect on thermospheric density and consequently near-Earth...- publication PDF