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A technique for generating consistent ice sheet initial conditions for...
A transient technique for generating ice sheet preindustrial initial conditions for long-term coupled ice sheet/climate model simulations is developed and demonstrated over the...- publication PDF
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Bay of Bengal intraseasonal oscillations and the 2018 monsoon onset
In the Bay of Bengal, the warm, dry boreal spring concludes with the onset of the summer monsoon and accompanying southwesterly winds, heavy rains, and variable air-sea fluxes....- publication PDF
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Characterizing the uncertainty and assessing the value of gap-filled daily...
Almost all daily rainfall time series contain gaps in the instrumental record. Various methods can be used to fill in missing data using observations at neighboring sites...- publication PDF
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A field intercomparison technique to improve the relative accuracy of...
Techniques for improving the relative accuracy of longwave radiation measurements by a set of pyrgeometers [the Eppley Laboratory Precision Infrared Radiometer (Model PIR)] are...- publication PDF
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Comparison of the impacts of momentum control variables on high-resolution...
The momentum variables of streamfunction and velocity potential are used as control variables in a number of operational variational data assimilation systems. However, in this...- publication PDF
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Solar coronal loops associated with small-scale mixed polarity surface...
How and where are coronal loops rooted in the solar lower atmosphere? The details of the magnetic environment and its evolution at the footpoints of coronal loops are crucial to...- publication PDF
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Multidisciplinary analysis of an usual tornado: Meteorology, climatology,...
On 22 May 2008, a strong tornado—rated EF3 on the enhanced Fujita scale, with winds estimated between 136 and 165 mi h⁻ ¹ (61 and 74 m s⁻ ¹)—caused extensive damage along a...- publication PDF
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Sources and properties of Amazonian aerosol particles
This review provides a comprehensive account of what is known presently about Amazonian aerosol particles and concludes by formulating outlook and priorities for further...- publication PDF
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The relationship between the global mean deep-sea and surface temperature...
Estimates of global mean near-surface air temperature (global SAT) for the Cenozoic era rely largely on paleo-proxy data of deep-sea temperature (DST), with the assumption that...- publication PDF
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Ice in clouds experiment-layer clouds. Part II: Testing characteristics of...
Heterogeneous ice nucleation is a source of uncertainty in models that represent ice clouds. The primary goal of the Ice in Clouds Experiment--Layer Clouds (ICE-L) field...- publication PDF
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Validation of 10-year SAO OMI Ozone Profile (PROFOZ) product using...
We validate the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Ozone Profile (PROFOZ) product from October 2004 through December 2014 retrieved by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale simulations of gravity waves during the 2008–2009 major...
A series of 24 h mesoscale simulations (of 10 km horizontal and 400 m vertical resolution) are performed to examine the characteristics and forcing of gravity waves (GWs)...- publication PDF
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Convective transport of water vapor into the lower stratosphere observed...
We present in situ observations of convectively injected water vapor in the lower stratosphere from instruments aboard two aircraft operated during the Deep Convective Clouds...- publication PDF
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Molecular characterization of alkyl nitrates in atmospheric aerosols by ion...
We demonstrate the capability of the ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) for molecular characterization of reactive and short-lived alkyl nitrates (ANs) in atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Forcing, cloud feedbacks, cloud masking, and internal variability in the...
Satellite observations show a near-zero trend in the top-of-atmosphere global-mean net cloud radiative effect (CRE), suggesting that clouds did not further cool nor heat the...- publication PDF
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Integration of airborne and ground observations of nitryl chloride in the...
Nitryl chloride (ClNO2) is a radical reservoir species that releases chlorine radicals upon photolysis. An integrated analysis of the impact of ClNO2 on regional photochemistry...- publication PDF
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Latent Linear Adjustment Autoencoder v1.0: A novel method for estimating and...
A key challenge in climate science is to quantify the forced response in impact-relevant variables such as precipitation against the background of internal variability, both in...- publication PDF
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Three-dimensional modeling of chromospheric spectral lines in a simulated...
Context. Because of the complex physics that governs the formation of chromospheric lines, interpretation of solar chromospheric observations is difficult. The origin and...- publication PDF
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What would it take to achieve the Paris temperature targets?
The 2015 Paris Agreement aims to limit warming to 2 or 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial level, although combined Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) are likely...- publication PDF
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Faster traveling atmosphere disturbances caused by polar ionosphere...
A new module, which includes both the turbulence electron heating and the electron-neutral cooling rate correction associated with the Farley-Buneman onstability (FBI) in the...- publication PDF