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Thermal structure of intense convective clouds derived from GPS radio occultations
Thermal structure associated with deep convective clouds is investigated using Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation measurements. GPS data are insensitive to the...- publication PDF
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DOppler RAdar Data Exchange Format DORADE
The purpose of this article is to document the DORADE format version 1, which will be used to exchange data collected by the ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler radar and the NCAR...- publication PDF
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Quiet-Sun imaging asymmetries in Na I D₁ compared with other strong Fraunhofer lines
Imaging spectroscopy of the solar atmosphere using the Na I D1 line yields marked asymmetry between the blue and red line wings: sampling a quiet-Sun area in the blue wing...- publication PDF
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Paleoclimate constraints on the spatiotemporal character of past and future droughts
Machine-learning-based methods that identify drought in three-dimensional spaceâtime are applied to climate model simulations and tree-ring-based reconstructions of...- publication PDF
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Factors leading to extreme precipitation on Dominica from tropical storm Erika (2015)
Tropical cyclones are generally characterized by strong rotating winds, and yet, the associated rainfall can be equally destructive. Tropical Storm Erika (2015) is an example of...- publication PDF
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Understanding the origins of problem geomagnetic storms associated with...
Geomagnetic storms are an important aspect of space weather and can result in significant impacts on space- and ground-based assets. The majority of strong storms are associated...- publication PDF
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Barriers to predicting changes in global terrestrial methane fluxes:...
Terrestrial net CH₄ surface fluxes often represent the difference between much larger gross production and consumption fluxes and depend on multiple physical, biological, and...- publication PDF
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Increased frequency of extreme precipitation events in the North Atlantic...
Climate model simulations of the PETM (Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum) warming have mainly focused on replicating the global thermal response through greenhouse forcing, i.e....- publication PDF
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Projected changes in South Asian monsoon low pressure systems
Monsoon low pressure systems (MLPSs) are among the most important synoptic-scale disturbances of the South Asian summer monsoon. Potential changes in their characteristics in a...- publication PDF
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The continuum of hydroclimate variability in Western North America during...
The distribution of climatic variance across the frequency spectrum has substantial importance for anticipating how climate will evolve in the future. Here power spectra and...- publication PDF
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Are we unnecessarily constraining the agility of complex process-based models?
In this commentary we suggest that hydrologists and land-surface modelers may be unnecessarily constraining the behavioral agility of very complex physics-based models. We argue...- publication PDF
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Critical appraisal of data used to infer record UVI in the tropical Andes
When the data sets that suggested record high UVI values at Mt Licancabur, and Laguna Blanca, Bolivia are reviewed in full, we find that the reported peak values are incorrect,...- publication PDF
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Size and time-resolved growth rate measurements of 1 to 5 nm freshly formed...
This study presents measurements of size and time-resolved particle diameter growth rates for freshly nucleated particles down to 1 nm geometric diameter. Novel data analysis...- publication PDF
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Probabilistic forecasts of mesoscale convective system initiation using the...
A data mining and statistical learning method known as a random forest (RF) is employed to generate 2-h forecasts of the likelihood for initiation of mesoscale convective...- publication PDF
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Nonmigrating tidal impact on the CO2 15 μm infrared cooling of the lower...
Carbon dioxide (CO2) infrared emissions at 15m is the primary radiative cooling mechanism of the thermosphere in the altitude range of 100-135km. This paper explores the role of...- publication PDF
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Increasing carbon dioxide concentration in the upper atmosphere observed by SABER
Carbon dioxide measurements made by the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument between 2002 and 2014 were analyzed to reveal the rate...- publication PDF
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Climatological characteristics of typical daily precipitation
Precipitation is often quantified by the amount that falls over a given period of time but not the rate at which most of it falls or the rate associated with the most frequent...- publication PDF
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Polygonal eyewall asymmetries during the rapid intensification of Hurricane...
Polygonal eyewall asymmetries of Hurricane Michael (2018) during rapid intensification (RI) are analyzed from ground-based single Doppler radar. Here, we present the first...- publication PDF
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Ground-based passive microwave profiling during dynamic weather conditions
Short-period (1–5 min) temperature and humidity soundings up to 10-km height are retrieved from ground-based 12-channel microwave radiometer profiler (MWRP) observations. In...- publication PDF
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Airborne measurement of liquid and total water content
Two identical liquid water content (LWC) King probes--one total water content/liquid water content (TWC/LWC) Nevzorov probe and two constant-temperature T probes that are...- publication PDF
