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Electrodynamics of the equatorial evening ionosphere: 2. Conductivity...
We analyze how the evening equatorial plasma vortex and the prereversal enhancement (PRE) of the vertical drift are influenced by the distributions of conductivity in the E and...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of HY-2A scatterometer wind vectors using data from buoys,...
The first Chinese operational Ku-band scatterometer on board Haiyang-2A (HY-2A), launched in August 2011, is designed for monitoring the global ocean surface wind. This study...- publication PDF
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Ice cloud microphysical trends observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
We use the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) version 6 ice cloud property and thermodynamic phase retrievals to quantify variability and 14-year trends in ice cloud frequency,...- publication PDF
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How can mountaintop CO2 observations be used to constrain regional carbon fluxes?
Despite the need for researchers to understand terrestrial biospheric carbon fluxes to account for carbon cycle feedbacks and predict future CO2 concentrations, knowledge of...- publication PDF
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Elucidating the impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality and ozone...
India implemented a stay-at-home order (i.e. lockdown) on 24 March 2020 to decrease the spread of novel COVID-19, which reduced air pollutant emissions in different sectors. The...- publication PDF
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How well can global chemistry models calculate the reactivity of short-lived...
We develop a new protocol for merging in situ measurements with 3-D model simulations of atmospheric chemistry with the goal of integrating these data to identify the most...- publication PDF
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The effects of seasonal and diurnal variations in the Earth's magnetic...
The angle μ between the geomagnetic dipole axis and the geocentric solar magnetospheric (GSM) zaxis, sometimes called the "dipole tilt," varies as a function of UT and season....- publication PDF
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El Niño, the 2006 Indonesian peat fires, and the distribution of atmospheric methane
Dry conditions from a moderate El Niño during the fall of 2006 resulted in enhanced burning in Indonesia with fire emissions of CO approximately 4-6 times larger than the prior...- publication PDF
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Observation and modeling of small spatial structures of solar radio noise...
One of the most commonly observed solar radio sources in the metric and decametric wavelengths is the solar noise storm. These are generally associated with active regions and...- publication PDF
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An Aviation Research Facility for the Atmospheric Sciences
In this report a National Aircraft Facility Survey Group was appointed in July 1963. The group was requested to study and report upon requirements for research aircraft and...- publication PDF
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Impacts of land cover and soil texture uncertainty on land model simulations...
Land surface processes and their coupling to the atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) play an important role in modulating the regional and global climate. Therefore,...- publication PDF
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Survival of snow in the melting layer: Relative humidity influence
This study quantifies how far snow can fall into the melting layer (ML) before all snow has melted by examining a combination of in situ observations from aircraft measurements...- publication PDF
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Rapid formation of isoprene photo-oxidation products observed in Amazonia
Isoprene represents the single most important reactive hydrocarbon for atmospheric chemistry in the tropical atmosphere. It plays a central role in global and regional...- publication PDF
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ISMIP6 Antarctica: A multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Ice flow models of the Antarctic ice sheet are commonly used to simulate its future evolution in response to different climate scenarios and assess the mass loss that would...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric gravity waves generated by multiscale tropical convection
The generation of gravity waves by multiscale cloud systems evolving in an initially motionless and thermodynamically uniform environment is explored using a two-dimensional...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric response to a partial solar eclipse over a cotton field in...
The partial solar eclipse on 11 July 1991 in central California, with 58.3% maximum coverage, provided an exceptional opportunity to study the temporal response of processes in...- publication PDF
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Multiday thermospheric density oscillations associated with variations in...
Thermospheric densities observed by Challenging Minisatellite Payload and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites during 2002-2010 and the globally averaged...- publication PDF
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Report of the Documentation Advisory Committee
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Effect of water compressibility, sea-floor elasticity, and field...
Tsunamis can propagate thousands of kilometres across the ocean. Precise calculations of arrival times are essential for reliable early warning systems, determination of source...- publication PDF
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A mesoscale model-based climatography of nocturnal boundary-layer...
Nocturnal boundary-layer phenomena in regions of complex topography are extremely diverse and respond to a multiplicity of forcing factors, acting primarily at the mesoscale and...- publication PDF