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Using a global magnetohydrodynamic model to study the start of the substorm...
Magnetospheric substorms are a key manifestation of the transfer of energy from the solar wind to the Earth. Substorms consist of a loading of energy from the solar wind via...- publication PDF
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Prediction of energy dissipation rates for aviation turbulence. Part I:...
Current automated aviation turbulence forecast algorithms diagnose turbulence from numerical weather prediction (NWP) model output by identifying large values in computed...- publication PDF
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The atmospheric role in the Arctic water cycle: A review on processes, past...
Atmospheric humidity, clouds, precipitation, and evapotranspiration are essential components of the Arctic climate system. During recent decades, specific humidity and...- publication PDF
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Tropical widening: From global variations to regional impacts
Over the past 15 years, numerous studies have suggested that the sinking branches of Earth's Hadley circulation and the associated subtropical dry zones have shifted poleward...- publication PDF
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A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Water Vapour and Carbon Dioxide Isotopes in...
A large-eddy simulation model developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is extended to simulate the transport and diffusion of C¹⁸OO, H₂¹⁸O and ¹³CO₂ in...- publication PDF
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Dynamics of tilted atmospheric vortices under asymmetric diabatic heating
Paschke et al. (J Fluid Mech, 2012) studied the nonlinear dynamics of strongly tilted vortices subject to asymmetric diabatic heating by asymptotic methods. They found, inter...- publication PDF
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Impacts of the Denver Cyclone on regional air quality and aerosol formation...
We present airborne measurements made during the 2014 Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Experiment (FRAPPÉ) project to investigate the impacts of the Denver Cyclone...- publication PDF
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Observations of the 9 June 2002 dryline during IHOP 2002 -- A null case for...
The detailed analysis of the three-dimensional structure of a dryline observed over the Oklahoma panhandle during the International H2O Project (IHOP_2002) on 11 June 2002 is...- publication PDF
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COSMIC-2 mission summary at three years in orbit
We summarize the status of the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 (COSMIC-2) mission which has completed its first three years in orbit. COSMIC-2 is a joint U.S./Taiwan program consisting of...- publication PDF
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Artificial plasma cave in the low-latitude ionosphere results from the radio...
Previous studies report unexpected electron density reductions, termed "plasma caves," located underneath the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crests. A radio occultation...- publication PDF
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Incorporating condensational heating into a nonhydrostatic atmospheric model...
Using isentropic coordinates in atmospheric models has the advantage of eliminating the cross-coordinate vertical mass flux for adiabatic flow, and virtually eliminating the...- publication PDF
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Multimodel assessment of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere:...
The performance of 18 coupled Chemistry Climate Models (CCMs) in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) is evaluated using qualitative and quantitative diagnostics. Trends in...- publication PDF
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Improved hurricane track and intensity forecast using single field-of-view...
Hyperspectral infrared sounders such as the AIRS and IASI provide unprecedented global atmospheric temperature and moisture soundings with high vertical resolution and accuracy....- publication PDF
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A criterion for new particle formation in the sulfur-rich Atlanta atmosphere
A simple dimensionless parameter, L, is shown to determine whether or not new particle formation can occur in the atmosphere on a given day. The criterion accounts for the...- publication PDF
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The impact of biomass heat storage on the canopy energy balance and...
Atmospheric models used for weather prediction and future climate projections rely on landmodels to calculate surface boundary conditions. Observations of near-surface states...- publication PDF
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Observational quantification of the separation of simple and complex...
The impact of ice clouds on weather and climate is a function of ice particle shape through light scattering properties and cloud lifetime through ice particle sedimentation...- publication PDF
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Recent widening of the tropical belt: Evidence from tropopause observations
Radiosonde measurements and reanalysis data are used to examine long-term changes in tropopause behavior in the subtropics. Tropopause heights in the subtropics exhibit a...- publication PDF
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Arctic sea ice and atmospheric circulation under the GeoMIP G1 scenario
We analyze simulated sea ice changes in eight different Earth System Models that have conducted experiment G1 of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP). The...- publication PDF
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Historical total ozone radiative forcing derived from CMIP6 simulations
Radiative forcing (RF) time series for total ozone from 1850 up to the present day are calculated based on historical simulations of ozone from 10 climate models contributing to...- publication PDF
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Partitioning climate projection uncertainty with multiple large ensembles and CMIP5/6
Partitioning uncertainty in projections of future climate change into contributions from internal variability, model response uncertainty and emissions scenarios has...- publication PDF
