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A new hourly dataset for photovoltaic energy production for the continental USA
This new dataset is an ensemble of solar photovoltaic energy production simulations over the continental US. The simulations are carried out in three steps. First, a weather...- publication PDF
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On the intermittent occurrence of open-ocean polynyas in a multi-century...
A 500-year-long high-resolution Community Earth System Model simulation under preindustrial radiative forcing produces Maud Rise Polynyas (MRPs) and Weddell Sea Polynya (WSP)...- publication PDF
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Planning, implementation, and scientific goals of the Studies of Emissions...
The Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys (SEAC4RS) field mission based at Ellington Field, Texas, during August and...- publication PDF
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Impact of the summer 2004 Alaska fires on top of the atmosphere clear-sky...
In this study we estimate the radiative impact of wildfires in Alaska during the record wildfire season of 2004 by integrating model simulations and satellite observations of...- publication PDF
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Simulating solar near-surface Rossby waves by inverse cascade from...
Rossby waves are found at several levels in the Sun, most recently in its supergranule layer. We show that Rossby waves in the supergranule layer can be excited by an inverse...- publication PDF
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Impact of Ural blocking on winter warm Arctic--cold Eurasian anomalies. Part...
In Part I of this study, the impact of Ural blocking (UB) on the warm Arcticâcold Eurasian (WACE) pattern associated with the winter (DJF) arctic sea ice loss during 1979-2013...- publication PDF
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Test of a non-local excess phase delay operator for GPS radio occultation...
A physically-sound, non-local excess phase delay observation operator is developed for simulating excess phase delay measurements from GPS radio occultation (RO) missions. By...- publication PDF
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Ground-based infrared solar spectroscopic measurements of carbon monoxide...
Results of the comparison of carbon monoxide ground-based infrared solar spectroscopic measurements with data obtained during 1994 Measurement of Air Pollution From Space (MAPS)...- publication PDF
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Riverine nitrogen flux and its response to management, climate, and other...
The rate and extent of anthropogenic alteration of the global nitrogen cycle over the past four decades has been extensive, resulting in cascading negative impacts on riverine...- publication PDF
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Carbon isotopes in the ocean model of the Community Earth System Model (CESM1)
Carbon isotopes in the ocean are frequently used as paleoclimate proxies and as present-day geochemical ocean tracers. In order to allow a more direct comparison of climate...- publication PDF
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Critical science plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)
The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes that...- publication PDF
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Simulations of zonal mean gravity wave drag short-term variability in the...
Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model simulations are used to investigate the short-term (<30-day) temporal variability in the midlatitude and high-latitude Southern...- publication PDF
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Wintertime gas-particle partitioning and speciation of inorganic chlorine in...
The formation of photolabile chlorine reservoirs depend on how much chloride is available in the particle to react, which requires the chlorine partitioning to the particle in...- publication PDF
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Workshop on Objective Analysis / Analysis Strategies for Field-dependent Estimation
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Normal Modes of an Atmospheric Prediction Model
This technical report describes the derivation of the discrete normal modes of a grid point model developed at NCAR by Somerville and Shkoller. The work was completed September...- publication PDF
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Using large ensembles to identify regions of systematic biases in...
Because of internal variability in both the real-world and global climate models, it is unclear whether disagreement between models and observations reflects true systematic...- publication PDF
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CASES 99 - A comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer
The Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study?1999 (CASES-99) refers to a field experiment carried out in southeast Kansas during October 1999 and the subsequent program of...- publication PDF
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Largeâeddy simulation of internal boundary layers and nearâsurface wind...
Accurate estimation of coastal near‐surface winds during hurricane landfalls remains challenging, partly attributable to an insufficient understanding of the wind profiles...- publication PDF
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A case study of an elevated stratopause generated in the Whole Atmosphere...
The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) is used to study the influence of gravity waves on the generation and evolution of an elevated stratopause following a...- publication PDF
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On methods for assessment of the value of observations in...
In numerical weather prediction (NWP), a large number of observations are used to create initial conditions for weather forecasting through a process known as data assimilation....- publication PDF