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Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability,...
Over the past decade, our understanding of the Indian Ocean has advanced through concerted efforts toward measuring the ocean circulation and air-sea exchanges, detecting...- publication PDF
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Reference upper-air observations for climate: From concept to reality
The three main objectives of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) are to provide long-term high-quality climate records of vertical...- publication PDF
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Thermal and non-thermal properties of active region recurrent coronal jets
We present observations of recurrent active region coronal jets, and derive their thermal and non-thermal properties, by studying the physical properties of the plasma...- publication PDF
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Connecting regional aerosol emissions reductions to local and remote...
The unintended climatic implications of aerosol and precursor emission reductions implemented to protect public health are poorly understood. We investigate the precipitation...- publication PDF
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Multi-model comparison of the volcanic sulfate deposition from the 1815...
The eruption of Mt. Tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption of the past 500 years. The eruption had significant climatic impacts, leading to the 1816 "year without a...- publication PDF
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Environmental and internal controls on Lagrangian transitions from closed...
Classifications of mesoscale cellular convection (MCC) for marine boundary layer clouds are produced using a supervised neural network algorithm applied to MODIS daytime liquid...- publication PDF
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Allowances for evolving coastal flood risk under uncertain local sea-level rise
Estimates of future flood hazards made under the assumption of stationary mean sea level are biased low due to sea-level rise (SLR). However, adjustments to flood return levels...- publication PDF
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Climates of the 20th and 21st centuries simluated by the NCAR Climate System Model
The Climate System Model, a coupled global climate model without "flux adjustments" recently developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, was used to simulate the...- publication PDF
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Impact of latitudinal variations in vertical diffusivity on climate simulations
The currently available theoretical and observational evidence for a latitudinal structure of thermocline vertical diffusivity is synthesized and included in a state of the art...- 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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Mesoscale Model Evaluation Testbed (MMET): A Resource for Transitioning NWP...
A wide range of numerical weather prediction (NWP) innovations are under development in the research community that have the potential to positively impact operational models....- publication PDF
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Using TIMED/SABER nightglow observations to investigate hydroxyl emission...
Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics (TIMED)/Sounding of the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) observations of vertical profiles...- publication PDF
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Doppler lidar measurements of vertical velocity spectra in the convective...
We utilized a Doppler lidar to measure spectra of vertical velocity w from 390m above the surface to the top of the daytime convective boundary layer (CBL). The high resolution...- publication PDF
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Clouds, radiation, and atmospheric circulation in the present‐day climate...
By interacting with radiation, clouds modulate the flow of energy through the Earth system, the circulation of the atmosphere, and regional climate. We review the impact of...- publication PDF
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Numerical modeling study of the momentum deposition of small amplitude...
We study the momentum deposition in the thermosphere from the dissipation of small amplitude gravity waves (GWs) within a wave packet using a fully nonlinear two-dimensional...- publication PDF
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Evolution of droplet size distributions during the transition of an...
A state-of-the-art Lagrangian microphysics scheme is used in a large-eddy simulation to investigate the stratocumulus transition from closed to open cell structure. Processes...- publication PDF
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Modeling of atmospheric boundary layers at turbulence-resolving grid spacings
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Predictability of Northern Hemisphere final stratospheric warmings and their...
Each spring, the climatological westerly winds of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) stratospheric polar vortex turn easterly as the stratospheric equator-to-pole temperature gradient...- publication PDF
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Revisiting the causal connection between the Great Salinity Anomaly of the...
The Great Salinity Anomaly (GSA) of the 1970s is the most pronounced decadal-scale low-salinity event observed in the subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA). Using various simulations...- publication PDF
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Mean climate and tropical rainfall variability in aquaplanet simulations...
Aquaplanet experiments are important tools for understanding and improving physical processes simulated by global models; yet, previous aquaplanet experiments largely differ in...- publication PDF
