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The promise of GPS in atmospheric monitoring
This paper provides an overview of applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for active measurement of the Earth's atmosphere. Microwave radio signals transmitted by...- publication PDF
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Moisture- versus wind-dominated flavors of atmospheric rivers
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are essential features of the global water cycle. Although AR definitions are commonly based on integrated vapor transport (IVT), ARs of a given IVT can...- publication PDF
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Importance of mid-level moisture for tropical cyclone formation in easterly...
This study explores the importance of midlevel moisture for tropical cyclone (TC) formation in monsoon and easterly environments over the western North Pacific in regional...- publication PDF
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The extratropical tropopause inversion layer: Global observations with GPS...
Global characteristics of the extratropical tropopause inversion layer identified in radiosonde observations by Birner are studied using high vertical resolution temperature...- publication PDF
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Impact of a new sea ice thermodynamic formulation in the CESM2 sea ice component
The sea ice component of the Community Earth System Model version 2 (CESM2) contains new "mushy-layer" physics that simulates prognostic salinity in the sea ice, with consequent...- publication PDF
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Exploring the composited T-28 hailstorm penetration dataset to characterize...
Measurements from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology T-28 hail-penetrating aircraft are analyzed using recently developed data processing techniques with the goals...- publication PDF
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An optimized parallel LSQR algorithm for seismic tomography
The LSQR algorithm developed by Paige and Saunders (1982) is considered one of the most efficient and stable methods for solving large, sparse, and ill-posed linear (or...- publication PDF
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Distribution of the K-corona Over the Polar Regions of the Solar Disk: 1965-1983
The goal of this technical note is to present a set of synoptic observations from the Mauna Loa series of K-coronameters in polar projection format. The initial motivation for...- publication PDF
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Simulated Siberian snow cover response to observed Arctic sea ice loss, 1979-2008
The loss of Arctic sea ice has wide-ranging impacts, some of which are readily apparent and some of which remain obscure. For example, recent observational studies suggest that...- publication PDF
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The THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble
Ensemble forecasting is increasingly accepted as a powerful tool to improve early warnings for high-impact weather. Recently, ensembles combining forecasts from different...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of MOPITT retrievals of lower-tropospheric carbon monoxide over...
The new Version 5 MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) product for carbon monoxide (CO) is the first satellite product to exploit simultaneous near-infrared and...- publication PDF
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Clouds and convective self-aggregation in a multimodel ensemble of...
The Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Model Intercomparison Project (RCEMIP) is an intercomparison of multiple types of numerical models configured in radiative-convective...- publication PDF
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Coupled climate simulation of the evolution of global monsoons in the Holocene
Evolution of global monsoons in the Holocene is simulated in a coupled climate model?the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model?and is also compared with the simulations in another coupled...- publication PDF
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Impact of subsurface convective flows on the formation of sunspot magnetic...
Strong solar flares occur in δ-spots characterized by the opposite-polarity magnetic fluxes in a single penumbra. Sunspot formation via flux emergence from the convection zone...- publication PDF
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A Description of Coupled General Circulation Models of the Atmosphere and...
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Vertical profiling of atmospheric refractivity from ground-based GPS
Atmospheric refractivity is typically estimated in situ from radiosonde measurements, which are expensive and may undersample the spatial and temporal variability of weather...- publication PDF
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Terrain and land use for the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale...
This document discusses in detail the program TERRAIN and is intended to provide users of the PSU/NCAR MM5 with an overview of the data sources and methods used in TERRAIN. Some...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of snow and streamflows using Noah-MP and WRF-Hydro models in...
Snow influences land-atmosphere interactions in snow-dominated areas, and snow melt contributes to basin streamflows. However, estimating snowpack properties such as the snow...- publication PDF
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Atlas of Computed Infrared Atmospheric Absorption Spectra: Atmospheric...
An atlas of atmospheric absorption calculations is presented for a vertical path through the atmosphere above altitudes of 4, 14, 30, 40, 45, and 54 km. The calculations are...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the performance of WRF in simulating winds and surface...
The intensity and frequency of wildfires in California (CA) have increased in recent years, causing significant damage to human health and property. In October 2007, a number of...- publication PDF
