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Introduction to the deep convective clouds and chemistry (DC3) 2012 studies
The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) project aimed to determine the impact of deep, midlatitude continental convective clouds on tropospheric composition and...- publication PDF
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Impact of CIR storms on thermosphere density variability during the solar...
The solar minimum of 2008 was exceptionally quiet, with sunspot numbers at their lowest in 75 years. During this unique solar-minimum epoch, however, solar-wind high-speed...- publication PDF
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Diagnosing scale-dependent energy cycles in a high-resolution isopycnal ocean model
Energy exchanges between large-scale ocean currents and mesoscale eddies play an important role in setting the large-scale ocean circulation but are not fully captured in...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of an ocean general circulation model to a parameterization of...
A simplified version of the near-boundary eddy flux parameterization developed recently by Ferrari et al. has been implemented in the NCAR Community Climate System Model (CCSM3)...- publication PDF
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Age spectra and other transport diagnostics in the North American monsoon...
The upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) region during the summer monsoon season over North America (NAM) is influenced by the transport of air from a variety of...- publication PDF
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Footprint of tropical mesoscale convective system variability on...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) play a dominant role in tropical climate. However, the variabilities of their occurrences on a tropical-wide scale remain elusive, and the...- publication PDF
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Improving numerical weather prediction-based near-cloud aviation turbulence...
Based on a convective gravity wave drag parameterization scheme in a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model, previously proposed near-cloud turbulence (NCT) diagnostics for...- publication PDF
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Impact of moisture information from advanced Himawari Imager measurements on...
Information about moisture distribution and transportation in the preconvection environment is very important for nowcasting and forecasting severe weather events. The Advanced...- publication PDF
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"World avoided" simulations with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model
We use the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, coupled to a deep ocean model, to investigate the impact of continued growth of halogenated ozone depleting substances (ODS)...- publication PDF
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Coronal mass ejections associated with slow long duration flares
It is well known that there is a temporal relationship between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and associated flares. The duration of the acceleration phase is related to the...- publication PDF
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A review of ice particle shapes in cirrus formed in situ and in anvils
Results from 22 airborne field campaigns, including more than 10 million high-resolution particle images collected in cirrus formed in situ and in convective anvils, are...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of orographic cloud seeding using a bin microphysics scheme:...
A new version of a bin microphysical scheme implemented into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model was used to study the effect of glaciogenic seeding on...- publication PDF
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Comparison of Eulerian bin and lagrangian particle-based schemes in...
This paper presents a comparison of simulations applying either a traditional Eulerian bin microphysics or a novel particle-based Lagrangian approach to represent CCN activation...- publication PDF
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GOLD synoptic observations of quasi-6-day wave modulations of post-sunset...
Using observations from the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission, we investigate post-sunset ionospheric responses to the September 2019 Antarctic...- publication PDF
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Heating of the sunlit polar cap ionosphere by reflected photoelectrons
Photoelectrons escape from the ionosphere on sunlit polar cap field lines. In order for those field lines to carry zero current without significant heavy ion outflow or cold...- publication PDF
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The Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) Experiment
The Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) experiment was conducted from Guam (13.5°N, 144.8°E) during JanuaryâFebruary 2014. Using the NSF/NCAR...- publication PDF
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The heated condensation framework. Part II: Climatological behavior of...
This is Part II of a two-part study introducing the heated condensation framework (HCF), which quantifies the potential convective state of the atmosphere in terms of...- publication PDF
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Investigating the sources and atmospheric processing of fine particles from...
During the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment, Phase B (INTEX-B), in the spring of 2006, airborne measurements...- publication PDF
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Monotone and conservative cascade remapping between spherical grids (CaRS):...
A high-order monotone and conservative cascade remapping algorithm between spherical grids (CaRS) is developed. This algorithm is specifically designed to remap between the...- publication PDF
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Spatiotemporal patterns of changes in maximum and minimum temperatures in...
This paper analyzes and attributes spatial and temporal patterns of changes in the diurnal cycle of land surface air temperature in 20 simulations from 11 global coupled...- publication PDF