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COSMIC GPS ionospheric sensing and space weather
As our civilization becomes more dependent on space based technologies, we become more vulnerable to conditions in space weather. Accurate space weather specification and...- publication PDF
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Modifications to WRF's dynamical core to improve the treatment of moisture...
Yamaguchi and Feingold (2012) note that the cloud fields in their large-eddy simulations (LESs) of marine stratocumulus using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model...- publication PDF
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Characterization of coarse particulate matter in the western United States:...
We provide a regional characterization of coarse particulate matter (PM10-2.5) spanning the western United States based on the analysis of measurements from 50 sites reported in...- publication PDF
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The ENSO teleconnection to the tropical atlantic ocean: Contributions of the...
Recent developments in Tropical Atlantic Variability (TAV) identify the El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) as one of the leading factors in the interannual climate variability...- publication PDF
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Predicting near-term changes in the Earth system: A large ensemble of...
The objective of near-term climate prediction is to improve our fore-knowledge, from years to a decade or more in advance, of impactful climate changes that can in general be...- publication PDF
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Attribution and impacts of upper ocean biases in CCSM3
The largest and potentially most important ocean near-surface biases are examined in the Community Climate System Model coupled simulation of present-day conditions. They are...- publication PDF
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Large-scale tropospheric transport in the Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative...
Understanding and modeling the large-scale transport of trace gases and aerosols is important for interpreting past (and projecting future) changes in atmospheric composition....- publication PDF
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Water vapour adjustments and responses differ between climate drivers
Water vapour in the atmosphere is the source of a major climate feedback mechanism and potential increases in the availability of water vapour could have important consequences...- publication PDF
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Uncertainties in drought from index and data selection
This study compares various drought indices, the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), and the Standardized...- publication PDF
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Observed World Ocean Seasonal Surface Currents on a 5 Degree Grid
A digitized ocean current data set for use in ocean model or diagnostic computer studies is described. Various sources of observed ocean currents are examined, and surface...- publication PDF
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Environmental drivers of drought deciduous phenology in the Community Land Model
Seasonal changes in plant leaf area have a substantial impact on global climate. The presence of leaves and the time when they appear affect surface roughness and albedo, and...- publication PDF
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Fine structures of a solar type III radio bursts observed with LOFAR
We present spectral and imaging LOFAR (LOw-Frequency ARray) observations in the 20 – 40 MHz range of solar radio bursts fine structures, such as flag-like,...- publication PDF
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Representation of microphysical processes in cloud-resolving models:...
Most atmospheric motions of different spatial scales and precipitation are closely related to phase transitions in clouds. The continuously increasing resolution of large-scale...- publication PDF
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Two limits of initial-value decadal predictability in a CGCM
When the climate system experiences time-dependent external forcing (e.g., from increases in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations), there are two inherent limits on the...- publication PDF
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Ensemble-based data assimilation
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Hydrogen peroxide, methyl hydroperoxide, and formaldehdye over North America...
Hydrogen peroxide (HâO), methyl hydroperoxide (CHâOOH), and formaldehyde (CHâO) were measured over North America and the North Atlantic during the INTEX-NA, TOPSE, and...- publication PDF
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Effects of irrigation on summer precipitation over the United States
Irrigation's effects on precipitation during an exceptionally dry summer (June-August 2012) in the United States were quantified by incorporating a novel dynamic irrigation...- publication PDF
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NWP and radar extrapolation: Comparisons and explanation of errors
This paper examines nowcasts of precipitation from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRRv2) model from the summer of 2017 along the Colorado Front Range. It was found that...- publication PDF
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The role of surface fluxes in the development of a tropical-like cyclone in...
Numerical simulations of a tropical-like cyclone in southern Italy have been performed with two different modelling systems (BOLAM-MOLOCH and WRF) with the aim of discussing the...- publication PDF
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Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models
Soil carbon (C) is a critical component of Earth system models (ESMs), and its diverse representations are a major source of the large spread across models in the terrestrial C...- publication PDF