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The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction: 1....
The stratosphere has been identified as an important source of predictability for a range of processes on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scales. Knowledge about S2S...- publication PDF
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An assessment of the temporal variability in the annual cycle of daily...
Understanding the variability of Antarctic sea ice is an ongoing challenge given the limitations of observed data. Coupled climate model simulations present the opportunity to...- publication PDF
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Estimation of random error statistics in high-resolution radiosondes,...
Random errors (uncertainties) in COSMIC radio occultation (RO) soundings, ERA-Interim (ERAi) reanalyses, and high-resolution radiosondes (RS) are estimated in the northeast...- publication PDF
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Synoptic drivers of atmospheric river induced precipitation near Dronning...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) that reach the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) transport anomalous moisture from lower latitudes and can impact the AIS via extreme precipitation and...- publication PDF
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The emerging technological revolution in Earth observations
A technology revolution in Earth observation sensor design is occurring. This revolution in part is associated with the emergence of CubeSat platforms that have forced a de...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric tides in the latest generation of climate models
For atmospheric tides driven by solar heating, the database of climate model output used in the most recent assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...- publication PDF
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Transient behavior of the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone associated with...
The Asian monsoon anticyclone (AMA) exhibits a trimodal distribution of sub-vortices and the western Pacific is one of the preferred locations. Amplification of the western...- publication PDF
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Carbon dioxide trends in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
We investigated trends of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the upper atmosphere, using data from the Atmosphere Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer and from the Sounding...- publication PDF
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Inconsistent strategies to spin up models in CMIP5: implications for ocean...
During the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) substantial efforts were made to systematically assess the skill of Earth system models. One goal was...- publication PDF
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Improving the radiance assimilation performance in estimating snow water...
Continental-scale snow radiance assimilation (RA) experiments are conducted in order to improve snow estimates across snow and land-cover types in North America. In the...- publication PDF
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Modeling an extreme dust deposition event to the French alpine seasonal...
Mineral dust is an important aerosol in the atmosphere and is known to reduce snow albedo upon deposition. Model predictions of dust deposition events in snow covered mountain...- publication PDF
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Effects of auroral potential drops on plasma sheet dynamics
The reaction of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system to dynamic auroral potential drops is investigated using the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry global model including, for the first time...- publication PDF
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Parameterization and surface data improvements and new capabilities for the...
The Community Land Model Urban (CLMU) is an urban parameterization developed to simulate urban climate within a global Earth System Model framework. This paper describes and...- publication PDF
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Exploring the potential of statistical modeling to retrieve the cloud base...
Although cloud base height is a relevant variable for many applications, including aviation, it is not routinely monitored by current geostationary satellites. This is probably...- publication PDF
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Diagnosing the influence of a receding snow boundary on simulated...
Previous research has found a relationship between the equatorward extent of snow cover and low-level baroclinicity, suggesting a link between the development and trajectory of...- publication PDF
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Impacts of latent energy and snow fall speed on a wintertime midlatitude cyclone
This study aimed to understand the impacts of latent energy as well as snow fall speeds on precipitation properties and synoptic-scale storm characteristics of a wintertime...- publication PDF
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Motivation and strategies for implementing Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)...
In an effort to lead our community in following modern data citation practices by formally citing data used in published research and implementing standards to facilitate...- publication PDF
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A subtropical oceanic mesoscale convective vortex observed during SoWMEX/TiMREX
This study examines a subtropical oceanic mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) that occurred from 1800 UTC 4 June to 1200 UTC 6 June 2008 during intensive observing period (IOP) 6...- publication PDF
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Effects of spectral resolution on simple magnetic field diagnostics of the...
We study the effects of finite spectral resolution on the magnetic field values retrieved through the weak-field approximation (WFA) from the cores of the Mg ii h and k lines....- publication PDF
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Validation of ionospheric specifications during geomagnetic storms: TEC and...
To address challenges of assessing space weather modeling capabilities, the Community Coordinated Modeling Center is leading a newly established International Forum for Space...- publication PDF