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Interannual variability of the surface summertime eastward jet in the South China Sea
The summertime eastward jet (SEJ) located around 12°N, 110°E-113°E, as the offshore extension of the Vietnam coastal current, is an important feature of the South China Sea...- publication PDF
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Coupling between Arctic feedbacks and changes in poleward energy transport
The relationship between poleward energy transport and Arctic amplification is examined using climate models and an energy balance model. In 21st century projections, models...- publication PDF
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Three-dimensional variational data assimilation of ground-based GPS ZTD and...
The impact of GPS zenith total delay (ZTD) measurements on mesoscale weather forecasts is studied. GPS observations from a permanent European network are assimilated into the...- publication PDF
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Predictable variations of the carbon sinks and atmospheric CO2 growth in a...
Inter-annual to decadal variability in the strength of the land and ocean carbon sinks impede accurate predictions of year-to-year atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) growth rate....- publication PDF
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Magnetic structure and propagation of two interacting CMEs from the Sun to Saturn
One of the grand challenges in heliophysics is the characterization of coronal mass ejection (CME) magnetic structure and evolution from eruption at the Sun through heliospheric...- publication PDF
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Modeling condensation in deep convection
Cloud-scale models apply two drastically different methods to represent condensation of water vapor to form and grow cloud droplets. Maintenance of water saturation inside...- publication PDF
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Quality of reanalyses in the tropics
Broad vertical layer-averaged temperatures from the microwave sounder unit (MSU) are used as a quasi-independent validation of temperature fields from the U.S. National Centers...- publication PDF
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Coal to gas: The influence of methane leakage
Carbon dioxide (COâ) emissions from fossil fuel combustion may be reduced by using natural gas rather than coal to produce energy. Gas produces approximately half the amount...- publication PDF
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Roles of meridional overturning in subpolar Southern Ocean SST trends:...
One of the most puzzling observed features of recent climate has been a multidecadal surface cooling trend over the subpolar Southern Ocean (SO). In this study we use large...- publication PDF
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Evidence for SSW triggered Q6DW-tide and Q6DW-gravity wave interactions...
An exceptionally strong westward propagating quasi-6-day wave (Q6DW) with zonal wavenumber 1 in connection with the rare 2019 Southern Hemispheric Sudden Stratospheric Warming...- publication PDF
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The quasi 2 day wave and spatial-temporal variability of the OH emission and...
The quasi 2 day wave (QTDW) during January 2006 is investigated using Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) observations of OH airglow and...- publication PDF
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Some practical considerations regarding horizontal resolution in the first...
During the 2005 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment two different high-resolution configurations of the Weather Research and Forecasting-Advanced Research WRF (WRF-...- publication PDF
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Classification of warm-season precipitation in High-Resolution Rapid Refresh...
This study uses the convective adjustment time scale to identify the climatological frequency of equilibrium and nonequilibrium convection in different parts of the contiguous...- publication PDF
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Irrigated agriculture significantly modifies seasonal boundary layer...
Modification of grasslands into irrigated and nonirrigated agriculture in the Great Plains resulted in significant impacts on weather and climate. However, there has been lack...- publication PDF
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Climate responses to the splitting of a supercontinent: Implications for the...
Reconstructing deep time climate often relies on a limited number of data points, which can hinder inference of the large-scale climate state. Here we use an Earth system model...- publication PDF
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Cloud System Evolution in the Trades (CSET): Following the evolution of...
The Cloud System Evolution in the Trades (CSET) study was designed to describe and explain the evolution of the boundary layer aerosol, cloud, and thermodynamic structures along...- publication PDF
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Emergency Manager preferences for rapidly updating severe weather warnings
Threats-in-motion (TIM) is a technological innovation that would allow NWS forecasters to expand severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings in area and/or time, instead of issuing...- publication PDF
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On the relationship of Joule heating and nitric oxide radiative cooling in...
During geomagnetic storms Joule heating dissipation is the dominant form of magnetospheric energy input that is responsible for many chemical and dynamical variations in the...- publication PDF
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Tropically driven and externally forced patterns of Antarctic sea ice...
Recent work suggests that natural variability has played a significant role in the increase of Antarctic sea ice extent during 1979-2013. The ice extent has responded strongly...- publication PDF
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Simulated responses of terrestrial aridity to black carbon and sulfate aerosols
Aridity index (AI), defined as the ratio of precipitation to potential evapotranspiration (PET), is a measure of the dryness of terrestrial climate. Global climate models...- publication PDF
