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The added value of using convective-permitting regional climate model...
Climate science has long explored whether higher resolution regional climate models (RCMs) provide improved simulation of regional climates over global climate models (GCMs)....- publication PDF
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Advancing South American water and climate science through multidecadal...
The South America Affinity Group (SAAG) was established in early 2019 by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Water Systems Program as a community effort focused...- publication PDF
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Chemical sensing of plant stress at the ecosystem scale
Significant ecosystem-scale emissions of methylsalicylate (MeSA), a semivolatile plant hormone thought to act as the mobile signal for systemic acquired resistance (SAR), were...- publication PDF
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Large transboundary health impact of Arctic wildfire smoke
Rapid warming at high latitudes, particularly in Siberia, has led to large wildfires in recent years that cause widespread smoke plumes. These fires lead to substantial...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of present-day extreme precipitation over the United States: An...
Accurate simulation of the present-day characteristics of mean and extreme precipitation at regional scales remains a challenge for Earth system models, which is due in part to...- publication PDF
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Sources and regional attributions to upper troposphere nitrogen oxides...
This study investigates the sources and regional attributions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) in the upper troposphere|upper tropospheric (UT) during the Asian Summer Monsoon (ASM)....- publication PDF
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Spectropolarimetric inversion in four dimensions with deep learning...
The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will provide high-resolution, multiline spectropolarimetric observations that are poised to...- publication PDF
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Convective storm initiation in a moist tropical environment
Radar and satellite data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - Large-Scale Biosphere - Atmosphere (TRMM-LBA) project have been examined to determine causes for...- publication PDF
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Present-day mass loss rates are a precursor for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse
Observations of recent mass loss rates of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) raise concerns about its stability since a collapse would increase global sea levels by several...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the potential of iron-based interventions in methane reduction...
Keeping global surface temperatures below international climate targets will require substantial measures to control atmospheric CO2 and CH4 concentrations. Recent studies have...- publication PDF
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Monitoring and understanding changes in heat waves, cold waves, floods, and...
Weather and climate extremes have been varying and changing on many different time scales. In recent decades, heat waves have generally become more frequent across the United...- publication PDF
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GPS/STORM--GPS sensing of atmospheric water vapor for meteorology
Atmospheric water vapor was measured with six Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers for 1 month at sites in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. During the time of the experiment...- publication PDF
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Source characteristics of oxygenated volatile organic compounds and hydrogen cyanide
Airborne trace gas measurements from Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P), Pacific Exploratory Mission (PEM)-Tropics B, and Intercontinental Chemical...- publication PDF
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A SmallSat concept to resolve diurnal and vertical variations of aerosols,...
A SmallSat mission concept is formulated here to carry out Time-varying Optical Measurements of Clouds and Aerosol Transport (TOMCAT) from space while embracing low-cost...- publication PDF
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An intercomparison of wall fluxes in a turbulent thermal convection chamber:...
Thermal convection in a closed chamber is driven by a warm bottom, a cold top, and side walls at various temperatures. Although wall fluxes are the source of convection energy,...- publication PDF
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An unexpected decline in spring atmospheric humidity in the interior...
On seasonal time scales, vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a known predictor of burned area in the southwestern United States ("the Southwest"). VPD increases with atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Eddy covariance measurements of isoprene and 232-MBO based on NO+...
Isoprene and 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (232-MBO) are the dominant biogenic VOCs released throughout the US, thus requiring simultaneous measurements. Recent measurements suggest the...- publication PDF
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On the Southern Hemisphere stratospheric response to ENSO and its impacts on...
As the leading mode of Pacific variability, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) causes vast and wide-spread climatic impacts, including in the stratosphere. Following discovery...- publication PDF
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Solar wind driving of magnetospheric ULF waves: Pulsations driven by...
We present results from global, three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the solar wind/magnetosphere interaction. These MHD simulations are used to study...- publication PDF
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Synthesizing evidence for the external cycling of NOx in high- to low-NOx atmospheres
External cycling regenerating nitrogen oxides (NOx equivalent to NO + NO2) from their oxidative reservoir, NOz, is proposed to reshape the temporal-spatial distribution of NOx...- publication PDF
