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Lessons learned in coupling atmospheric models across scales for onshore and...
The Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling team, part of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) initiative, has studied various important challenges related to...- publication PDF
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"Certain uncertainty": The role of internal climate variability in...
Internal climate variability co-exists with anthropogenic climate change and places limits on the accuracy of regional climate projections due to its inherent unpredictability....- publication PDF
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Normal Modes of an Atmospheric Prediction Model
This technical report describes the derivation of the discrete normal modes of a grid point model developed at NCAR by Somerville and Shkoller. The work was completed September...- 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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GPS profiling of the lower troposphere from space: Inversion and...
Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation (RO) is a space-borne remote sensing technique providing accurate, all-weather, high vertical resolution atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Assessing CESM2 clouds and their response to climate change using cloud regimes
The Community Earth System Model, version 2 (CESM2), has a very high climate sensitivity driven by strong positive cloud feedbacks. To evaluate the simulated clouds in the...- publication PDF
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New solar irradiance measurements from the Cubesat
The goal of the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) CubeSat is to explore the energy distribution of soft X-ray (SXR) emissions from the quiescent Sun, active regions,...- publication PDF
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Uses of results of regional climate model experiments for impacts and...
We assess the use of the output of the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program's (NARCCAP) regional climate model simulations for future climate impacts and...- publication PDF
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Identifying and categorizing bias in AI/ML for Earth sciences
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to improve performance across a wide range of Earth system prediction tasks. As with any application of AI, it is important for AI to be...- publication PDF
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Seasonal variations of the mesospheric Fe layer at Rothera, Antarctica...
Lidar observations of Fe densities between 75 and 105 km above Rothera, Antarctica, are used to characterize the seasonal variations of the mesospheric Fe layer near the...- publication PDF
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Large-eddy simulation of biogenic VOC chemistry during the DISCOVER-AQ 2011 campaign
Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) are oxidized quickly in the atmosphere to form oxygenated VOC (OVOC) and play crucial roles in the formation of ozone and secondary...- publication PDF
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Estimation of ambiguity in ensemble forecasts
Ambiguity is uncertainty in the prediction of forecast uncertainty, or in the forecast probability of a specific event, associated with random error in an ensemble forecast...- publication PDF
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Uncertainties in climate responses to past land cover change: First results...
Seven climate models were used to explore the biogeophysical impacts of human-induced land cover change (LCC) at regional and global scales. The imposed LCC led to statistically...- publication PDF
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Blending of global and regional analyses with a spatial filter: Application...
A blending method to merge the NCEP global analysis with the regional analysis from the WRF variational data assimilation system is implemented using a spatial filter for the...- publication PDF
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Measurement of light-absorbing particles in surface snow of central and...
We collected surface snow samples from three different glaciers - Yala, Thana, and Sachin - in the central and western Himalayas to understand the spatial variability and...- publication PDF
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Sources of black carbon aerosols in South Asia and surrounding regions...
This study examines differences in the surface black carbon (BC) aerosol loading between the Bay of Bengal (BoB) and the Arabian Sea (AS) and identifies dominant sources of BC...- publication PDF
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Chemical characteristics and ozone production in the Northern Colorado Front Range
We use the extensive set of aircraft and ground-based observations from the NSF/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and State of Colorado Front Range Air Pollution...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric electric field variations during a geomagnetic storm simulated...
A coupled magnetosphere ionosphere thermosphere (CMIT 2.0) model has been developed. It is capable of self-consistently calculating global ionospheric electric fields that...- publication PDF
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The impact of aerosol optical depth assimilation on aerosol forecasts and...
The Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation three-dimensional variational data assimilation (DA) system coupled with the Weather Research and Forecasting/Chemistry (WRF/Chem) model...- publication PDF
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[Global Climate] Hydrologic cycle: Total column water vapor
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