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MOPITT multispectral CO retrievals: Origins and effects of geophysical...
An obstacle to the simultaneous use of near-infrared (NIR) and thermal infrared (TIR) observations from the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument has...- publication PDF
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Dual-wavelength radar technique development for snow rate estimation: A case...
quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) of snowfall has generally been expressed in power-law form between equivalent radar reflectivity factor (Z(e)) and liquid equivalent...- publication PDF
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Long-term continuous atmospheric COâ measurements at Baring Head, New Zealand
We present descriptions of the in situ instrumentation, calibration procedures, intercomparison efforts, and data filtering methods used in a 39-yr record of continuous...- publication PDF
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Accelerated Arctic land warming and permafrost degradation during rapid sea ice loss
Coupled climate models and recent observational evidence suggest that Arctic sea ice may undergo abrupt periods of loss during the next fifty years. Here, we evaluate how rapid...- publication PDF
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Critical role of biomass burning aerosols in enhanced historical Indian Ocean warming
The tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) has experienced enhanced surface warming relative to the tropical mean during the past century, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear....- publication PDF
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Applications of an updated atmospheric energetics formulation
As observations and atmospheric reanalyses have improved, the diagnostics that can be computed with confidence also increase. Accordingly, a new formulation of the energetics of...- publication PDF
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Air-chemistry "turbulence": Power-law scaling and statistical regularity
With the intent to gain further knowledge on the spectral structures and statistical regularities of surface atmospheric chemistry, the chemical gases (NO, NOâ, NOx, CO,...- publication PDF
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First intercalibration of column-averaged methane from the Total Carbon...
We present the first intercalibration of dry-air column-averaged mole fractions of methane (XCH4) retrieved from solar Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) measurements of the...- publication PDF
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Impacts of stochastic coalescence variability on warm rain initiation using...
Various coalescence methods for Lagrangian microphysics schemes are tested in box and large-eddy simulation (LES) models, including the stochastic all-or-nothing (AON)...- publication PDF
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Detecting climate signals in southern ocean krill growth habitat
Climate change is rapidly altering the habitat of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key species of the Southern Ocean food web. Krill are a critical element of Southern...- publication PDF
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Impact of runoff schemes on global flow discharge: A comprehensive analysis...
Accurate estimation of flow discharge is crucial for hydrological modelling, water resources planning, and flood prediction. This study examines seven common runoff schemes...- publication PDF
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Trends in intense precipitation in the climate record
Observed changes in intense precipitation (e.g., the frequency of very heavy precipitation or the upper 0.3% of daily precipitation events) have been analyzed for over half of...- publication PDF
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A comprehensive wind power forecasting system integrating artificial...
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) recently updated the comprehensive wind power forecasting system in collaboration with Xcel Energy addressing users' needs...- publication PDF
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Internal variability dominates over externally forced ocean circulation...
Observations of oceanic transient tracers have indicated that the circulation in the Southern Ocean has changed in recent decades, potentially driven by changes in external...- publication PDF
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A User's Guide to the Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Modeling System
The MM4 system is a series of FORTRAN programs and accompanying C-shell scripts that runs under UNICOS on the Cray Y-MP8/864 at NCAR. Each of these shells is a standalone script...- publication PDF
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A SmallSat concept to resolve diurnal and vertical variations of aerosols,...
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High-frequency sea ice variability in observations and models
We characterize high-frequency variability of sea ice extent (HFVSIE) in observations and climate models. We find that HFVSIE in models is biased low with respect to...- publication PDF
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Model physics and chemistry causing intermodel disagreement within the...
As part of the Model Intercomparison Project on the climatic response to Volcanic forcing (VolMIP), several climate modeling centers performed a coordinated pre-study experiment...- publication PDF
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Evolution of the Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone, and the South...
The widening of the South Atlantic Basin led to the reorganization of regional atmospheric and oceanic circulations. However, the response of the Atlantic Intertropical...- publication PDF
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The remote sensing of radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles (LAPs)...
Light-absorbing particles (LAPs) deposited on snow can decrease snow albedo and affect climate through snow-albedo radiative forcing. In this study, we use MODIS observations...- publication PDF