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Multivariate spatial analysis of climate change projections
The goal of this work is to characterize the annual temperature for regional climate models. Of interest for impacts studies, these profiles and the potential change in these...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the impact of horizontal grid spacing in terra incognita on...
Coupled mesoscale–microscale simulations are required to provide time-varying weather-dependent inflow and forcing for large-eddy simulations under general flow conditions. Such...- publication PDF
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Lessons learned from IPCC AR4: Scientific developments needed to understand,...
The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that global warming is "unequivocal" and that most of the observed increase...- publication PDF
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Effects of electrojet turbulence on a magnetosphere-ionosphere simulation of...
Ionospheric conductance plays an important role in regulating the response of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system to solar wind driving. Typically, models of magnetosphere-...- publication PDF
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The NCAR CSM Ocean Model
This technical note documents the ocean component of the NCAR Climate System Model. The ocean code has been developed from the Modular Ocean Model (version 1.1) which was...- publication PDF
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Effects of complex terrain on the shortwave radiative balance: A...
Parameterizing incident solar radiation over complex topography regions in Earth system models (ESMs) remains a challenging task. In ESMs, downward solar radiative fluxes at the...- publication PDF
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Decadal predictability of North Atlantic blocking and the NAO
Can multi-annual variations in the frequency of North Atlantic atmospheric blocking and mid-latitude circulation regimes be skilfully predicted? Recent advances in seasonal...- publication PDF
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Hemispherically asymmetric evolution of nighttime ionospheric equatorial...
The Global-scale Observation of Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission observed distinct post-sunset, hemispherically asymmetric evolution of the equatorial ionization anomaly between 40...- publication PDF
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In situ observations of supercooled liquid clouds over the Southern Ocean...
Clouds over the Southern Ocean exist in a pristine environment that results in unique microphysical properties. However, in situ observations of these clouds are rare, and the...- publication PDF
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Use of the parcel buoyancy minimum (Bmin) to diagnose simulated...
A method based on parcel theory is developed to quantify mesoscale physical processes responsible for the removal of inhibition energy for convection initiation (CI)....- publication PDF
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What caused the significant increase in Atlantic Ocean heat content since...
As the upper layer of the world ocean warms gradually during the 20th century, the inter-ocean heat transport from the Indian to Atlantic basin should be enhanced, and the...- publication PDF
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The time between a field experiment and its published results
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Exploring ice sheet model sensitivity to ocean thermal forcing and basal...
Multi-meter sea level rise (SLR) is thought to be possible within the next few centuries, with most of the uncertainty originating from the Antarctic land ice contribution. One...- publication PDF
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Unprecedented upper-air dropsonde observations over Antarctica from the 2010...
The 2010 Concordiasi field experiment took place over Antarctica from September to December 2010. During Concordiasi, for the first time, 13 National Center for Atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Tropical rainfall predictions from multiple seasonal forecast systems
We quantify seasonal prediction skill of tropical winter rainfall in 14 climate forecast systems. High levels of seasonal prediction skill exist for year-to-year rainfall...- publication PDF
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First Palmer and Millstone Hill midlatitude conjugate observation of...
The first midlatitude conjugate thermospheric wind observations in the American sector showed various degrees of conjugacy between Palmer (64°S, 64°W, magnetic latitude (MLAT)...- publication PDF
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Scale analysis of infrared water vapor brightness temperatures for tropical...
We analyzed the scale features of satellite infrared (IR) water vapor (WV) brightness temperature observations of tropical cyclones (TCs). This is to characterize the storm...- publication PDF
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A User's Guide to the VEMAP Phase 1 Database
The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) is an ongoing multi-institutional, international effort addressing the response of biogeography and...- publication PDF
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Delineating the effect of upward propagating migrating solar tides with the...
Introduction: The vertical coupling of the lower and upper atmosphere via atmospheric solar tides is very variable and affects the thermosphere and ionosphere system. In this...- publication PDF
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Deposition of organic and black carbon: Direct measurements at three remote...
Carbonaceous matter in the atmosphere has an important influence on climate change. Currently, the deposition of carbonaceous matter is one of the largest uncertainties in the...- publication PDF