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Intense dayside Joule heating during the 5 April 2010 geomagnetic storm...
When the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is northward, dawnward, or duskward, magnetic merging between the IMF and the geomagnetic field occurs near the cusp of the...- publication PDF
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Zonally symmetric oscillations of the thermosphere at planetary wave periods
New mechanisms for imposing planetary wave (PW) variability on the ionosphere-thermosphere system are discovered in numerical experiments conducted with the National Center for...- publication PDF
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Long-range pollution transport during the MILAGRO-2006 campaign: A case...
One of the major objectives of the Megacities Initiative: Local And Global Research Observations (MILAGRO-2006) campaign was to investigate the long-range transport of polluted...- publication PDF
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Simulation of energetic particle precipitation effects during the 2003-2004...
Energetic particle precipitation (EPP) during the 2003-2004 Arctic winter led to the production and subsequent transport of reactive odd nitrogen (NOx = NO + NO₂) from the...- publication PDF
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Estimator of surface ozone using formaldehyde and carbon monoxide...
Strong correlations of O3-CH2O, O3-CO and CO-CH2O were observed during the Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant...- publication PDF
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Diurnal variations of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and...
The diurnal patterns of variation of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau were first investigated using the TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis product for...- publication PDF
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Midlatitude cirrus cloud radiative forcing over China
Midlatitude cirrus cloud radiative forcing (CRF) values at the tropopause over China are estimated using a radiative transfer model initialized by Earth-orbiting Cloud-Aerosol...- publication PDF
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First satellite identification of volcanic carbon monoxide
Volcanic degassing produces abundant H₂O and CO₂, as well as SO₂, HCl, H₂S, S₂, H₂, HF, CO, and SiF4. Volcanic SO₂, HCl, and H2S have been detected from satellites in the past;...- publication PDF
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The large-scale, long-term coupling of temperature, hydrology, and water isotopes
The stable isotope ratios of oxygen and hydrogen in polar ice cores are known to record environmental change, and they have been widely used as a paleothermometer. Although it...- publication PDF
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A scheme to assimilate "no rain" observations from Doppler radar
Radar reflectivity observations contain valuable information on precipitation and have been assimilated into numerical weather prediction models for improved microphysics...- publication PDF
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A large eddy simulation intercomparison study of shallow cumulus convection
This paper reports an intercomparison study on undisturbed trade wind cumulus convection under steady-state conditions as observed during the Barbados Oceanographic and...- publication PDF
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Spatial decomposition of climate feedbacks in the Community Earth System Model
An ensemble of simulations from different versions of the Community Atmosphere Model in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) is used to investigate the processes responsible...- publication PDF
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Low-cloud feedback in CAM5-CLUBB: Physical mechanisms and parameter...
The physical mechanism of low-cloud feedbacks is examined by using perturbed-parameter ensemble experiments in a unified scheme of boundary layer turbulence and shallow...- publication PDF
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Near-surface characteristics of the turbulence structure during a mountain-wave event
A case study of mountain-wave-induced turbulence observed during the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) in Owens Valley, California, is presented. During this case study,...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the Spatial Structure of Tropical Cyclone Imagery
Tropical cyclones are highly organized, rotating storms which rank among the most costly natural disasters in the United States. The processes which drive intensification and...- publication PDF
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Balancing water reuse and ecological support goals in an effluent dominated river
Flows in urban rivers are increasingly managed to support water supply needs while also protecting and/or restoring instream ecological functions, goals that are often in...- publication PDF
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Mapping of 30-meter resolution tile-drained croplands using a geospatial...
Tile drainage is one of the dominant agricultural management practices in the United States and has greatly expanded since the late 1990s. It has proven effects on land surface...- publication PDF
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Numerical study of the impact of the changes in the tropospheric temperature...
This paper investigates the effect of the expected changes of tropospheric temperature profile on the dynamical and microphysical characteristics of individual summertime...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the interplay between biophysical processes and leaf area changes...
Land Surface Models (LSMs) are essential to reproduce biophysical processes modulated by vegetation and to predict the future evolution of the land-climate system. To assess the...- publication PDF
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Confidence Intervals for Forecast Verification
The manuscript is an attempt to present in a single document the various types of confidence intervals, their assumptions, and other issues as they pertain to forecast...- publication PDF