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Generalized background error covariance matrix model (GEN_BE v2.0)
The specification of state background error statistics is a key component of data assimilation since it affects the impact observations will have on the analysis. In the...- publication PDF
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Insights into atmospheric predictability through global...
Global convection-permitting models enable weather prediction from local to planetary scales and are therefore often expected to transform the weather prediction enterprise....- publication PDF
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Impacts of the aerosol representation in WRF-solar clear-sky irradiance...
Aerosol optical depth (AOD) is a primary source of solar irradiance forecast error in clear-sky conditions. Improving the accuracy of AOD in NWP models like WRF will thus reduce...- publication PDF
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ISMIP6 Antarctica: A multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Ice flow models of the Antarctic ice sheet are commonly used to simulate its future evolution in response to different climate scenarios and assess the mass loss that would...- publication PDF
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A trial to improve surface heat exchange simulation through sensitivity...
It is still a daunting challenge for land surface models (LSMs) to correctly represent surface heat exchange for water-limited desert steppe ecosystems. This study aims to...- publication PDF
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Impact of assimilation of New York State Mesonet doppler wind lidar on high...
The New York State (NYS) Mesonet consists of 126 surface weather stations across the state with 17 of the sites also instrumented with active and passive profiler systems. The...- publication PDF
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Determining robust impacts of land-use-induced land cover changes on surface...
The project Land-Use and Climate, Identification of Robust Impacts (LUCID) was conceived to address the robustness of biogeophysical impacts of historical land use--land cover...- publication PDF
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Database for the kinetics of the gas-phase atmospheric reactions of organic compounds
We present a digital, freely available, searchable, and evaluated compilation of rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of organic compounds with OH, Cl, and NO3 radicals...- publication PDF
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Comparisons of global cloud ice from MLS, CloudSat, and correlative data sets
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) version 2.2 (V2.2) and CloudSat R04 (release 4) ice water content (IWC) and partial - column ice water path (pIWP) measurements are analyzed...- publication PDF
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Thicker clouds and accelerated Arctic sea ice decline: The atmosphere-sea...
Observations show that increased Arctic cloud cover in the spring is linked with sea ice decline. As the atmosphere and sea ice can influence each other, which one plays the...- publication PDF
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Microphysical piggybacking in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
This paper presents incorporation of the microphysical piggybacking into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Microphysical piggybacking is to run a single...- publication PDF
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Simulated WSR-88D velocity and reflectivity signatures of numerically...
Low-altitude radar reflectivity measurements of tornadoes sometimes reveal a donut-shaped signature (low-reflectivity eye surrounded by a high-reflectivity annulus) and at other...- publication PDF
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Investigating the role of cloud-radiation interactions in subseasonal...
Cloud locking, a method that prescribes cloud properties for radiative tendency calculations, is traditionally used to explore climate feedbacks, but here is applied novelly to...- publication PDF
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Chinese regulations are working—Why is surface ozone over industrialized...
Observational data indicate increasing trends of surface ozone (O3) in China, despite emission controls that have resulted in reductions of precursor emissions. Here, we explore...- publication PDF
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Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements above Mexico City and...
The concentration, size, and composition of non-refractory submicron aerosol (NR-PM₁) was measured over Mexico City and central Mexico with a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight...- publication PDF
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Very short-lived halogens amplify ozone depletion trends in the tropical...
In contrast to the general stratospheric ozone recovery following international agreements, recent observations show an ongoing net ozone depletion in the tropical lower...- publication PDF
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A collaborative effort to better understand, measure, and model atmospheric...
In this essay, we highlight some challenges the atmospheric community is facing concerning adequate treatment of flows over mountains and their implications for numerical...- publication PDF
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The Oklahoma squall line of 19 May 1977. Part II: Mechanisms for maintenance...
Mechanisms for maintenance of the strong convection along the leading edge of a broad squall line that occurred in Oklahoma on 19 May 1977 are investigated. The findings are...- publication PDF
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Estimating snow water storage in North America using CLM4, DART, and snow...
This paper addresses continental-scale snow estimates in North America using a recently developed snow radiance assimilation (RA) system. A series of RA experiments with the...- publication PDF
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The Northern Hemisphere wintertime storm track simulated in the...
With a pair of high-resolution (HR, 10 km ocean and 25 km atm) and low-resolution (LR, 100 km ocean and 100 km atm) Community Earth System Model (CESM) simulations, we...- publication PDF
