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Large-scale Rossby normal modes during some recent northern hemisphere winters
Large-scale Rossby normal modes are studied for the Northern Hemisphere winters of 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 using global observational meteorological analyses spanning the 0--...- publication PDF
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A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Water Vapour and Carbon Dioxide Isotopes in...
A large-eddy simulation model developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is extended to simulate the transport and diffusion of C¹⁸OO, H₂¹⁸O and ¹³CO₂ in...- publication PDF
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Optimal noise filtering for the ionospheric correction of GPS radio...
GPS radio occultation remote sensing of the neutral atmosphere requires ionospheric correction of L1 and L2 signals. The ionosphere-corrected variables derived from radio...- publication PDF
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International Relations: The UCAR Africa Initiative
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On the prediction of stratospheric balloon trajectories: Improving winds...
Safety compliance issues for operational studies of the atmosphere with balloons require quantifying risks associated with descent and developing strategies to reduce the...- publication PDF
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Electrification of thunderstorms and formation of precipitation
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Empirical relations between size parameters of ice hydrometeor populations...
Empirical power-law relations between the equivalent radar reflectivity factor Z(e) and the slope parameter of the gamma function Lambda (i.e., Lambda = cZ(e)(d); used to...- publication PDF
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The role of surface heat fluxes on the size of Typhoon Megi (2016)
This study attempts to understand how surface heat fluxes in different storm regions affect tropical cyclone (TC) size. The Advanced Research version of the Weather Research and...- publication PDF
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Nuclear winter responses to nuclear war between the United States and Russia...
Current nuclear arsenals used in a war between the United States and Russia could inject 150 Tg of soot from fires ignited by nuclear explosions into the upper troposphere and...- publication PDF
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Separating signal and noise in atmospheric temperature changes: The...
We compare global-scale changes in satellite estimates of the temperature of the lower troposphere (TLT) with model simulations of forced and unforced TLT changes. While...- publication PDF
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A probabilistic quantification of the anthropogenic component of twentieth...
This paper examines in detail the statement in the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report that “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-twentieth...- publication PDF
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Characteristics of Tropical-Cyclone turbulence and intensity predictability
This study examines the characteristics of tropical-cyclone (T-C) turbulence and its related predictability implications. Using the Fourier-Bessel spectral decomposition for...- publication PDF
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Assessment of uncertainty sources in snow cover simulation in the Tibetan Plateau
Snow cover over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays an important role in Asian climate. State-of-the-art models, however, show significant simulation biases. In this study, we assess...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric ozone changes, radiative forcing and attribution to emissions...
Ozone (O₃) from 17 atmospheric chemistry models taking part in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP) has been used to calculate...- publication PDF
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Formation of the UV spectrum of molecular hydrogen in the sun
Ultraviolet (UV) lines of molecular hydrogen have been observed in solar spectra for almost four decades, but the behavior of the molecular spectrum and its implications for...- publication PDF
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The impact of heat and impaired kidney function on productivity of...
Climate change has implications for human health and productivity. Models suggest that heat extremes affect worker health, reduce labor capacity, and commodity supply. Chronic...- publication PDF
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Is Proxima Centauri b habitable? A study of atmospheric loss
We address the important question of whether the newly discovered exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b (PCb), is capable of retaining an atmosphere over long periods of time. This is...- publication PDF
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Comparison of aerosol chemistry transport model simulations with lidar and...
The ability of the aerosol chemistry transport model CHIMERE to simulate the vertical aerosol concentration profiles at a site near the city of Paris is evaluated using routine...- publication PDF
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Dependence of strategic solar climate intervention on background scenario...
Model dependence in simulated responses to stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) is a major uncertainty surrounding the potential implementation of this solar climate...- publication PDF
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Understanding and improving model representation of aerosol optical...
KORUS-AQ was an international cooperative air quality field study in South Korea that measured local and remote sources of air pollution affecting the Korean Peninsula during...- publication PDF