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Zonally uniform tidal oscillations in the tropical stratosphere
By analyzing data from satellite measurements, a reanalysis, and a chemistry-climate model, we found clear zonally uniform tidal signals in the tropical stratosphere,...- publication PDF
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Supercell low-level mesocyclones in simulations with a sheared convective...
Simulations of supercell thunderstorms in a sheared convective boundary layer (CBL), characterized by quasi-two-dimensional rolls, are compared with simulations having...- publication PDF
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Initialization of the PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model
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Objective classification of extreme rainfall regions for the UK and updated...
Extreme rainfall events pose considerable threats to society and critical infrastructure yet, by definitions, these events are rare. Reliable estimates of the likelihood of such...- publication PDF
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Relationships Between Crop Damage and Hailfall Parameters on the High Plains
This report describes an experimental program that was conducted during the summer of 1975 to obtain data required to estimate crop-hail damage functions, i.e., empirical...- publication PDF
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Assimilation of pseudo-GLM data using the ensemble Kalman filter
Total lightning observations that will be available from the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) have the potential to be useful in the initialization of convection-...- publication PDF
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Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for...
Monitoring Earth's terrestrial water conditions is critically important to many hydrological applications such as global food production; assessing water resources...- publication PDF
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Reversed two-cell convection in the Northern and Southern hemispheres during...
This article presents a case study of large-scale ionospheric convection in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres under strongly northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF)...- publication PDF
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Longitudinal variations of equatorial ionospheric electric fields near sunrise
In this work, we carry out a comprehensive modeling study, using the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model, to explore the physical processes by...- publication PDF
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Soil moisture sensing using spaceborne GNSS reflections: Comparison of...
This paper quantifies the relationship between forward scattered L-band Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals, recorded by the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite...- publication PDF
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Empirical localization of observation impact in ensemble Kalman filters
Localization is a method for reducing the impact of sampling errors in ensemble Kalman filters. Here, the regression coefficient, or gain, relating ensemble increments for...- publication PDF
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The warm-core structure of Hurricane Earl (2010)
The warm-core structure of Hurricane Earl (2010) is examined on four different days, spanning periods of both rapid intensification (RI) and weakening, using high-altitude...- publication PDF
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Physics-based narrowband optical parameters for snow albedo simulation in...
Accurate snow albedo simulation is a prerequisite for climate models to produce reliable climate prediction. Climate models would benefit from schemes of snowpack radiative...- publication PDF
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Impacts of biogenic emissions on photochemical ozone production in Houston, Texas
A regional chemical transport model (CTM) has been employed to assess the influence of biogenic emissions on ozone (Oâ) formation in Houston, Texas during an eight-day episode...- publication PDF
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PACMan2: Next steps in proposal review management
With the start of a new Great Observatories era, there is renewed concern that the demand for these forefront facilities, through proposal pressure, will exceed conventional...- publication PDF
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Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity...
The biodiversity and high productivity of coastal terrestrial and aquatic habitats are the foundation for important benefits to human societies around the world. These globally...- publication PDF
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An informal introduction to numerical weather models with low-cost hardware
Weather, climate, and other Earth system models are growing in complexity as computing resources and technologies continue to evolve with time. Thus, models are and will remain...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the contribution of thermally driven recirculation to a...
A high-ozone (O3) pollution episode was observed on 22 July 2014 during the concurrent "Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved...- publication PDF
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Integrating Oâ influences on terrestrial processes: Photosynthetic and...
Plants have a strong influence on climate by controlling the transfer of carbon dioxide and water between the biosphere and atmosphere during the processes of photosynthesis and...- publication PDF
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A new process-based and scale-aware desert dust emission scheme for global...
Desert dust accounts for most of the atmosphere's aerosol burden by mass and produces numerous important impacts on the Earth system. However, current global climate models...- publication PDF