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Forest drought resistance at large geographic scales
Forest conservation and carbon sequestration efforts are on the rise, yet the long-term stability of these efforts under a changing climate remains unknown. We generate nearly...- 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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Impact of aerosols and turbulence on cloud droplet growth: An in-cloud...
This paper investigates the relative importance of turbulence and aerosol effects on the broadening of the droplet size distribution (DSD) during the early stage of cloud and...- publication PDF
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Changing links between South Asian summer monsoon circulation and...
Forced with increased greenhouse gases, the South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) circulation weakens in climate models, which appears inconsistent with the projected increases in...- publication PDF
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Changes in stratospheric transport and mixing during sudden stratospheric warmings
The extreme disruptions of the wintertime stratospheric circulation during sudden stratospheric warmings (SSW) have large effects on tracer concentrations through alterations in...- publication PDF
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An outsized role for the Labrador Sea in the multidecadal variability of the...
Climate models are essential tools for investigating intrinsic North Atlantic variability related to variations in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), but...- publication PDF
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Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methodology
Recent projections of climatic change have focused a great deal of scientific and public attention on patterns of carbon (C) cycling as well as its controls, particularly the...- publication PDF
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Exploring the water-energy nexus in California via an integrative modeling approach
A climatically driven, water system modeling framework that captures a full range of interacting components at necessary spatiotemporal scales was developed for the Southwestern...- publication PDF
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Variability of tropical cyclone track density in the North Atlantic:...
Interannual--decadal variability of tropical cyclone (TC) track density over the North Atlantic (NA) between 1979 and 2008 is studied using observations and simulations with a...- publication PDF
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Causes of the longitudinal differences in the equatorial vertical E × B...
During stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) periods large changes in the low-latitude vertical drift have been observed at Jicamarca as well as in other longitudinal sectors. In...- publication PDF
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Helical turbulence prevails over inertial waves in forced rotating flows at...
We present a study of spectral laws for helical turbulence in the presence of solid body rotation up to Reynolds numbers Re ~ 1×10⁵ and down to Rossby numbers Ro ~ 3×10⁻³. The...- publication PDF
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Ensemble-based assimilation of satellite all-sky microwave radiances...
Ensemble-based data assimilation of radar observations across inner-core regions of tropical cyclones (TCs) in tandem with satellite all-sky infrared (IR) radiances across the...- publication PDF
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Aerosol optical extinction during the Front Range Air Pollution and...
Summertime aerosol optical extinction (βext) was measured in the Colorado Front Range and Denver metropolitan area as part of the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry...- publication PDF
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Catalyzing frontiers in water-climate-society research: A view from early...
Changes in the availability and distribution of water have substantial effects on humans and the ecosystems upon which we depend. While we have always experienced variability in...- publication PDF
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Model improvement via systematic investigation of physics tendencies
Deficiencies in forecast models commonly stem from inadequate representation of physical processes; yet, improvement to any single physics component within a model may lead to...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale Adjoint Modeling System: Version 1
This technical note serves several purposes. In Part I, the development of adjoints is described in general terms for spatially and temporally discrete models. In Part II, the...- publication PDF
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A new synoptic-scale resolving global climate simulation using the Community...
High-resolution global climate modeling holds the promise of capturing planetary-scale climate modes and small-scale (regional and sometimes extreme) features simultaneously,...- publication PDF
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A new European plant-specific emission inventory of biogenic volatile...
We present a new European plant-specific emission inventory for isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and oxygenated VOC (OVOC), on a spatial resolution of 0.089 x 0.089...- publication PDF
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A foehn-induced haze front in Beijing: Observations and implications
Despite frequent foehns in the Beijing-TianjinHebei (BTH) region, there are only a few studies of their effects on air pollution in this region, or elsewhere. Here, we discuss a...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric ozone decrease due to the Mount Pinatubo eruption: Reduced...
We quantify the relationship between Mount Pinatubo eruption in June 1991 and tropospheric ozone abundances. The ozone reduction in the stratosphere and troposphere following...- publication PDF