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Examining tropical cyclone structure and intensification with the FLIGHT+...
A comprehensive examination of tropical cyclone (TC) kinematic and thermodynamic structure in the Atlantic basin is created from the Extended Flight Level Dataset for Tropical...- publication PDF
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Damping characteristics of horizontal Laplacian diffusion filters
Horizontally diffusive computational damping terms are frequently employed in 3D atmospheric simulation models to enhance stability and to suppress small-scale noise. In...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of mountain hydroclimate simulations in variable-resolution CESM...
Mountains are natural dams that impede atmospheric moisture transport and water towers that cool, condense, and store precipitation. They are essential in the western United...- publication PDF
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Constraining a 3DVAR radar data assimilation system with large-scale...
It is known from previous studies that radar data assimilation can improve short-range forecasts of precipitation, mainly when radial wind and reflectivity are available....- publication PDF
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The solar benchmark: Rotational modulation of the Sun reconstructed from...
We use archival daily spot coverage measurements from Howard et al. to study the rotational modulation of the Sun as though it were a distant star. A quasi-periodic Gaussian...- publication PDF
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An observing system simulation experiment for the impact of MTG candidate...
An Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) was designed and developed to assess the potential benefit of the Infrared Sounding on the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG-IRS)...- publication PDF
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The carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: A mechanistic,...
Nitrogen (N) generally limits plant growth and controls biosphere responses to climate change. We introduce a new mathematical model of plant N acquisition, called Fixation and...- publication PDF
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Ethene, propene, butene and isoprene emissions from a ponderosa pine forest...
Alkenes are reactive hydrocarbons that influence local and regional atmospheric chemistry by playing important roles in the photochemical production of tropospheric ozone and in...- publication PDF
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Globalâscale observations of the equatorial ionization anomaly
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet spectrograph has been imaging the equatorial ionization anomaly...- publication PDF
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Uncertainty in the winter tropospheric response to Arctic sea ice loss: The...
Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the past four decades and climate models project a seasonally ice-free Arctic Ocean by the middle of this century, with attendant...- publication PDF
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On the spontaneous generation of three-dimensional magnetic nulls
Three-dimensional magnetic nulls relate to magnetic topology, and are propitious for triggering solar coronal transients. Although abundant in nature, their generation is not...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of 0-12-h warm-season precipitation forecasts over the central...
Sensitivity of 0-12 -h warm-season precipitation forecasts to atmospheric initial conditions, including those from different large-scale model analyses and from rapid cycled...- publication PDF
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Using an inverse model to reconcile differences in simulated and observed...
We use a global model, TOMCAT, and an inverse model, INVICAT, to estimate emissions of ethane (C2H6) between 2008 and 2014 by assimilating surface flask observations. We find...- publication PDF
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Balance characteristics of multivariate background error covariances and...
For variational data assimilation, the background error covariance matrix plays a crucial role because it is strongly linked with the local meteorological features, and is...- publication PDF
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Convective impact on the global lower stratospheric water vapor budget
Water vapor in the stratosphere is primarily controlled by temperatures in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. However, the direct impact of deep convection...- publication PDF
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A joint role for forced and internally-driven variability in the decadal...
Despite the observed monotonic increase in greenhouse-gas concentrations, global mean temperature displays important decadal fluctuations typically attributed to both external...- publication PDF
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Global radiative-convective equilibrium in the Community Atmosphere Model, version 5
In the continued effort to understand the climate system and improve its representation in atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs), it is crucial to develop reduced-...- publication PDF
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Interactive ozone and methane chemistry in GISS-E2 historical and future...
The new generation GISS climate model includes fully interactive chemistry related to ozone in historical and future simulations, and interactive methane in future simulations....- 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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“Gray Zone” simulations using a three-dimensional planetary boundary layer...
Generating accurate weather forecasts of planetary boundary layer (PBL) properties is challenging in many geographical regions, oftentimes due to complex topography or...- publication PDF
