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Evaluation of the surface climatology over the conterminous United States in...
Surface air temperature, precipitation, and insolation over the conterminous United States region from the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP)...- publication PDF
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Where does the dust deposited over the Sierra Nevada snow come from?
Mineral dust contributes up to one-half of surface aerosol loading in spring over the southwestern United States, posing an environmental challenge that threatens human health...- publication PDF
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An observationally constrained evaluation of the oxidative capacity in the...
Hydroxyl radical (OH) is the main daytime oxidant in the troposphere and determines the atmospheric lifetimes of many compounds. We use aircraft measurements of O3, H2O, NO, and...- publication PDF
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Volcanic forcing degrades multiyear-to-decadal prediction skill in the...
Volcanic aerosol forcing can affect global climate, but its role in climate prediction remains poorly understood. We isolate the impact of volcanic eruptions on multiyear-to-...- publication PDF
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A multi-city urban atmospheric greenhouse gas measurement data synthesis
Urban regions emit a large fraction of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) that contribute to modern-day climate...- publication PDF
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Generalization of runoff risk prediction at field scales to a...
As surface water resources in the U.S. continue to be pressured by excess nutrients carried by agricultural runoff, the need to assess runoff risk at the field scale continues...- publication PDF
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On the relationship of polar mesospheric cloud ice water content, particle...
The distribution of ice layers in the polar summer mesosphere (called polar mesospheric clouds or PMCs) is sensitive to background atmospheric conditions and therefore affected...- publication PDF
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United States economic sensitivity to weather variability
To estimate the economic effects of weather variability in the United States, we define and measure weather sensitivity as the variability in economic output attributable to...- publication PDF
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Improvement of microphysical parameterization through observational...
Despite continual increases in numerical model resolution and significant improvements in the forecasting of many meteorological parameters, progress in quantitative...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale thermodynamic influences on convection initiation near a surface...
In this study, the authors examine initiation of severe convection along a daytime surface dryline in a 10-member ensemble of convection-permitting simulations. Results indicate...- publication PDF
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Case Studies on Convective Storms / Case Study 5, 12 July 1978: First Echo Case
A small, isolated, short-lived cumulus congestus was studied using primarily a10 cm radar, a cloud penetration with an instrumented sailplane, and time-lapse photography froman...- publication PDF
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Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and...
The Environmental Effects Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol under the United Nations Environment Programme evaluates effects on the environment and human health that...- publication PDF
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Observations of a large-scale gravity wave propagating over an extremely...
In this paper we report the detection of a large-scale gravity wave propagating over an extremely large horizontal distance in the thermosphere on 28 July 2006. Specifically,...- publication PDF
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Optimized multiplicative, additive, and restricted additive Schwarz preconditioning
We demonstrate that a small modification of the multiplicative, additive, and restricted additive Schwarz preconditioner at the algebraic level, motivated by optimized Schwarz...- publication PDF
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Extratropical cyclone statistics during the last millennium and the 21st century
Extratropical cyclones in winter and their characteristics are investigated in depth for the Atlantic European region, as they are responsible for a significant part of the...- publication PDF
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Observation and modeling of the evolution of Texas power plant plumes
During the second Texas Air Quality Study 2006 (TexAQS II), a full range of pollutants was measured by aircraft in eastern Texas during successive transects of power plant...- publication PDF
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Early season depletion of dissolved iron in the Ross Sea polynya:...
The Ross Sea polynya is among the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean and may constitute a significant oceanic CO2 sink. Based on results from several field studies,...- publication PDF
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Cooperation on climate change under economic linkages: How the inclusion of...
Game-theoretic models of international cooperation on climate change come to very different results regarding the stability of the grand coalition of all countries, depending on...- publication PDF
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The role of ice-ocean interactions in the variability of the North Atlantic...
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Examinations of ice formation processes in Florida cumuli using ice nuclei...
A continuous flow diffusion chamber (CFDC) was used to measure ice formation by cloud particle residuals during the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers-...- publication PDF