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A multi-model assessment of RKW Theory's relevance to squall line characteristics
The authors evaluate whether the structure and intensity of simulated squall lines can be explained by "RKW theory," which most specifically addresses how density currents...- publication PDF
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Using data science to understand tape-based archive workloads
Data storage needs continue to grow in most fields, and the cost per byte for tape remains lower than the cost for disk, making tape storage a good candidate for cost-effective...- publication PDF
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Emission characteristics of black carbon in anthropogenic and biomass...
The impact of aerosols on regional air quality and climate necessitates improved understanding of their emission and microphysical properties. The size distributions of black...- publication PDF
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Towards a quantitative understanding of millennial-scale Antarctic Warming events
The interhemispheric temperature response to a meltwater-induced weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is characterized by a Northern Hemispheric...- publication PDF
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Conceptualizing confidence: A multisited qualitative analysis in a severe...
Confidence is a concept important to weather prediction, shaping how risk information is created, shared, understood, and acted upon. For forecasters in the National Weather...- publication PDF
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Sun-as-a-star observations: Evidence for degree dependence of changes in...
Aims.We use 9.5-yr of BiSON Sun-as-a-star data to search for dependence of solar-cycle parameter changes on the angular degree, ℓ of the data. The nature of the Sun-as-a-star...- publication PDF
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Ice crystals growing from vapor in supercooled clouds between -2.5° and...
The physical and empirical relationships used by microphysics schemes to control the rate at which vapor is transferred to ice crystals growing in supercooled clouds are...- publication PDF
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Bering Strait throughflow and the thermohaline circulation
In this study, we employ a global coupled climate model to show that the Bering Strait is important to the variations of the thermohaline circulation. Three experiments are...- publication PDF
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The use of GPS measurements for water vapor determination
A workshop on the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements in weather and climate with emphasis on water vapor determination, was organized by the National...- publication PDF
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The NCAR In Situ Turbulence Detection Algorithm
Historically, there has been one main source for routine turbulence observations for the aviation community, namely pilot reports. Although useful for tactical turbulence...- publication PDF
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Deployment and performance analyses of high-resolution Iowa XPOL radar...
This article presents the data collected and analyzed using the University of Iowa's X-band polarimetric (XPOL) radars that were part of the spring 2013 hydrology-oriented Iowa...- publication PDF
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Improving societal outcomes of extreme weather in a changing climate: An...
Despite hazard mitigation efforts and scientific and technological advances, extreme weather events continue to cause substantial losses. The impacts of extreme weather result...- publication PDF
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Polarization lidar operation for measuring backscatter phase matrices of...
We describe implementation and demonstration of a polarization technique adapted for lidar to measure all unique elements of the volume backscatter phase matrix. This capability...- publication PDF
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Topographic-thermal circulations and GPS-measured moisture variability...
To investigate topographic-thermal circulations and the associated moisture variability over western Puerto Rico, field data were collected from 15 to 31 March 2011. Surface...- publication PDF
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Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for WRF: Formulation and...
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model-based variational data assimilation system (WRF-Var) has been extended from three- to four-dimensional variational data...- publication PDF
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Daedalus: A low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower...
The Daedalus mission has been proposed to the European Space Agency (ESA) in response to the call for ideas for the Earth Observation program's 10th Earth Explorer. It was...- publication PDF
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Airborne doppler radar and sounding analysis of an oceanic cold front
An analysis of a cold front over the eastern Atlantic Ocean based on airborne Doppler wind syntheses and dropsonde data is presented. The focus and unique aspect of this study...- publication PDF
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A regime-based approach for integrating wind information in spatio-temporal...
Spatio-temporal solar forecasting based on statistical models seldom integrates wind information. An AutoRegressive with eXogenous input (ARX) model was tested using global...- publication PDF
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The relative contributions of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures and...
The recent slowdown in global mean surface temperature (GMST) warming during boreal winter is examined from a regional perspective using 10-member initial-condition ensembles...- publication PDF
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A steady-state continuous flow chamber for the study of daytime and...
Experiments performed in laboratory chambers have contributed significantly to the understanding of the fundamental kinetics and mechanisms of the chemical reactions occurring...- publication PDF
