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Monitoring and understanding changes in heat waves, cold waves, floods, and...
Weather and climate extremes have been varying and changing on many different time scales. In recent decades, heat waves have generally become more frequent across the United...- publication PDF
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GPS/STORM--GPS sensing of atmospheric water vapor for meteorology
Atmospheric water vapor was measured with six Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers for 1 month at sites in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. During the time of the experiment...- publication PDF
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Source characteristics of oxygenated volatile organic compounds and hydrogen cyanide
Airborne trace gas measurements from Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P), Pacific Exploratory Mission (PEM)-Tropics B, and Intercontinental Chemical...- publication PDF
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A SmallSat concept to resolve diurnal and vertical variations of aerosols,...
A SmallSat mission concept is formulated here to carry out Time-varying Optical Measurements of Clouds and Aerosol Transport (TOMCAT) from space while embracing low-cost...- publication PDF
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An intercomparison of wall fluxes in a turbulent thermal convection chamber:...
Thermal convection in a closed chamber is driven by a warm bottom, a cold top, and side walls at various temperatures. Although wall fluxes are the source of convection energy,...- publication PDF
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An unexpected decline in spring atmospheric humidity in the interior...
On seasonal time scales, vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a known predictor of burned area in the southwestern United States ("the Southwest"). VPD increases with atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Eddy covariance measurements of isoprene and 232-MBO based on NO+...
Isoprene and 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (232-MBO) are the dominant biogenic VOCs released throughout the US, thus requiring simultaneous measurements. Recent measurements suggest the...- publication PDF
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On the Southern Hemisphere stratospheric response to ENSO and its impacts on...
As the leading mode of Pacific variability, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) causes vast and wide-spread climatic impacts, including in the stratosphere. Following discovery...- publication PDF
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Solar wind driving of magnetospheric ULF waves: Pulsations driven by...
We present results from global, three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the solar wind/magnetosphere interaction. These MHD simulations are used to study...- publication PDF
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Synthesizing evidence for the external cycling of NOx in high- to low-NOx atmospheres
External cycling regenerating nitrogen oxides (NOx equivalent to NO + NO2) from their oxidative reservoir, NOz, is proposed to reshape the temporal-spatial distribution of NOx...- publication PDF
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The modern and glacial overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean in PMIP...
This study analyses the response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) to LGM forcings and boundary conditions in nine PMIP coupled model simulations,...- publication PDF
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An overview of interactions and feedbacks between ice sheets and the Earth system
Ice sheet response to forced changes such as that from anthropogenic climate forcing is closely regulated by two-way interactions with other components of the Earth system....- publication PDF
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A quantile-conserving ensemble filter framework. Part II: Regression of...
Traditional ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation methods make implicit assumptions of Gaussianity and linearity that are strongly violated by many important Earth system...- publication PDF
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Evaluating machine learning-based probabilistic convective hazard forecasts...
The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model provides hourly updating forecasts of convective-scale phenomena, which can be used to infer the potential for convective hazards...- publication PDF
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A global climatology of diabatic heating in Tropical Easterly Waves
Tropical easterly waves (TEWs) play a critical role in regulating convection and precipitation across the global tropics. TEWs act as seed disturbances for tropical...- publication PDF
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Systematic and objective evaluation of Earth system models: PCMDI Metrics...
Systematic, routine, and comprehensive evaluation of Earth system models (ESMs) facilitates benchmarking improvement across model generations and identifying the strengths and...- publication PDF
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North Atlantic subtropical mode water formation controlled by Gulf Stream fronts
The North Atlantic Ocean hosts the largest volume of global subtropical mode waters (STMWs) in the world, which serve as heat, carbon and oxygen silos in the ocean interior....- publication PDF
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Vertical motions in orographic cloud systems over the Payette River Basin....
This paper examines the controls on supercooled liquid water content (SLWC) and drop number concenExperiment (SNOWIE) campaign. During SNOWIE, 27.4% of 1-Hz in situ cloud...- publication PDF
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Increased glacier melt enhances future extreme floods in the southern Tibetan Plateau
Mountainous areas are of special hydrological concern because topography and atmospheric conditions can result in large and sudden floods, posing serious risks to water-related...- publication PDF
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Predictability error growth of turbulent flows
Recently, alternative viewpoints were suggested that is in contrast to the conventional picture of predictability error growth in the spectral domain. We survey key historical...- publication PDF
