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Improving regional climate simulations based on a hybrid data assimilation...
The energy and water vapor exchange between the land surface and atmospheric boundary layer plays a critical role in regional climate simulations. This paper implemented a...- publication PDF
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Uniting the Sun's Hale magnetic cycle and "extended solar cycle" paradigms
Through meticulous daily observation of the Sun's large-scale magnetic field the Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) has catalogued two magnetic (Hale) cycles of solar activity....- publication PDF
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Allowances for evolving coastal flood risk under uncertain local sea-level rise
Estimates of future flood hazards made under the assumption of stationary mean sea level are biased low due to sea-level rise (SLR). However, adjustments to flood return levels...- publication PDF
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Nested mesoscale-to-LES modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer in the...
Multiscale atmospheric simulations can be computationally prohibitive, as they require large domains and fine spatiotemporal resolutions. Grid-nesting can alleviate this by...- publication PDF
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Accuracy assessment and correction of Vaisala RS92 radiosonde water vapor...
Relative humidity (RH) measurements from Vaisala RS92 radiosondes are widely used in research and operational applications, but their accuracy is not well characterized as a...- publication PDF
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Molecular composition of organic aerosols in central Amazonia: an...
The Amazon Basin plays key role in atmospheric chemistry, biodiversity and climate change. In this study we applied nanoelectrospray (nanoESI) ultra-high-resolution mass...- publication PDF
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Predicting the Atlantic multidecadal variability from initialized simulations
In contrast to dominant interannual time-scale variability in other ocean basins, the leading observed mode variability in the Atlantic is characterized as a basinwide seesaw-...- publication PDF
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Climate feedback variance and the interaction of aerosol forcing and feedbacks
Aerosols can influence cloud radiative effects and, thus, may alter interpretation of how Earth's radiative budget responds to climate forcing. Three different ensemble...- publication PDF
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Understanding the impact of urban expansion and lake shrinkage on summer...
Wuhan has witnessed unprecedented urban expansion that encroached upon sizable inland lakes. However, the impacts of urban expansion on climate and heat stress for such a city...- publication PDF
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Dynamics of cloud-top generating cells in winter cyclones. Part II:...
Recent field observations suggest that cloud-top precipitation generating cells (GCs) are ubiquitous in the warm-frontal and comma-head regions of midlatitude winter cyclones....- publication PDF
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Riverine nitrogen flux and its response to management, climate, and other...
The rate and extent of anthropogenic alteration of the global nitrogen cycle over the past four decades has been extensive, resulting in cascading negative impacts on riverine...- publication PDF
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On measurements of small ice particles in clouds
For many years it has been recognized that some aircraft cloud microphysical measurements may be contaminated by ice hydrometeors shattering on probe inlets. Small ice particle...- publication PDF
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Circulation Statistics From January and July Simulation With the NCAR...
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Innovations in winter storm forecasting and decision support services
Winter storms are disruptive to society and the economy, and they often cause signifi-cant injuries and deaths. Innovations in winter storm forecasting have occurred across the...- publication PDF
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First direct measurements of formaldehyde flux via eddy covariance:...
We report the first observations of formaldehyde (HCHO) flux measured via eddy covariance, as well as HCHO concentrations and gradients, as observed by the Madison Fiber Laser-...- publication PDF
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Hydrological controls on the tropospheric ozone greenhouse gas effect
The influence of the hydrological cycle in the greenhouse gas (GHG) effect of tropospheric ozone (O-3) is quantified in terms of the O-3 longwave radiative effect (LWRE), which...- publication PDF
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Defining the internal component of Atlantic multidecadal variability in a...
The canonical index of "Atlantic Multidecadal Variability" (AMV) is the low-pass filtered timeseries of sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) averaged over the North...- publication PDF
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Coupled air-sea response to solar forcing in the Pacific region during...
Observations since the middle of the 19th century show that the decadal solar oscillation at its peaks strengthens the major convergence zones in the tropical Pacific...- publication PDF
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High winds generated by bow echoes. Part I: Overview of the Omaha bow echo 5...
An analysis of a bow echo that produced damaging winds exceeding F1 in intensity on the Fujita scale near Omaha, Nebraska, is shown. Part I of this study presents a combination...- publication PDF
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Investigating carbonaceous aerosol and its absorption properties from fires...
Biomass burning (BB) produces large quantities of carbonaceous aerosol (black carbon and organic aerosol, BC and OA, respectively), which significantly degrade air quality and...- publication PDF