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Aerosol optical depth assimilation for a size-resolved sectional model:...
An aerosol optical depth (AOD) three-dimensional variational data assimilation technique is developed for the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) system for which WRF-Chem...- publication PDF
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Developing a Department of Transportation winter severity index
Adverse weather conditions are responsible for millions of vehicular crashes, thousands of deaths, and billions of dollars per year in economic and congestion costs. Many...- publication PDF
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Effects of distant organized convection on forecasts of widespread clear-air...
Two cases of observed widespread moderate-or-greater (MOG) clear-air turbulence (CAT) in different synoptic patterns are investigated using a nested high-resolution NWP model....- publication PDF
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Comparison of UKESM1 and CESM2 simulations using the same multi-target...
Solar climate intervention using stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) has been proposed as a method which could offset some of the adverse effects of global warming. The...- publication PDF
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Observational study of convection initiation on 12 June 2002 during IHOP_2002
The International H₂O Project (IHOP_2002) was designed to sample the three-dimensional time-varying moisture field to better understand convective processes. Numerous research...- publication PDF
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A thermal infrared instrument onboard a geostationary platform for CO and O₃...
This paper presents observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) to compare the relative capabilities of two geostationary thermal infrared (TIR) instruments to measure ozone...- publication PDF
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Overestimated eddy kinetic energy in the eddy-rich regions simulated by...
The performance of eddy-resolving global ocean-sea ice models in simulating mesoscale eddies is evaluated using six eddy-resolving experiments forced by different atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Recent trends in the near-surface climatology of the northern North American...
We examined climate trends in the northern North American Great Plains (NNAGP) from 1970 to 2015, a period that aligns with widespread land-use changes in this globally...- publication PDF
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Evaluating ethane and methane emissions associated with the development of...
Sharp rises in the atmospheric abundance of ethane (C₂H₆) have been detected from 2009 onwards in the Northern Hemisphere as a result of the unprecedented growth in the...- publication PDF
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Simulated lower stratospheric trends between 1970 and 2005: Identifying the...
We have analyzed a set of simulations aimed at understanding the mechanisms that drive observed trends in the lower stratosphere after 1970. The simulations were performed using...- publication PDF
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EnKF ionosphere and thermosphere data assimilation algorithm through a...
In this work, we constructed an ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) ionosphere and thermosphere data assimilation system using the National Center for Atmospheric Research...- publication PDF
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On the sensitivity of the diurnal cycle in the Amazon to convective intensity
Climate and reanalysis models contain large water and energy budget errors over tropical land related to the misrepresentation of diurnally forced moist convection. Motivated by...- publication PDF
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Improving the impact of radio occultation observations on numerical...
The Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Occultation (RO) is an active remote sensing technique, which is complementary to passive microwave and infrared sounders and microwave...- publication PDF
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Seasonal changes in the tropospheric carbon monoxide profile over the remote...
The combination of low anthropogenic emissions and large biogenic sources that characterizes the Southern Hemisphere (SH) leads to significant differences in atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Effective ice particle densities derived from aircraft data
In this study, aircraft data are used to derive effective ice particle densities. This density is defined as the ice particle mass divided by the volume of an equivalent...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric ozone depletion inside the volcanic plume shortly after the...
Near-term in-plume ozone depletion was observed for about 10 d by the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) right after the January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) eruption....- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Climate Informatics: CI 2018
Climate informatics is an emerging research area that combines the fields of climate science and data science (specifically machine learning, data mining and statistics) to...- publication PDF
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Study of ozone "weekend effect" in Shanghai
Analysis of observed ozone data in 2006 from five monitoring sites (Xujiahui, Chongming, Baoshan, Pudong, Jinshan) in Shanghai reveals that ozone (O₃) concentrations in Xujiahui...- publication PDF
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The Community Land Model underestimates land-use CO2 emissions by neglecting...
The Community Land Model (CLM) can simulate planting and harvesting of crops but does not include effects of cultivation on soil carbon decomposition. The biogeochemistry model...- publication PDF
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Incorporating probabilistic seasonal climate forecasts into river management...
Despite the influence of hydroclimate on river ecosystems, most efforts to date have focused on using climate information to predict streamflow for water supply. However, as...- publication PDF