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Timescale for detecting the climate response to stratospheric aerosol geoengineering
Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering could be used to maintain global mean temperature despite increased atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, for example, to meet a...- publication PDF
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Electrification in mesoscale updrafts of deep stratiform and anvil clouds in Florida
Airborne observations in deep stratiform and anvil clouds showed extensive layers of 10- to 40-kV/m electric fields colocated with highly stratified uniform radar reflectivity...- publication PDF
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The growing threat of heat disasters
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States and indoor exposure is responsible for a significant portion of the resulting fatalities. Evolving...- publication PDF
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Future risk of record-breaking summer temperatures and its mitigation
The probability that summer temperatures in the future will exceed the hottest on record during 1920-2014 is projected to increase at all land locations with global warming....- publication PDF
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Predictable decadal forcing of the North Atlantic jet speed by sub-polar...
It has been demonstrated that decadal variations in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) can be predicted by current forecast models. While Atlantic Multidecadal Variability...- publication PDF
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An Airplane-Mounted System for Sensing and Recording Radio Noise in Clouds
This document reports an instrumental development which solved certain problems in field research for NCAR staff scientists concerning the detection of electrification in...- publication PDF
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Snow coverage estimation using camera data for automated driving applications
In the U.S., over 38,000 fatalities occur every year due to automotive accidents where 24% of these accidents are attributable to inclement weather. Automated driving systems...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric water vapor and geoid measurements in the open ocean with GPS
We have conducted two experiments to determine precipitable water vapor (PWV) and sea surface heights from a cruising ship in the open ocean. During the first experiment (July...- publication PDF
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Biogenic emission measurement and inventories determination of biogenic...
During the NOAA Southern Oxidant Study 1999 (SOS1999), Texas Air Quality Study 2000 (TexAQS2000), International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and...- publication PDF
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Improved regional forecasting of an extreme Arctic cyclone in August 2016...
Cycling data assimilation and forecast experiments in August 2016 together with a case study of an intense Arctic cyclone (AC16) are performed. Initial conditions from newly...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of global fire simulations in CMIP6 Earth system models
Fire is the primary form of terrestrial ecosystem disturbance on a global scale and an important Earth system process. Most Earth system models (ESMs) have incorporated fire...- publication PDF
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Surface dimming by the 2013 Rim Fire simulated by a sectional aerosol model
The Rim Fire of 2013, the third largest area burned by fire recorded in California history, is simulated by a climate model coupled with a size-resolved aerosol model. Modeled...- publication PDF
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The soil and plant biogeochemistry sampling design for The National...
Human impacts on biogeochemical cycles are evident around the world, from changes to forest structure and function due to atmospheric deposition, to eutrophication of surface...- publication PDF
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Dynamic error estimation for radio occultation bending angles retrieved by...
Application of any measurement requires reliable error estimates; this is particularly the case when meteorological observations are assimilated into numerical weather...- publication PDF
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Implementation and evaluation of irrigation techniques in the Community Land Model
Several previous studies have highlighted the irrigation-induced impacts on the global and regional water cycle, energy budget, and near-surface climate. While land models are...- publication PDF
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The global impact of supersaturation in a coupled chemistry-climate model
Ice supersaturation is important for understanding condensation in the upper troposphere. Many general circulation models however do not permit supersaturation. In this study, a...- 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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The global extent of the mid stratospheric CN layer: A three-dimensional...
For the first time the global extent of a mid stratospheric new particle layer is addressed, using the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Earth System Model,...- publication PDF
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Detecting vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in mid-Holocene North Africa...
Using two climate-vegetation model simulations from the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM) and the Community Climate System Model (CCSM, version 2), we investigate vegetation-...- publication PDF
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Data interoperability between elements of the global ocean observing system
The data management landscape associated with the Global Ocean Observing System is distributed, complex, and only loosely coordinated. Yet interoperability across this...- publication PDF
