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Effects of Thermal Cycling on Biaxially Stressed Balloon Films
This report presents the results of an examination of the biaxial strength properties of two commercial balloon films. 0.75 mil VisQueen X-124 and 0.7 mil Winzen StratoFilm were...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric factors governing banded orographic convection
The three-dimensional structure of shallow orographic convection is investigated through simulations performed with a cloud-resolving numerical model. In moist flows that...- publication PDF
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Soil moisture memory in AGCM simulations: Analysis of global land-atmosphere...
Soil moisture memory is a key aspect of land-atmosphere interaction and has major implications for seasonal forecasting. Because of a severe lack of soil moisture observations...- publication PDF
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The representation of alkalinity and the carbonate pump from CMIP5 to CMIP6...
Ocean alkalinity is critical to the uptake of atmospheric carbon in surface waters and provides buffering capacity towards the associated acidification. However, unlike...- publication PDF
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Implementation and evaluation of dynamic subfilter-scale stress models for...
The performance of a range of simple to moderately-complex subfilter-scale (SFS) stress models implemented in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is evaluated in...- publication PDF
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The impact of wind corrections and ocean-current influence on wind stress...
Bias correction of reanalysis-based wind stress using scatterometer derived equivalent neutral wind has been a common practice in producing the forcing datasets used in recent...- publication PDF
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A dynamics-weighted principal components analysis of dominant atmospheric...
This paper describes a framework for identifying dominant atmospheric drivers of ocean variability. The method combines statistics of atmosphere-ocean fluxes with physics from...- publication PDF
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Tropical land carbon cycle responses to 2015/16 El Niño as recorded by...
The outstanding tropical land climate characteristic over the past decades is rapid warming, with no significant large-scale precipitation trends. This warming is expected to...- publication PDF
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Hurricane simulation using different representations of atmosphere-ocean...
Three approaches to represent sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in atmospheric models have been investigated using the Weather Research and Forecasting model: (1) prescribing SSTs...- publication PDF
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Can we measure snow depth with GPS receivers?
Snow is an important component of the climate system and a critical storage component in the hydrologic cycle. However, in situ observations of snow distribution are sparse, and...- publication PDF
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Solar filament impact on 21 January 2005: Geospace consequences
On 21 January 2005, a moderate magnetic storm produced a number of anomalous features, some seen more typically during superstorms. The aim of this study is to establish the...- publication PDF
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Mapping the lateral development of lightning flashes from orbit
Optical lightning measurements from the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) are used to map the lateral development of lightning flashes and produce statistics that describe their...- publication PDF
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Cloud-resolving model for weather modification in China
Weather modification is widely carried out in China. It is important to develop an operational model for weather modification to predict the microphysical features of cloud and...- publication PDF
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Laboratory study on new particle formation from the reaction OH + SO₂:...
Nucleation experiments starting from the reaction of OH radicals with SO₂ have been performed in the IfT-LFT flow tube under atmospheric conditions at 293±0.5 K for a relative...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric water vapor from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic...
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) volcano on 15 January 2022 injected large amounts of water vapor (H2O) directly into the stratosphere. While normal...- publication PDF
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Estimation of mercury emissions from forest fires, lakes, regional and local...
Gaseous elemental mercury is a global pollutant that can lead to serious health concerns via deposition to the biosphere and bio-accumulation in the food chain. Hourly...- publication PDF
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Tropical atmospheric Madden-Julian Oscillation: A strongly nonlinear free...
The Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO), a planetary-scale eastward-propagating coherent structure with periods of 30-60 days, is a prominent manifestation of intraseasonal...- publication PDF
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Current and emerging developments in subseasonal to decadal prediction
Weather and climate variations on subseasonal to decadal time scales can have enormous social, economic, and environmental impacts, making skillful predictions on these time...- publication PDF
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Raytracing simulated GPS radio wave propagation paths experiencing large...
Global positioning satellite system (GPS) radio waves that reach the tropical lower troposphere are strongly affected by small-scale water vapor fluctuations. We examine along-...- publication PDF
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Inertia-gravity waves generated within a dipole vortex
Vortex dipoles provide a simple representation of localized atmospheric jets. Numerical simulations of a synoptic-scale dipole in surface potential temperature are considered in...- publication PDF
