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Quantifying damage contributions from convective and stratiform weather...
Convective precipitation is intensifying in many regions, but potential implications of shifts in precipitation types on impacts have not been quantified. Furthermore, risk...- publication PDF
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Improving the representation of resolved and unresolved topographic effects...
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model presents a high surface wind speed bias over plains and valleys that constitutes a limitation for the increasing use of the...- publication PDF
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Interannual variability of carbon monoxide emission estimates over South...
We present the first inverse modeling study to estimate CO emissions constrained by both surface and satellite observations. Our 4D-Var system assimilates National Oceanic and...- publication PDF
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Integrating place and sense of place into geovisualizations of hurricane...
Geovisualizations play a central role in communicating hurricane storm surge risks to the public by connecting information about the hazard to a place. Meanwhile, people connect...- publication PDF
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Processes and procedures for data publication: A case study in the geosciences
The Peer REview for Publication and Accreditation of Research Data in the Earth sciences (PREPARDE) project is a JISC and NERC funded project which aims to investigate the...- publication PDF
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Climate impacts of COVID-19 induced emission changes
The COVID-19 pandemic led to dramatic changes in economic activity in 2020. We use estimates of emission changes for 2020 in two Earth System Models (ESMs) to simulate the...- publication PDF
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Improving global weather prediction in GFDL SHiELD through an upgraded GFDL...
We describe the third version of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory cloud microphysics scheme (GFDL MP v3) implemented in the System for High-resolution prediction on...- publication PDF
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Science directions in a post COP21 world of transient climate change:...
During recent decades, through theoretical considerations and analyses of observations and model simulations, the scientific community has fundamentally advanced our...- publication PDF
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High-latitude energy input and its impact on the thermosphere
This paper presents a quantitative assessment of high-latitude energy input and its partitioning in the polar cap by synthesizing various space and ground-based observations...- publication PDF
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Linking dissipation, anisotropy, and intermittency in rotating stratified...
Analyzing a large database of high-resolution three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of decaying rotating stratified flows, we show that anomalous mixing and...- publication PDF
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Changes in moisture flux over the Tibetan Plateau during 1979-2011: Insights...
Net precipitation [precipitation minus evapotranspiration (P -- E)] changes between 1979 and 2011 from a high-resolution regional climate simulation and its reanalysis forcing...- publication PDF
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A moment-based polarimetric radar forward operator for rain microphysics
There is growing interest in combining microphysical models and polarimetric radar observations to improve our understanding of storms and precipitation. Mapping model-predicted...- publication PDF
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Thermodynamical framework for effective mitigation of high aerosol loading...
The Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) experiences severe air pollution every winter, with ammonium chloride and ammonium nitrate as the major inorganic fractions of fine aerosols. Many...- publication PDF
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Upper atmosphere differences between northern and southern high latitudes:...
The nondipolar portions of the Earth's main magnetic field constitute substantial differences between the two hemispheres. Beside the magnetic flux densities and patterns being...- publication PDF
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Observed interactions between black carbon and hydrometeor during wet...
Wet scavenging of black carbon (BC) has been subject to large uncertainty, which importantly determines its atmospheric lifetime and indirect forcing impact on cloud...- publication PDF
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Evaluating high-resolution forecasts of atmospheric CO and CO2 from a global...
Accurate and consistent monitoring of anthropogenic combustion is imperative because of its significant health and environmental impacts, especially at cityto-regional scale....- publication PDF
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Detection of superrefraction at the top of the atmospheric boundary layer...
Superrefraction at the top of the atmospheric boundary layer introduces problems for assimilation of radio occultation data in weather models. A method of detection of...- publication PDF
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Modeling supersaturation and subgrid-scale mixing with two-moment bulk warm...
This paper describes further developments of a two-moment warm rain bulk microphysics scheme suitable for addressing the indirect impact of atmospheric aerosols on ice-free...- publication PDF
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Calendar effects on surface air temperature and precipitation based on...
Numerical modeling enables a comprehensive understanding not only of the Earth's system today, but also of the past. To date, a significant amount of time and effort has been...- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the 2022 Improving Scientific Software Conference
The Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) is a loosely structured group of software engineers and scientists who write scientific software, mostly but not only at NCAR and mostly...- publication PDF