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The heated condensation framework. Part II: Climatological behavior of...
This is Part II of a two-part study introducing the heated condensation framework (HCF), which quantifies the potential convective state of the atmosphere in terms of...- publication PDF
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Operational phased array radar network for natural hazard monitoring and...
The continuous development of modern Doppler weather radars has substantially augmented our capacity to monitor severe convective storms and gain insights into their dynamic and...- publication PDF
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Large-scale gravity current over the middle hills of the Nepal Himalaya:...
Nepal has been the location of a series of fatal aircraft accidents, raising serious concerns about civil aviation security and the safety of passengers. However, significant...- publication PDF
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Interpretation of tropical thermocline cooling in the Indian and Pacific...
A warming trend has been detected in the world's oceans in recent decades. The basin-averaged warming, however, shows a complex vertical structure in the Indian and Pacific...- publication PDF
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Climate engineering: Exploring nuances and consequences of deliberately...
Our planet is warming, largely from the ever-increasing burning of fossil fuels. If this continues, serious consequences to our planet are likely to occur within the second half...- publication PDF
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A new method for diagnosing effective radiative forcing from aerosol-cloud...
Aerosol–cloud interactions (ACIs) are a leading source of uncertainty in estimates of the historical effective radiative forcing (ERF). One reason for this uncertainty is the...- publication PDF
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Climate sensitivity of the Community Climate System Model, version 4
Equilibrium climate sensitivity of the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) is 3.20°C for 1° horizontal resolution in each component. This is about a half degree...- publication PDF
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Poynting flux input to the auroral ionosphere: The impact of subauroral...
The Poynting vector (Poynting flux) from Earth's magnetosphere downward toward its ionosphere carries the energy that powers the Joule heating in the ionosphere and...- publication PDF
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The path integral formulation of climate dynamics
The chaotic nature of the atmospheric dynamics has stimulated the applications of methods and ideas derived from statistical dynamics. For instance, ensemble systems are used to...- publication PDF
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Origin of dawnside subauroral polarization streams during major geomagnetic storms
Solar eruptions cause geomagnetic storms in the near-Earth environment, creating spectacular aurorae visible to the human eye and invisible dynamic changes permeating all of...- publication PDF
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A comparison study of extreme precipitation from six different regional...
We analyze output from six regional climate models (RCMs) via a spatial Bayesian hierarchical model. The primary advantage of this approach is that the statistical model...- publication PDF
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Ozone impact from solar energetic particles cools the polar stratosphere
Understanding atmospheric impacts of solar energetic particle precipitation (EPP) remains challenging, from quantification of the response in ozone, to implications on...- publication PDF
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Development of the GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model: Evolution...
The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications-2 (MERRA2) version of the Goddard Earth Observing System-5 (GEOS-5) atmospheric general circulation model...- publication PDF
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An inversion framework for optimizing non-methane VOC emissions using remote...
We aim to reduce uncertainties in CH2O and other volatile organic carbon (VOC) emissions through assimilation of remote sensing data. We first update a three-dimensional (3D)...- publication PDF
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The value of assimilating different ground-based profiling networks on the...
There is a growing interest in the use of ground-based remote sensors for numerical weather prediction, which is sparked by their potential to address the currently existing...- publication PDF
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Rapid formation of isoprene photo-oxidation products observed in Amazonia
Isoprene represents the single most important reactive hydrocarbon for atmospheric chemistry in the tropical atmosphere. It plays a central role in global and regional...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric data assimilation and forecasting during storms
Ionospheric storms can have important effects on radio communications and navigation systems. Storm time ionospheric predictions have the potential to form part of effective...- publication PDF
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Quantifying the impacts of high-resolution urban information on the urban...
Detailed urban information, including land use/land cover (LULC), anthropogenic heat (AH) release, and urban canopy parameters (UCP), play critical roles in meteorological field...- publication PDF
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An analytic description of the structure and evolution of growing deep...
New theoretical analytic expressions are derived for the evolution of a passive scalar, buoyancy, and vertical velocity in growing, entraining moist deep convective updrafts....- publication PDF
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Variational bias correction of TAMDAR temperature observations in the WRF...
A variational bias correction (VarBC) scheme is developed and tested using regional Weather Research and Forecasting Model Data Assimilation (WRFDA) to correct systematic errors...- publication PDF
