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Nonlinear model of high-speed solar-wind streams
A hydrodynamic model describing the generation and propagation of high-speed plasma streams in the solar wind is presented. The model is based upon numerical integrations of the...- publication PDF
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Spatial decomposition of climate feedbacks in the Community Earth System Model
An ensemble of simulations from different versions of the Community Atmosphere Model in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) is used to investigate the processes responsible...- publication PDF
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Risk assessment for scientific data
Ongoing stewardship is required to keep data collections and archives in existence. Scientific data collections may face a range of risk factors that could hinder, constrain, or...- publication PDF
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Global responses of the coupled thermosphere and ionosphere system to the...
It is commonly believed that solar eclipses have a great impact on the ionosphere-thermosphere (I-T) system within the eclipse shadow, but little attention has been paid to the...- publication PDF
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Sunspot observations by Hisako Koyama: 1945-1996
Sunspot records are the only observational tracer of solar activity that provides a fundamental, multicentury reference. Its homogeneity has been largely maintained with a...- publication PDF
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Metrics for Evaluating CMIP6 Representation of Daily Precipitation...
The performance of GCMs in simulating daily precipitation probability distributions is investigated by comparing 35 CMIP6 models against observational datasets (TRMM-3B42 and...- publication PDF
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A foehn-induced haze front in Beijing: Observations and implications
Despite frequent foehns in the Beijing-TianjinHebei (BTH) region, there are only a few studies of their effects on air pollution in this region, or elsewhere. Here, we discuss a...- publication PDF
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Ionosphere response to solar wind high-speed streams
We present 9- and 7-day periodic oscillations in the global mean Total Electron Content (TEC) from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2006. Spectral analysis indicates that the...- publication PDF
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Limited mitigation potential of forestation under a high emissions scenario:...
Forestation is a major component of future long-term emissions reduction and CO2 removal strategies, but the viability of carbon stored in vegetation under future climates is...- publication PDF
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Absorbing aerosol choices influences precipitation changes across future scenarios
Future precipitation changes are controlled by the atmospheric energy budget, with temperature, water vapor, and absorbing aerosols playing dominant roles in driving radiative...- publication PDF
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Evaluating different techniques for constraining lower atmospheric...
We analyze the effects specified dynamics (SD) and 4D Tendency nudging have on accurately reproducing the middle and upper atmospheric variability induced by the 2010 sudden...- publication PDF
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Bark beetle impacts on forest evapotranspiration and its partitioning
Insect outbreaks affect forest structure and function and represent a major category of forest disturbance globally. However, the resulting impacts on evapotranspiration (ET),...- publication PDF
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Abrupt termination of the 2012 Pacific warming and its implication on ENSO prediction
In the summer of 2012, there was a clear signal of the developing El Niño over the equatorial Pacific, and many climate models forecasted the occurrence of El Niño with a peak...- publication PDF
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Understanding the role of the ground surface in HONO vertical structure:...
A negative-ion proton-transfer chemical ionization mass spectrometer was deployed on a mobile tower-mounted platform during Nitrogen, Aerosol Composition, and Halogens on a Tall...- publication PDF
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Importance of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids
We present a detailed budget of formic and acetic acids, two of the most abundant trace gases in the atmosphere. Our bottom-up estimate of the global source of formic and acetic...- publication PDF
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Large eddy simulation of the bubbly ocean: New insights on subsurface bubble...
The evolution of bubbles in a turbulent oceanic boundary layer is simulated using a multi-size multi-gas bubble model coupled with a Large Eddy Simulation model. Bubbles...- publication PDF
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Global-scale observations of the equatorial ionization anomaly
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet spectrograph has been imaging the equatorial ionization anomaly...- publication PDF
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Annual asymmetry in thermospheric density: Observations and simulations
In this paper, the Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) observations during 2002-2010 are utilized to study the...- publication PDF
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A geostationary thermal infrared sensor to monitor the lowermost...
This paper describes the capabilities of a nadir thermal infrared (TIR) sensor proposed for deployment onboard a geostationary platform to monitor ozone (O₃) and carbon monoxide...- publication PDF
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Digital Control of Meteorological Systems
The state-variable matrix approach of modern control theory is applied to a multi-input, multi-output meteorological network. The problem of providing suitable controllers to...- publication PDF