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The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6
The primary objective of CFMIP is to inform future assessments of cloud feedbacks through improved understanding of cloud-climate feedback mechanisms and better evaluation of...- publication PDF
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Polarization lidar observations of backscatter phase matrices from oriented...
Oriented particles can exhibit different polarization properties than randomly oriented particles. These properties cannot be resolved by conventional polarization lidar systems...- publication PDF
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The Great Plains Irrigation Experiment (GRAINEX)
Extensive expansion in irrigated agriculture has taken place over the last half century. Due to increased irrigation and resultant land-use–land-cover change, the central United...- publication PDF
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A new research approach for observing and characterizing land-atmosphere feedback
Forecast errors with respect to wind, temperature, moisture, clouds, and precipitation largely correspond to the limited capability of current Earth system models to capture and...- publication PDF
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The impact of atmospheric mineral aerosol deposition on the albedo of snow &...
Knowledge of the albedo of polar regions is crucial for understanding a range of climatic processes that have an impact on a global scale. Light-absorbing impurities in...- publication PDF
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An explanation for Arecibo plasma line power striations
Measurements of plasma lines by the Arecibo incoherent scatter radar are known to have sharp striations in power, varying with the plasma frequency and magnetic aspect angle of...- publication PDF
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The Arctic's rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: A research synthesis
The sequence of extreme September sea ice extent minima over the past decade suggests acceleration in the response of the Arctic sea ice cover to external forcing, hastening the...- publication PDF
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Piecing together the past: Statistical insights into paleoclimatic reconstructions
Reconstructing a climate process in both space and time from incomplete instrumental and climate proxy time series is a problem with clear societal relevance that poses both...- publication PDF
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Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term...
Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and...- publication PDF
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Thermosphere extension of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model
In atmospheric and space environment studies it is key to understand and to quantify the coupling of atmospheric regions and the solar impacts on the whole atmosphere system....- publication PDF
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Abrupt Bølling warming and ice saddle collapse contributions to the...
Elucidating the source(s) of Meltwater Pulse 1a, the largest rapid sea level rise caused by ice melt (14-18m in less than 340years, 14,600years ago), is important for...- publication PDF
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A comprehensive wind power forecasting system integrating artificial...
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) recently updated the comprehensive wind power forecasting system in collaboration with Xcel Energy addressing users' needs...- publication PDF
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Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise
Glaciers and ice caps (GICs) are important contributors to present-day global mean sea level rise. Most previous global mass balance estimates for GICs rely on extrapolation of...- publication PDF
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Moving from interdisciplinary to convergent research across geoscience and...
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Surface temperature dependence of tropical cyclone-permitting simulations in...
Tropical cyclone (TC)-permitting general circulation model simulations are performed with spherical geometry and uniform thermal forcing, including uniform sea surface...- publication PDF
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Memory of irrigation effects on hydroclimate and its modeling challenge
Irrigation modifies land-surface water and energy budgets, and also influences weather and climate. However, current earth-system models, used for weather prediction and climate...- publication PDF
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Constraints on acoustic wave energy fluxes and radiative losses in the solar...
Accurately assessing the balance between acoustic wave energy fluxes and radiative losses is critical for understanding how the solar chromosphere is thermally regulated. We...- publication PDF
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Numerical investigation of the quasi 2 day wave in the mesosphere and lower...
The zonal wave number 3 planetary wave with about a 2 day period is a recurrent wave feature in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT). The quasi 2 day wave (QTDW) exhibits...- publication PDF
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Tropospheric HONO distribution and chemistry in the southeastern US
Here we report the measurement results of nitrous acid (HONO) and a suite of relevant parameters on the NCAR C-130 research aircraft in the southeastern US during the NOMADSS...- publication PDF
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Reference upper-air observations for climate: Rationale, progress, and plans
While the global upper-air observing network has provided useful observations for operational weather forecasting for decades, its measurements lack the accuracy and long-term...- publication PDF
