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Nine time steps: Ultra-fast statistical consistency testing of the Community...
The Community Earth System Model Ensemble Consistency Test (CESM-ECT) suite was developed as an alternative to requiring bitwise identical output for quality assurance. This...- publication PDF
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The evolution of process-based hydrologic models: historical challenges and...
The diversity in hydrologic models has historically led to great controversy on the "correct" approach to process-based hydrologic modeling, with debates centered on the...- publication PDF
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Simulating surface energy fluxes using the variable-resolution Community...
Recent advances in variable-resolution (VR) global models provide the tools necessary to investigate local and global impacts of land cover by embedding a high-resolution grid...- publication PDF
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Analysis of IASI tropospheric O₃ data over the Arctic during POLARCAT...
Ozone data retrieved in the Arctic region from infrared radiance spectra recorded by the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) on board the MetOp-A European...- publication PDF
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Perturbative solution to the two-component atmosphere DIAL equation for...
Thermodynamic profiling using ground-based remote sensing instruments such as differential absorption lidar (DIAL) has the potential to fill observational needs for climate and...- publication PDF
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Development of a curved ray tracing method for modeling of phase paths from...
A two-dimensional curved ray tracer (CRT) is developed to study the propagation path of radio signals across a heterogeneous planetary atmosphere. The method, designed to...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the Atmospheric and Hydrological Cycle in the NCEP Reanalyses
An evaluation is carried out of the moisture fields, the precipitation P and evaporation E, and the moisture transport and divergence in the atmosphere from the global...- publication PDF
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Spatial patterns of wet season precipitation vertical gradients on the...
The Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding (TPS) with its vast land mass and high elevation affects regional climate and weather. The TPS is also the headwater of 9 major Asian...- publication PDF
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The life cycle of a stationary cloud cluster during the Indian summer...
Multiplatform observations of the life cycle of a tropical continental mesoscale cloud cluster (CC) during the Indian summer monsoon, which contributed more than similar to 70mm...- publication PDF
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Melting layer detection and observation with the NCAR Airborne W-Band Radar
A melting layer detection algorithm is developed for the NCAR 94 GHz airborne cloud radar (HIAPER CloudRadar, HCR). The detection method is based on maxima in the linear...- publication PDF
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Arctic glacier snowline altitudes rise 150 m over the last 4 decades
The number of Arctic glaciers with direct, long-term measurements of mass balance is limited. Here we used satellite-based observations of the glacier snowline altitude (SLA),...- publication PDF
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The impact of gravity waves on the evolution of tropical anvil cirrus...
Anvil cirrus generated by deep convection covers large fractions of the tropics and has important impacts on the Earth's radiation budget and climate. In situ measurements made...- publication PDF
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ENSO-induced teleconnection: Process-oriented diagnostics to assess Rossby...
Climate model fidelity in representing ENSO-induced teleconnection is assessed with process-oriented di-agnostics that examine a chain of processes, from equatorial Pacific...- publication PDF
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Modeling the air pollution and aerosol-PBL interactions over China using a...
Modeling air quality has always been a challenge in global models constrained by coarse grids. Here, the variable-resolution Community Atmosphere Model with full chemistry based...- publication PDF
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Troposphere-stratosphere temperature trends derived from satellite data...
Decadal-scale trends in tropospheric and stratospheric temperatures derived from satellite measurements over 1979–2014 are compared with ensemble simulations from the Whole...- publication PDF
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Evaluating stratospheric tropical width using tracer concentrations
Quantifying the width of the tropics has important implications for understanding climate variability and the atmospheric response to anthropogenic forcing. Considerable effort...- publication PDF
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On the intercontinental transferability of regional climate model response...
The biogeophysical effects of severe forestation are quantified using a new ensemble of regional climate simulations over North America and Europe. Following the protocol...- publication PDF
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Space-time dependence of compound hot-dry events in the United States:...
Compound hot and dry events can lead to severe impacts whose severity may depend on their timescale and spatial extent. Despite their potential importance, the climatological...- publication PDF
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Pyrocumulonimbus affect average stratospheric aerosol composition
Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) are wildfire-generated convective clouds that can inject smoke directly into the stratosphere. PyroCb have been tracked for years, yet their apparent...- publication PDF
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Quantifying climate feedbacks using radiative kernels
The extent to which the climate will change due to an external forcing depends largely on radiative feedbacks, which act to amplify or damp the surface temperature response....- publication PDF
