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A technique for estimating liquid droplet diameter and liquid water content...
This paper describes a technique for estimating the liquid water content (LWC) and a characteristic particle diameter in stratocumulus clouds using radar and lidar observations....- publication PDF
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Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change
Approximately 1700 Pg of soil carbon (C) are stored in the northern circumpolar permafrost zone, more than twice as much C than in the atmosphere. The overall amount, rate, and...- publication PDF
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A Carrier Balloon for Tropical Soundings
During July 1970 to January 1971, a series of tests was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining wind data in the tropical troposphere and lower stratosphere by...- publication PDF
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Microphysical characteristics and evolution of seeded orographic clouds
The spatial distribution and magnitude of snowfall resulting from cloud seeding with silver iodide (AgI) is closely linked to atmospheric conditions, seeding operations, and...- publication PDF
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Open science expectations for simulation-based research
There is strong agreement across the sciences that replicable workflows are needed for computational modeling. Open and replicable workflows not only strengthen public...- publication PDF
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Small-scale loops heated to transition region temperatures and their...
Context. Recent observations have revealed loop-like structures at very small scales visible in observables that sample the transition region (TR) and even coronal temperatures....- publication PDF
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Climate warming, water storage, and Chinook salmon in California's Sacramento Valley
The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) spawns and rears in the cold, freshwater rivers and tributaries of California's Central Valley, with four separate seasonal runs...- publication PDF
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Monotonic limiters for a second-order finite-volume advection scheme using...
An assessment of a recently developed (by Miura) second-order numerical advection scheme for icosahedral-hexagonal grids on the sphere is presented, and the effects of monotonic...- publication PDF
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The Role of the middle atmosphere in simulations of the troposphere during...
This paper compares present-day simulations made with two state-of-the-art climate models: a conventional model specifically designed to represent the tropospheric climate,...- publication PDF
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Impact of vegetation feedback on the temperature and its diurnal range over...
This study examines the potential impact of vegetation feedback on the changes in the diurnal temperature range (DTR) due to the doubling of atmospheric CO₂ concentrations...- publication PDF
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Decadal relationship between European blocking and the North Atlantic...
In Part I of this study, it is revealed that decadal variations of European blocking, in its intensity, duration, and position, during 1978-2011 are modulated by decadal changes...- publication PDF
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On the dynamics of the East African Jet. I. Simulation of mean conditions for July
The East African jet, also popularly called the Somali jet, is viewed as a western boundary current of the East African highlands. Inertial and Coriolis forces. bottom friction...- publication PDF
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Exploring a multiresolution approach using AMIP simulations
This study presents a diagnosis of a multiresolution approach using the Model for Prediction Across Scales-Atmosphere (MPAS-A) for simulating regional climate. Four Atmospheric...- publication PDF
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Can the salt-advection feedback be detected in internal variability of the...
Evidence for the assumptions of the salt-advection feedback in box models is sought by studying the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) internal variability in...- publication PDF
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WACCM climate chemistry sensitivity to sprite perturbations
Transient luminous events affect Earth's atmosphere between thunderstorm tops and the lower ionosphere through ion-neutral chemistry reactions. Particular emphasis has been...- publication PDF
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Assessing boundary condition and parametric uncertainty in...
To accurately plan and manage wind power plants, not only does the time-varying wind resource at the site of interest need to be assessed but also the uncertainty connected to...- publication PDF
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Historical tropospheric and stratospheric ozone radiative forcing using the...
We calculate ozone radiative forcing (RF) and stratospheric temperature adjustments for the period 1850-2014 using the newly available Coupled Model Intercomparison Project...- publication PDF
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Lagrangian condensation microphysics with Twomey CCN activation
We report the development of a novel Lagrangian microphysics methodology for simulations of warm ice-free clouds. The approach applies the traditional Eulerian method for the...- publication PDF
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A robust null hypothesis for the potential causes of megadrought in western...
The western United States was affected by several megadroughts during the last 1200 years, most prominently during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA; 800 to 1300 CE). A null...- publication PDF
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Characterizing the potential for drought action from combined hydrological...
Drought is a function of both natural and human influences, but fully characterizing the interactions between human and natural influences on drought remains challenging. To...- publication PDF
