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Evaluating precipitation distributions at regional scales: A benchmarking...
As the resolution of global Earth system models increases, regional-scale evaluations are becoming ever more important. This study presents a framework for quantifying...- publication PDF
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Polar winds: Airborne doppler wind lidar missions in the Arctic for...
During October-November 2014 and May 2015, NASA sponsored and conducted a pair of airborne campaigns called Polar Winds to investigate atmospheric circulations, particularly in...- publication PDF
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Detection of high-altitude ionospheric irregularities with GPS/MET
In this study radio occultation data from the GPS/MET experiment are used for detection of high-altitude ionospheric irregularities. This is done by back propagation of the...- publication PDF
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Large-scale environments of successive atmospheric river events leading to...
Successive atmospheric river (AR) events-known as AR families-can result in prolonged and elevated hydrological impacts relative to single ARs due to the lack of recovery time...- publication PDF
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The effect of a giant wind farm on precipitation in a regional climate model
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is employed as a nested regional climate model to study the effect of a giant wind farm on warm-season precipitation in the...- publication PDF
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PACMan2: Next steps in proposal review management
With the start of a new Great Observatories era, there is renewed concern that the demand for these forefront facilities, through proposal pressure, will exceed conventional...- publication PDF
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Configuration of Statistical Postprocessing Techniques for Improved...
The wind energy industry needs accurate forecasts of wind speeds at turbine hub height and in the rotor layer to accurately predict power output from a wind farm. Current...- publication PDF
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Constraining a 3DVAR radar data assimilation system with large-scale...
It is known from previous studies that radar data assimilation can improve short-range forecasts of precipitation, mainly when radial wind and reflectivity are available....- publication PDF
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Temporal evolution of low-level winds induced by two-dimensional mesoscale...
Using large-eddy simulation (LES), the effects of mesoscale local surface heterogeneity on the temporal evolution of low-level flows in the convective boundary layer driven by...- publication PDF
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Dynamic forcing and mesoscale variability of heavy precipitation events over...
The aim of this research is to investigate the causes for an isolated maximum in precipitation that is typically found along the northern half of the Sierra Nevada mountains of...- publication PDF
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EUREC4A
The science guiding the EUREC4A campaign and its measurements is presented. EUREC4A comprised roughly 5 weeks of measurements in the downstream winter trades of the North...- publication PDF
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Numerical archetypal parameterization for mesoscale convective systems
Vertical shear commonly organizes atmospheric convection into coherent multiscale structures. The associated countergradient vertical transport of horizontal momentum by...- publication PDF
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A User's Guide for the MK-III K-coronameter Data System
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Thermodynamic control of anvil cloud amount
General circulation models show that as the surface temperature increases, the convective anvil clouds shrink. By analyzing radiative–convective equilibrium simulations, we show...- publication PDF
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Experimentally determined site-specific reactivity of the gas-phase OH and...
Product branching ratios for the gas-phase reactions of i-butanol, (CH3)2CHCH2OH, with OH radicals (251, 294, and 340 K) and Cl atoms (294 K) were quantified in an environmental...- publication PDF
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An electrical and polarimetric analysis of the overland reintensification of...
While passing over central Oklahoma on 18-19 August 2007, the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin unexpectedly reintensified and developed an eyelike feature that was clearly...- publication PDF
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Supercells and mesocylones in outer rain bands of Hurricane Katrina (2005)
This study documents and describes supercells embedded within the outer rainbands of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Radar reflectivity and velocity data collected on 29 August 2005...- publication PDF
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The influence of an eddy in the success rates and distributions of passively...
The Lagrangian characteristics of the surface flow field arising when an idealized, anticyclonic, mesoscale, isolated deep-ocean eddy collides with continental slope and shelf...- publication PDF
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The value of sustained ocean observations for sea ice predictions in the Barents Sea
Dynamical prediction systems have shown potential to meet the emerging need for seasonal forecasts of regional Arctic sea ice. Observationally constrained initial conditions are...- publication PDF
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Role of sea-surface salinity in simulating historical decadal variations of...
Extending climate prediction from seasonal to decadal timescales requires realistic initialization of not only upper ocean heat content but also the Atlantic meridional...- publication PDF
