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Arctic warming induced by the Laurentide Ice Sheet topography
It is well known that ice sheet-climate feedbacks are essential for realistically simulating the spatiotemporal evolution of continental ice sheets over glacial-interglacial...- publication PDF
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Workshop on Objective Analysis / Analysis Strategies for Field-dependent Estimation
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Deep convective transition characteristics in the Community Climate System...
Tropical deep convective transition characteristics, including precipitation pickup, occurrence probability, and distribution tails related to extreme events, are analyzed using...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of landâatmosphere coupling processes and climatological bias...
This study investigates the performance of the latter NCEP Unified Forecast System (UFS) Coupled Model prototype simulations (P5-P8) during boreal summer 2011-17 in regard to...- publication PDF
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Structural evolution of the Madden-Julian Oscillation from COSMIC radio...
The atmospheric temperature and specific humidity profiles derived from 4 years of Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) radio...- publication PDF
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The Graphics System Implementor's Guide
The system plot package is used to perform low-level graphics tasks, such as scaling, line drawing, and character drawing. It is written with the goal of being as fast and small...- publication PDF
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The strong impact of weak horizontal convergence on continental shallow convection
Idealized large-eddy simulation (LES) is a basic tool for studying three-dimensional turbulence in the planetary boundary layer. LES is capable of providing benchmark solutions...- publication PDF
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An acarological risk model predicting the density and distribution of...
Ixodes scapularis is the vector of at least seven human pathogens in Minnesota, two of which are known to cause Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia...- publication PDF
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Can we do better at teaching mathematics to undergraduate atmospheric...
At the 2019 annual Members Meeting of UCAR, an informal survey was made during a well-attended breakout session organized by the UCAR COMET program. The following polling...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of a simulated squall line to horizontal resolution and...
Idealized simulations of the 15 May 2009 squall line from VORTEX2 are evaluated in this study. Four different microphysical setups are used, with either single-moment (1M) or...- publication PDF
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Field topologies in ideal and near-ideal magnetohydrodynamics and vortex dynamics
Magnetic field topology frozen in ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and its breakage in near-ideal MHD are reviewed in two parts, clarifying and expanding basic concepts. The...- publication PDF
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The NCAR In Situ Turbulence Detection Algorithm
Historically, there has been one main source for routine turbulence observations for the aviation community, namely pilot reports. Although useful for tactical turbulence...- publication PDF
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Trends and variability in stratospheric NOx derived from merged SAGE II and...
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the stratosphere are produced from N2O, which is the dominant emission contributing to stratospheric ozone depletion in the 21st century and an...- publication PDF
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On the spontaneous generation of three-dimensional magnetic nulls
Three-dimensional magnetic nulls relate to magnetic topology, and are propitious for triggering solar coronal transients. Although abundant in nature, their generation is not...- publication PDF
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The International Surface Pressure Databank version 2
The International Surface Pressure Databank (ISPD) is the world's largest collection of global surface and sea-level pressure observations. It was developed by extracting...- publication PDF
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The three-cornered hat method for estimating error variances of three or...
We apply the three-cornered hat (3CH) method to estimate refractivity, bending angle, and specific humidity error variances for a number of datasets widely used in research...- publication PDF
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Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in...
Tropical forest root characteristics and resource acquisition strategies are underrepresented in vegetation and global models, hampering the prediction of forest-climate...- publication PDF
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Evolution of precipitation structure during the November DYNAMO MJO event:...
Evolution of precipitation structures are simulated and compared with radar observations for the November Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) event during the DYNAmics of the MJO...- publication PDF
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Argo observations of the deep mixing band in the Southern Ocean: A salinity...
The Southern Ocean plays an important role in mediating oceanic uptake of CO2 and heat due to a strong meridional overturning circulation. Gridded Argo float data for 2004-2017...- publication PDF
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Altitude misestimation caused by the Vaisala RS80 pressure bias and its...
Previous research has found that conventional radiosondes equipped with a traditional pressure sensor can be subject to a pressure bias, particularly in the stratosphere. This...- publication PDF