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A Barometric Survey of National Hail Research Experiment Mesonet Station Heights
The mesoscale meteorological surface network established for the support of the National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE) 1973 field experiment has been barometrically surveyed....- publication PDF
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Climatological annual cycle of the salinity budgets of the subtropical maxima
Six subtropical salinity maxima (S-max) exist: two each in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean basins. The north Indian (NI) S-max lies in the Arabian Sea while the...- publication PDF
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Global distribution and interannual variations of mesospheric and lower...
Using the TIMED Doppler interferometer (TIDI) mesospheric and lower thermospheric neutral-wind multiyear data set (2002-2007) and NCAR TIME General Circulation Models (GCM) 1.2...- publication PDF
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Energy conservation in the cooling and contracting upper mesosphere and...
Time series of radiative cooling of the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere (UMLT) by carbon dioxide (CO2) are examined for evidence of trends over 20 years. Radiative...- publication PDF
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Monitoring and understanding changes in heat waves, cold waves, floods, and...
Weather and climate extremes have been varying and changing on many different time scales. In recent decades, heat waves have generally become more frequent across the United...- publication PDF
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The effect of the vertical source distribution on scalar statistics within...
Little is known about in-canopy processes that may alter forest-atmosphere exchanges of trace gases and aerosols. To improve our understanding of in-canopy mixing, we use large-...- publication PDF
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The potential contribution of organic salts to new particle growth
Field and lab measurements suggest that low-molecular weight (MW) organic acids and bases exist in accumulation and nucleation mode particles, despite their relatively high...- publication PDF
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An assessment of tropical cyclones in North American CORDEX WRF simulations
This work presents an assessment of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the 25 km and 50 km resolution reanalysis-forced and baseline and future (RCP8.5) global climate model (GCM)...- publication PDF
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The transient atmospheric circulation response to North Atlantic SST and sea...
The objective of this study is to investigate the transient evolution of the wintertime atmospheric circulation response to imposed patterns of SST and sea ice extent anomalies...- publication PDF
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Energetic intracloud lightning in the RELAMPAGO field campaign
A particular strength of lightning remote sensing is the variety of lightning types observed, each with a unique occurrence context and characteristically different emission....- publication PDF
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Another year of record heat for the oceans
Changes in ocean heat content (OHC), salinity, and stratification provide critical indicators for changes in Earth's energy and water cycles. These cycles have been profoundly...- publication PDF
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Supersaturation variability from scalar mixing: Evaluation of a new...
Supersaturation fluctuations in the atmosphere are critical for cloud processes. A nonlinear dependence on two scalars-water vapor and temperature-leads to different behavior...- publication PDF
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Seasonal influence of the Indonesian throughflow in the southwestern Indian Ocean
The influence of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) on the dynamics and the thermodynamics in the southwestern Indian Ocean (SWIO) is studied by analyzing a forced ocean model...- publication PDF
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Fire aerosols slow down the global water cycle
Fire is an important Earth system process and the largest source of global primary carbonaceous aerosols. Earlier studies have focused on the influence of fire aerosols on...- publication PDF
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Cloud-scale model intercomparison of chemical constituent transport in deep...
Transport and scavenging of chemical constituents in deep convection is important to understanding the composition of the troposphere and therefore chemistry-climate and air...- publication PDF
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100 years of progress in applied meteorology. Part I: Basic applications
The field of atmospheric science has been enhanced by its long-standing collaboration with entities with specific needs. This chapter and the two subsequent ones describe how...- publication PDF
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A curious local surface salinity maximum in the northwestern tropical Atlantic
Sea surface salinity (SSS) measurements from the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite reveal the seasonal development of a local salinity maximum in the northwestern tropical Atlantic in...- publication PDF
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Stationary wave reflection as a mechanism for zonalizing the Atlantic Winter...
Current estimates of the height of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) range from around 3000 to 4500 m. Modeling studies of the LGM, using low-end...- publication PDF
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Nowcasting thunderstorms: A status report
This paper reviews the status of forecasting convective precipitation for time periods less than a few hours (nowcasting). Techniques for nowcasting thunderstorm location were...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of lightning flash rate parameterizations in a cloud-resolved...
Eighteen lightning flash rate parameterization schemes (FRPSs) were investigated in a Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry cloud-resolved simulation of...- publication PDF
