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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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CMIP5 multi-model hindcasts for the mid-1970s shift and early 2000s hiatus...
Compared to uninitialized climate change projections, a multi-model ensemble from the CMIP5 10âyear decadal prediction experiments produces more warming during the mid-1970s...- publication PDF
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Does downscaling improve the performance of urban ozone modeling?
Increasing the model resolution is expected to be one way for improving air quality forecasts in urban areas. In this study, we evaluate the model performance in a large city at...- publication PDF
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Projected changes in seasonal precipitation extremes over the United States...
Quantifying how climate change may impact precipitation extremes is a priority for informing adaptation and policy planning. In this study, Coupled Model Intercomparison Project...- publication PDF
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Convective snowbands downstream of the Rocky Mountains in an environment...
Convective snowbands moved slowly over Wyoming and northern Colorado on 16-17 February 2007 and produced up to 71 mm (2.8 in.) of snow that was unpredicted by operational...- publication PDF
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North Atlantic Oscillation response in GeoMIP experiments G6solar and...
The realization of the difficulty of limiting global-mean temperatures to within 1.5 or 2.0 degrees C above preindustrial levels stipulated by the 21st Conference of Parties in...- publication PDF
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The value of initial condition large ensembles to robust adaptation decision-making
The origins of uncertainty in climate projections have major consequences for the scientific and policy decisions made in response to climate change. Internal climate...- publication PDF
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Observational quantification of the separation of simple and complex...
The impact of ice clouds on weather and climate is a function of ice particle shape through light scattering properties and cloud lifetime through ice particle sedimentation...- publication PDF
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Global real-time dose measurements using the Automated Radiation...
The Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) program has successfully deployed a fleet of six instruments measuring the ambient radiation environment at...- publication PDF
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The oxidizing capacity of the troposphere and its changes
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Rate constants and kinetic isotope effects for methoxy radical reacting with...
Relative rate studies were carried out to determine the temperature dependent rate constant ratio k1/k2a: CH3O· + O2 â HCHO + HO2· and CH3O· + NO2 (+M) â CH3ONO2 (+M)...- publication PDF
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Intermodel spread in the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex...
This study investigates the intermodel spread of the Northern Hemisphere winter stratospheric polar vortex change to anthropogenic greenhouse gas increase in Coupled Model...- publication PDF
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The general circulation of the western subtropical North Atlantic observed...
The general circulation of the subtropical western North Atlantic is described using hydrography and subsurface velocity measured simultaneously by 71 profiling floats during...- publication PDF
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Intercomparison of surface meltwater routing models for the Greenland ice...
Each summer, large volumes of surface meltwater drain off the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) surface through moulins to the bed, impacting subglacial hydrology and ice flow...- publication PDF
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Marine boundary layer clouds associated with coastally trapped disturbances:...
Modeling marine low clouds and fog in coastal environments remains an outstanding challenge due to the inherently complex ocean-land-atmosphere system. This is especially...- publication PDF
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International Workshop on the Airborne Measurement of Wind, Turbulence, and...
This report summarizes the sessions of the International Workshop on the Airboune Measurement of Wind, Turbulence and Position. It includes oral presentations as well as working...- publication PDF
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Economic and biophysical impacts on agriculture under 1.5 °C and 2 °C warming
The goal of limiting global mean warming to well below 2 degrees C, and possibly to 1.5 degrees C, emerged in the Paris Agreement, motivated by the belief that achieving these...- publication PDF
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Observations pertaining to precipitation within the northeast Pacific...
Three genuine stratocumulus-to-cumulus transitions sampled during the Cloud System Evolution over the Trades (CSET) campaign are documented. The focus is on Lagrangian evolution...- publication PDF
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Large-scale transport into the Arctic: The roles of the midlatitude jet and...
Transport from the Northern Hemisphere (NH) midlatitudes to the Arctic plays a crucial role in determining the abundance of trace gases and aerosols that are important to Arctic...- publication PDF
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Enhancing the structure of the WRF-Hydro hydrologic model for semiarid environments
In August 2016, the National Weather Service Office of Water Prediction (NWS/OWP) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) implemented the operational...- publication PDF