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Observed humidity trends in dry regions contradict climate models
Arid and semi-arid regions of the world are particularly vulnerable to greenhouse gas- driven hydroclimate change. Climate models are our primary tool for projecting the future...- publication PDF
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The influence of terrain smoothing on simulated Convective Boundary-Layer...
Many applications rely on a correct estimation of the convective boundary layer (CBL) depth over mountainous terrain, but often these applications use numerical model...- publication PDF
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South Atlantic Surface Boundary Current System during the Last Millennium in...
Interocean waters that are carried northward through South Atlantic surface boundary currents get meridionally split between two large-scale systems when meeting the South...- publication PDF
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Convective transport of water vapor into the lower stratosphere observed...
We present in situ observations of convectively injected water vapor in the lower stratosphere from instruments aboard two aircraft operated during the Deep Convective Clouds...- publication PDF
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No consistent simulated trends in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning...
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key feature of the North Atlantic with global ocean impacts. The AMOC's response to past changes in forcings during...- publication PDF
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Freezing drizzle detection with WSR-88D radars
This study describes a freezing drizzle detection algorithm based on the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) measured radar reflectivity. Although radar returns...- publication PDF
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Nocturnal elevated convection initiation of the PECAN 4 July hailstorm
During the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) experiment, an isolated hailstorm developed on the western side of the PECAN study area on the night of 3-4 July 2015. One...- publication PDF
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Increased climate response and Earth system sensitivity from CCSM4 to CESM2...
Three new equilibrium mid-Pliocene (MP) simulations are implemented with the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) and Community Earth System Model versions 1.2...- publication PDF
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Separating the impact of individual land surface properties on the...
Changes in the land surface can drive large responses in the atmosphere on local, regional, and global scales. Surface properties control the partitioning of energy within the...- publication PDF
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Operational implementation of COSMIC observations into NCEP's Global Data...
The next generation of NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System became operational on 1 May 2007. This system incorporates the assimilation of global positioning system (GPS)...- publication PDF
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Divergent historical GPP trends among state-of-the-art multi-model...
Understanding historical changes in gross primary productivity (GPP) is essential for better predicting the future global carbon cycle. However, the historical trends of...- publication PDF
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Subpolar North Atlantic Mean State affects the response of the Atlantic...
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) plays an important role in climate, transporting heat and salt to the subpolar North Atlantic. The AMOC’s...- publication PDF
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Vertical wind tunnel experiments and a theoretical study on the microphysics...
Vertical wind tunnel experiments were carried out to investigate the melting of low-density lump graupel while floating at their terminal velocities. The graupel characteristics...- publication PDF
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Effects of complex terrain on the shortwave radiative balance: A...
Parameterizing incident solar radiation over complex topography regions in Earth system models (ESMs) remains a challenging task. In ESMs, downward solar radiative fluxes at the...- publication PDF
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Particle filter data assimilation for ubiquitous unstable trajectories of...
Estimating the states of error-growing (sensitive to initial state) cellular automata (CA) based on noisy imperfect data is challenging due to the discreteness of the dynamical...- publication PDF
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Forward modeling of a pseudostreamer
In this paper, we present an analysis of a pseudostreamer embedding a filament cavity, observed on 2015 April 18 on the solar southwest limb. We use the flux-rope insertion...- publication PDF
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Coronal mass ejections associated with slow long duration flares
It is well known that there is a temporal relationship between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and associated flares. The duration of the acceleration phase is related to the...- publication PDF
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A tethered-balloon PTRMS sampling approach for surveying of landscape-scale...
Landscape-scale fluxes of biogenic gases were surveyed by deploying a 100 m Teflon tube attached to a tethered balloon as a sampling inlet for a fast-response proton-transfer-...- publication PDF
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Satellite Data in Meteorological Research
A workshop was held in Boulder, CO from 25 to 31 August 1965 with the purpose of acquainting members of the university community with the latest techniques for using satellite...- publication PDF
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On the uncertainty of long-period return values of extreme daily precipitation
Methods for calculating return values of extreme precipitation and their uncertainty are compared using daily precipitation rates over the Western U.S. and Southwestern Canada...- publication PDF