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Impact of ITCZ width on global climate: ITCZ-MIP
The width of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affects tropical rainfall, Earth's albedo, large-scale circulation, and climate sensitivity. To better understand the...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric variability during the 2020-2021 SSW: COSMIC-2 observations and...
Variability in the ionosphere during the 2020-2021 sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) is investigated using a combination of Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,...- publication PDF
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Relative contributions of momentum forcing and heating to high-latitude...
We discuss the significance of potential vorticity in the thermosphere and quantify the relative contributions of momentum forcing and heating to its total time derivative in...- publication PDF
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Systems approach to polarization calibration for the Daniel K. Inouye solar...
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) advances studies of solar magnetism through high-precision and accuracy in polarimetry at frontier spatial and temporal scales. A...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume II: Balloon 28x
Early Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon tests have resulted in valuable upper air wind data, particularly in the data-poor mid-latitudes over southern...- publication PDF
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Chloromethanes in the North American troposphere and lower stratosphere over...
Aircraft observations of the four chloromethanes: carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), dichloromethane (CH2Cl2), and chloroform (CHCl3), collected over North...- publication PDF
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Kilometer-scale multimodel and multiphysics ensemble simulations of a...
Kilometer-scale climate model simulations are useful tools to investigate past and future changes in extreme precipitation, particularly in mountain regions, where convection is...- publication PDF
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Reducing aerosol forcing uncertainty by combining models with satellite and...
Aerosol forcing uncertainty represents the largest climate forcing uncertainty overall. Its magnitude has remained virtually undiminished over the past 20 years despite...- publication PDF
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Direct estimates of biomass burning NOx emissions and lifetimes using daily...
Biomass burning emits an estimated 25â% of global annual nitrogen oxides (NOx), an important constituent that participates in the oxidative chemistry of the atmosphere....- publication PDF
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The roles of radiative forcing, sea surface temperatures, and atmospheric...
This study investigates the roles of radiative forcing, sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and atmospheric and land initial conditions in the summer warming episodes of the United...- publication PDF
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Influences of recent particle formation on southern ocean aerosol...
Controls on pristine aerosol over the Southern Ocean (SO) are critical for constraining the strength of global aerosol indirect forcing. Observations of summertime SO clouds and...- publication PDF
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Case studies of thunderstorms initiated by radar-observed convergence lines
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Progress in observations and simulations of global change in the upper atmosphere
Anthropogenic increases of greenhouse gases warm the troposphere but have a cooling effect in the middle and upper atmosphere. The steady increase of COâ is the dominant cause...- publication PDF
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Systematic comparison of convection-allowing models during the 2017 NOAA HWT...
The 2016-18 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) Spring Forecasting Experiments (SFE) featured the Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE), a coordinated convection-allowing...- publication PDF
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Meteoric smoke and H2SO4 aerosols in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere
Meteoric smoke has traditionally been understood as a passive tracer which follows the global mesospheric circulation. Smoke extinction measured by the Solar Occultation For Ice...- publication PDF
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Carbon Monitoring System Flux Net Biosphere Exchange 2020 (CMS-Flux NBE 2020)
Here we present a global and regionally resolved terrestrial net biosphere exchange (NBE) dataset with corresponding uncertainties between 2010-2018: Carbon Monitoring System...- publication PDF
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The character and changing frequency of extreme California fire weather
Five of California's 10 largest wildfires occurred in 2020, with the largest complex exceeding the previous largest by more than 100%. The year follows a decade containing...- publication PDF
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Rain in shallow cumulus over the ocean: The RICO campaign
Shallow, maritime cumuli are ubiquitous over much of the tropical oceans, and characterizing their properties is important to understanding weather and climate. The Rain in...- publication PDF
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Overview: Oxidant and particle photochemical processes above a south-east...
In April-July 2008, intensive measurements were made of atmospheric composition and chemistry in Sabah, Malaysia, as part of the "Oxidant and particle photochemical processes...- publication PDF
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What causes the high apparent speeds in chromospheric and transition region...
Spicules are the most ubuiquitous type of jets in the solar atmosphere. The advent of high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph...- publication PDF