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A new scenario framework for climate change research: The concept of shared...
The new scenario framework for climate change research envisions combining pathways of future radiative forcing and their associated climate changes with alternative pathways of...- publication PDF
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Description of the NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM3)
This report presents the details of the governing equations, physical parameterizations, and numerical algorithms defining the version of the NCAR Community Climate Model...- publication PDF
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Seasonal and diurnal variations in moisture, heat and COâ fluxes over a...
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On the relative roles of dynamics and chemistry governing the abundance and...
We use data from two NASA satellites, the Thermosphere Ionosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) and the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellites, in conjunction with...- publication PDF
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Track deflection of Typhoon Nesat (2017) as realized by multiresolution...
Typhoon Nesat (2017) headed west-northwestward toward Taiwan but took a relatively larger northward deflection about 300 km away and then a leftward deflection after landfall at...- publication PDF
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Long-term features of tropical cyclones affecting Taiwan
This study investigates the long-term variations of tropical cyclones (TCs) that affected Taiwan during 1970 - 2014 using wavelet analysis of TC activity, and identifies the...- publication PDF
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Estimating mountain basin-mean precipitation from streamflow using Bayesian inference
Estimating basin-mean precipitation in complex terrain is difficult due to uncertainty in the topographical representativeness of precipitation gauges relative to the basin. To...- publication PDF
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Simulated frequency dependence of radar observations of tornadoes
To obtain accurate radar-measured wind measurements in tornadoes, differences between air and Doppler velocities must be corrected. These differences can cause large errors in...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models...
Using NASA's A-Train satellite measurements, we evaluate the accuracy of cloud water content (CWC) and water vapor mixing ratio (HâO) outputs from 19 climate models submitted...- publication PDF
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The choice of baseline period influences the assessments of the outcomes of...
The specifics of the simulated injection choices in the case of stratospheric aerosol injections (SAI) are part of the crucial context necessary for meaningfully discussing the...- publication PDF
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An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends
An updated analysis of observed stratospheric temperature variability and trends is presented on the basis of satellite, radiosonde, and lidar observations. Satellite data...- publication PDF
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The average influence of decadal solar forcing on the atmosphere in the...
Composite mean difference analyses are applied to historical sea level pressure (SLP) and sea surface temperature (SST) data to investigate the spatial dependence of the Pacific...- publication PDF
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On the role of heterogeneous chemistry in ozone depletion and recovery
We demonstrate that identification of stratospheric ozone changes attributable to ozone depleting substances and actions taken under the Montreal Protocol requires evaluation of...- publication PDF
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Downscaling extremes: A comparison of extreme value distributions in...
There is substantial empirical and climatological evidence that precipitation extremes have become more extreme during the twentieth century, and that this trend is likely to...- publication PDF
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Subseasonal potential predictability of horizontal water vapor transport and...
Accurate forecasts of weather conditions have the potential to mitigate the social and economic damages they cause. To make informed decisions based on forecasts, it is...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of subgrid-scale hydrometeor transport schemes using a...
Potential ways of parameterizing vertical turbulent fluxes of hydrometeors are examined using a high-resolution simulation of continental deep convection. The cloud-resolving...- publication PDF
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The sensitivity of springtime Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds to...
In this study, a series of idealized large-eddy simulations is used to understand the relative impact of cloud-top and subcloud-layer sources of moisture on the...- publication PDF
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Effects of excess ground ice on projections of permafrost in a warming climate
In permafrost soils, 'excess ice', also referred to as ground ice, exists in amounts exceeding soil porosity in forms such as ice lenses and wedges. Here, we incorporate a...- publication PDF
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Application of Gauss's theorem to quantify localized surface emissions from...
Airborne estimates of greenhouse gas emissions are becoming more prevalent with the advent of rapid commercial development of trace gas instrumentation featuring increased...- publication PDF
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A survey of small-scale waves and wave-like phenomena in Jupiter's...
In the first 20 orbits of the Juno spacecraft around Jupiter, we have identified a variety of wave-like features in images made by its public-outreach camera, JunoCam. Because...- publication PDF