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Scientific and human errors in a snow model intercomparison
Twenty-seven models participated in the Earth System Model-Snow Model Intercomparison Project (ESM-SnowMIP), the most data-rich MIP dedicated to snow modeling. Our findings do...- publication PDF
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An examination of urban heat island characteristics in a global climate model
A parameterization for urban surfaces has been incorporated into the Community Land Model as part of the Community Climate System Model. The parameterization allows global...- publication PDF
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An approach for probabilistic forecasting of seasonal turbidity threshold exceedance
Though climate forecasts offer substantial promise for improving water resource oversight, additional tools are needed to translate these forecasts into water-quality-based...- publication PDF
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Future sea level change under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5...
Projections of the sea level contribution from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (GrIS and AIS) rely on atmospheric and oceanic drivers obtained from climate models. The...- publication PDF
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Impacts of shifting phenology on boundary layer dynamics in North America in the CESM
Plant phenology modulates water and energy exchanges between the biosphere and the atmosphere and therefore influences planetary boundary layer (PBL) dynamics. Here we conduct a...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale predictability of moist baroclinic waves: Convection-permitting...
A recent study examined the predictability of an idealized baroclinic wave amplifying in a conditionally unstable atmosphere through numerical simulations with parameterized...- publication PDF
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Regional Acid Deposition: Models and Physical Processes
This report reviews the physical and chemical phenomena that give rise to regional acidic precipitation and deposition, from the viewpoint that mathematical modeling of these...- publication PDF
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Axisymmetric Tornado Simulations at High Reynolds Number
This study is the first in a series that investigates the effects of turbulence in the boundary layer of a tornado vortex. In this part, axisymmetric simulations with constant...- publication PDF
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Undisturbed and disturbed above canopy ponderosa pine emissions: PTR-TOF-MS...
We present the first eddy covariance flux measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using a proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) above...- publication PDF
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Effect of planetary rotation on oceanic surface boundary layer turbulence
A large-eddy simulation (LES) model is configured to investigate the effect of the horizontal (northward) component of Earth's rotation fh on upper-ocean atmosphere. oare the...- publication PDF
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Dynamo action at low magnetic Prandtl numbers: Mean flow versus fully...
We compute numerically the threshold for dynamo action in Taylor-Green (TG) swirling flows. Kinematic dynamo calculations, for which the flow field is fixed to its time average,...- publication PDF
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Recent divergences in stratospheric water vapor measurements by frost point...
Balloon-borne frost point hygrometers (FPs) and the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) provide high-quality vertical profile measurements of water vapor in the upper troposphere...- publication PDF
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A new instrument for determining the coarse-mode sea salt aerosol size distribution
Sea salt aerosol (SSA) plays a significant role in the atmosphere through aerosol direct and indirect effects, and in atmospheric chemistry as a source of tropospheric bromine....- publication PDF
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Evaluation of climate model aerosol trends with ground-based observations...
This study presents a multiparameter analysis of aerosol trends over the last 2 decades at regional and global scales. Regional time series have been computed for a set of nine...- publication PDF
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The O2/N2 ratio and CO2 airborne Southern Ocean study
The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in the global climate system by mediating atmosphere-ocean partitioning of heat and carbon dioxide. However, Earth system models are...- publication PDF
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The Earth System Grid: Enabling access to multimodel climate simulation data
By leveraging current technologies to manage distributed climate data in a unified virtual environment, the Earth System Grid (ESG) project is promoting data sharing between...- publication PDF
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Investigation of the sources and processing of organic aerosol over the...
Organic aerosol (OA) represents approximately half of the submicron aerosol in Mexico City and the Central Mexican Plateau. This study uses the high time resolution measurements...- publication PDF
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Coral reefs and ocean acidification
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Working toward a National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network:...
Soil moisture is a critical land surface variable, impacting the water, energy, and carbon cycles. While in situ soil moisture monitoring networks are still developing, there is...- publication PDF
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Triggering of El Niño onset through trade wind-induced charging of the...
Sea surface temperature variations over the equatorial Pacific associated with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) produce changes in climates across the globe. Here we...- publication PDF