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Seasonal effects of Indian Ocean freshwater forcing in a regional coupled model
Effects of freshwater forcing from river discharge into the Indian Ocean on oceanic vertical structure and the Indian monsoons are investigated using a fully coupled, high-...- publication PDF
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Persistent trends and geographic traits of heat waves in a changing climate
By adopting a heatwave (HW) definition with a ∼4-year recurrence frequency at world hot spots, we first examined the 1940–2022 HW climatology and trends in lifespan...- publication PDF
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CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation
This paper reports on the early mission performance of the radar and other major aspects of the CloudSat mission. The Cloudsat cloud profiling radar (CPR) has been operating...- publication PDF
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Use of accounting concepts to study research: Return on investment in XSEDE,...
This paper uses accounting concepts-particularly the concept of Return on Investment (ROI)-to reveal the quantitative value of scientific research pertaining to a major US...- publication PDF
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Investigating the effects of land use change on subsurface, surface, and...
Since the 1970s, land cover in central Argentina has shifted away from perennial crops and grasses toward annual crops, largely soy. In this study, we use observations and...- publication PDF
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The variable nature of convection in the tropics and subtropics: A legacy of...
For over 16âyears, the Precipitation Radar of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite detected the three-dimensional structure of significantly precipitating...- publication PDF
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Humic substances may control dissolved iron distributions in the global...
This study used an ocean general circulation model to simulate the marine iron cycle in an investigation of how simulated distributions of weak iron-binding ligands would be...- publication PDF
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An application of the immersed boundary method for recovering the...
This study develops an extension of a variational-based multiple-Doppler radar synthesis method to construct the three-dimensional wind field over complex topography. The...- publication PDF
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Historically grounded spatial population projections for the continental...
Large-scale spatial population projections are of growing importance to the global change community. Spatial settlement patterns are a key determinant of vulnerability to...- publication PDF
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Impact of the 2016 Southeastern US wildfires on the vertical distribution of...
We present an integrated analysis of measurements from ozonesonde, ozone (O-3) Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL), ceilometer, surface monitors, and space-borne observations...- publication PDF
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S-SOM v1.0: A structural self-organizing map algorithm for weather typing
This study proposes a novel structural self-organizing map (S-SOM) algorithm for synoptic weather typing. A novel feature of the S-SOM compared with traditional SOMs is its...- publication PDF
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Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 measurements of HCl, HF, CClâF and CClâFâ...
Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) are respectively the main chlorine and fluorine reservoirs in the Earth's stratosphere. Their buildup resulted from the...- publication PDF
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The Atmospheric Boundary Layer and the "gray zone" of turbulence: A critical review
Recent increases in computing power mean that atmospheric models for numerical weather prediction are now able to operate at grid spacings of the order of a few hundred meters,...- publication PDF
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Influences of environmental relative humidity and horizontal scale of...
This study examines two factors impacting initiation of moist deep convection: free-tropospheric environmental relative humidity (phi(E)) and horizontal scale of subcloud ascent...- publication PDF
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Multiscale co budget estimates across South America: Quantifying local...
South America is a large continent situated mostly in the Southern Hemisphere (SH) with complex topography and diverse emissions sources. However, the atmospheric chemistry of...- publication PDF
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Aerosol effects on the development of a supercell storm in a double-moment...
This study investigates the aerosol effects on the development of an idealized three-dimensional supercell storm, focusing on storm morphology and precipitation during a quasi...- publication PDF
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An Overflow parameterization for the ocean component of the Community...
The Overflow Parameterization (OFP) for the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) is presented. The ocean component is based on the Parallel Ocean Program...- publication PDF
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Continental-scale temperature variability in PMIP3 simulations and PAGES 2k...
Estimated external radiative forcings, model results, and proxy-based climate reconstructions have been used over the past several decades to improve our understanding of the...- publication PDF
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North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply
Current models are too noisy to predict climate usefully on decadal timescales, but two-stage post-processing of model outputs greatly improves predictions of decadal variations...- publication PDF
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Ion-scale flux rope observed inside a hot flow anomaly
We report an earthward moving ion-scale flux rope embedded within the trailing edge of a hot flow anomaly (HFA) observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale satellite constellation...- publication PDF