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Middle atmosphere temperature trends in the twentieth and twenty-rirst...
We use Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model simulations made under various climate change scenarios to study the evolution of the global-mean temperature trend in the late...- publication PDF
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Point Correlations of Geopotential Height and Temperature at 30 mb and...
This report discusses teleconnection in the atmosphere and extends the analysis to the stratosphere. The intent of this document is to provide a more comprehensive view of...- publication PDF
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Present-day climate forcing and response from black carbon in snow
We apply our Snow, Ice, and Aerosol Radiative (SNICAR) model, coupled to a general circulation model with prognostic carbon aerosol transport, to improve understanding of...- publication PDF
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MesoVICT: Mesoscale Verification Inter-Comparison over Complex Terrain
The spatial forecast methods intercomparison project (ICP, http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/icp) was formed in 2007 with the aim of better understanding the rapidly increasing...- publication PDF
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Dissecting cirrus clouds: Navigating effects of turbulence on homogeneous...
Turbulent air motions determine the local environment in which cloud ice crystals form. Homogeneous freezing of aqueous solution droplets is the most fundamental pathway to...- publication PDF
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High-resolution global magnetohydrodynamic simulation of bursty bulk flows
A high-resolution global magnetohydrodynamic simulation is conducted with the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry (LFM) model for idealized solar wind conditions. Within the simulation results...- publication PDF
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Getting ahead of flash drought: From early warning to early action
Flash droughts, characterized by their unusually rapid intensification, have garnered increasing attention within the weather, climate, agriculture, and ecological communities...- publication PDF
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Comparison of precipitable water derived from ground-based GPS measurements...
Precipitable water (PW) obtained from a permanent ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) network on the Korean Peninsula was evaluated by using radiosonde measurements for...- publication PDF
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Concentric gravity waves in the mesosphere generated by deep convective...
Gravity waves in the mesopause region (80 - 105 km) may induce perturbations in OH Meinal Band emissions at â¼87 km. These perturbations can be observed by ground-based OH...- publication PDF
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Quantifying uncertainty in climatological fields from GPS radio occultation:...
Due to the measurement principle of the radio occultation (RO) technique, RO data are highly suitable for climate studies. RO profiles can be used to build climatological fields...- publication PDF
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Indirect and semi-direct aerosol campaign: The impact of Arctic aerosols on clouds
A comprehensive dataset of microphysical and radiative properties of aerosols and clouds in the boundary layer in the vicinity of Barrow, Alaska, was collected in April 2008...- publication PDF
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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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Model uncertainty in a mesoscale ensemble prediction system: Stochastic...
A multiphysics and a stochastic kinetic-energy backscatter scheme are employed to represent model uncertainty in a mesoscale ensemble prediction system using the Weather...- publication PDF
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Seasonal variability of rainfall and thunderstorm in Guinea over the period...
Republic of Guinea is one of the West African countries which share form a border with the southern part of the Sahel. It is located in the tropical area where the convective...- publication PDF
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The International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: First...
A large number of urban surface energy balance models now exist with different assumptions about the important features of the surface and exchange processes that need to be...- publication PDF
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Sensitivity of sudden stratospheric warmings to previous stratospheric conditions
The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, version 4 (WACCM4), is used to investigate the influence of stratospheric conditions on the development of sudden stratospheric...- publication PDF
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Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science...
It is a critical time to reflect on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) science to date as well as envision what research can be done right now with NEON (and...- publication PDF
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Climate of the Upper Air: Southern Hemisphere. Volume 4: Selected Meridional...
In this fourth volume of a four volume series depicting the upper air climatology of the Southern Hemisphere, a cross sections of mean statistics for heights, temperatures, and...- publication PDF
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Systems engineering overview and concept of operations of the COronal Solar...
The COronal Solar Magnetism Observatory (COSMO) is a proposed facility with unique capabilities for magnetic field measurements in the solar atmosphere and corona to increase...- publication PDF
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Global occurrence and chemical impact of stratospheric Blue Jets modeled with WACCM4
In this work we present the first parameterizations of the global occurrence rate and chemical influence of Blue Jets, a type of transient luminous event taking place in the...- publication PDF