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Diagnostics of convective transport over the Tropical Western Pacific from...
This study characterizes the representation of convective transport by a Lagrangian trajectory model driven by kinematic (pressure tendency Ï) vertical velocity. Four...- publication PDF
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An educational deployment of the NCAR Mobile Integrated Sounding System
The best way to train the next wave of observational talent is through direct experience. In 2012 and again in 2014, students at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) welcomed...- publication PDF
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Challenges and advances in convection-permitting climate modeling
There is an urgent need for more actionable and reliable climate information on regional to local scales that cannot be delivered by state-of-the-art dynamical climate models...- publication PDF
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Greenland-wide accelerated retreat of peripheral glaciers in the twenty-first century
The long-term response of Greenland's peripheral glaciers to climate change is widely undocumented. Here we use historical aerial photographs and satellite imagery to document...- publication PDF
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Small-scale dynamos: From idealized models to solar and stellar applications
In this article we review small-scale dynamo processes that are responsible for magnetic field generation on scales comparable to and smaller than the energy carrying scales of...- publication PDF
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A mental models study of hurricane forecast and warning production,...
The study reported here explores how to enhance the public value of hurricane forecast and warning information by examining the entire warning process. A mental models research...- publication PDF
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Parameterization of the ion convection and the auroral oval in the NCAR...
The ion convection and auroral precipitation are important inputs to the global thermospheric energy and momentum balance. In the NCAR TGCM, they are described by analytical...- publication PDF
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ELDORA Data User's Guide for TOGA COARE
The purpose of this technical note is to provide a concise User's Guide for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) ELectra DOppler RAdar (ELDORA) data collected...- publication PDF
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Climatology of mesopause region nocturnal temperature, zonal wind and sodium...
The University of Science and Technology of China narrowband sodium temperature and wind lidar, located in Hefei, China (32 degrees N, 117 degrees E), has made routine nighttime...- publication PDF
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Reference upper-air observations for climate: From concept to reality
The three main objectives of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) are to provide long-term high-quality climate records of vertical...- publication PDF
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The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models
This paper evaluates the current status of global modeling of the organic aerosol (OA) in the troposphere and analyzes the differences between models as well as between models...- publication PDF
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Graupel and hail terminal velocities: Does a "supercritical" Reynolds Number apply?
This study characterizes the terminal velocities of heavily rimed ice crystals and aggregates, graupel, and hail using a combination of recent drag coefficient and particle bulk...- publication PDF
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Observational evidence of winter spice injection
Temperature and salinity (T-S) profiles from the global array of Argo floats support the existence of spice-formation regions in the subtropics of each ocean basin where large,...- publication PDF
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Mid-pliocene Atlantic meridional overturning circulation simulated in PlioMIP2
In the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2), coupled climate models have been used to simulate an interglacial climate during the mid-Piacenzian warm period...- publication PDF
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Improving the thermosphere ionosphere in a whole atmosphere model by...
Global-Scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) disk measurements of far ultraviolet molecular nitrogen band emissions are used to retrieve column integrated disk temperatures...- publication PDF
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Magnetic diffusion in solar atmosphere produces measurable electric fields
The efficient release of magnetic energy in astrophysical plasmas, such as during solar flares, can in principle be achieved through magnetic diffusion, at a rate determined by...- publication PDF
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Equilibration and variability in a Last Glacial Maximum climate simulation with CCSM3
We present results from a 1862 year simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) with the Community Climate System Model version 3 (CCSM3). A quasi steady state is reached after...- publication PDF
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The Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) in the 2016 NOAA/Hazardous...
One primary goal of annual Spring Forecasting Experiments (SFEs), which are coorganized by NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory and Storm Prediction Center and conducted in...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric response to the initial phase of geomagnetic storms: Common features
Ionospheric responses to the initial phases of three geomagnetic storms: 2-5 April 2004, 7-9 November 2004, and 13-16 December 2006, were compared using both ground-based GPS...- publication PDF
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Evaluating a lightning parameterization based on cloud-top height for...
The Price and Rind lightning parameterization based on cloud-top height is a commonly used method for predicting flash rate in global chemistry models. As mesoscale simulations...- publication PDF