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• An atmospheric constraint on the seasonal air-sea exchange of oxygen and...

  The air-sea exchange of oxygen (O-2) is driven by changes in solubility, biological activity, and circulation. The total air-sea exchange of O-2 has been shown to be closely...
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• Bottom-up drivers of future fire regimes in western boreal North America

  Forest characteristics, structure, and dynamics within the North American boreal region are heavily influenced by wildfire intensity, severity, and frequency. Increasing...
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• Small-scale and mesoscale variabilities in the electric field and particle...

  In this study, the electric field and the particle precipitation at different spatial scale sizes have been investigated by utilizing the Dynamic Explorer 2 satellite data set,...
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• Observations of severe local storms and tornadoes with the atmospheric imaging radar

  Mobile radar platforms designed for observation of severe local storms have consistently pushed the boundaries of spatial and temporal resolution in order to allow for detailed...
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• Dust emission response to climate in Southern Africa

  The processes which act in mineral dust source regions and factors which contribute to interannual variability within dust plumes emanating from them are poorly understood. In...
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• The relationship between statistics of warm-season cloud episodes and...

  In this study, the relationship between statistical properties (including zonal span, duration, and propagation speed) of warm-season cloud episodes in Hovmollder space and...
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• Budgets for nocturnal VOC oxidation by nitrate radicals aloft during the...

  Industrial emissions in Houston, Texas, and along the U.S. Gulf Coast are a large source of highly reactive anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs), principally alkenes,...
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• A comparison of OEM CO retrievals from the IASI and MOPITT instruments

  Observations of atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) can only be made on continental and global scales by remote sensing instruments situated in space. One such instrument is the...
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• A new process-based and scale-aware desert dust emission scheme for global...

  Desert dust is an important atmospheric aerosol that affects the Earth's climate, biogeochemistry, and air quality. However, current Earth system models (ESMs) struggle to...
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• Systematic errors in weather and climate models: Nature, origins, and ways forward

  Hundreds of scientists involved in the development and evaluation of weather and climate models held an international workshop to discuss the nature and causes of systematic...
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• Discussion of: A statistical analysis of multiple temperature proxies: Are...

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• Improve the performance of the Noah-MP-Crop model by jointly assimilating...

  The interactions between crops and the atmosphere significantly impact surface energy and hydrology budgets, climate, crop yield, and agricultural management. In this study, a...
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• Examination of the combined effect of deep-layer vertical shear direction...

  Idealized numerical studies have suggested that in addition to vertical wind shear (VWS) magnitude, the VWS profile also affects tropical cyclone (TC) development. A way to...
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• Instructor's Handbook on Meteorological Instrumentation

  This Instructor's Handbook is the result of an NCAR-sponsored summer colloquium whose purpose is provided useful material to assist instructors in teaching meteorological...
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• Twenty-five years of interdisciplinary global change science

  An interdisciplinary approach to global change research is required for scientific advances that are both fundamental and relevant to real-world problems. The Aspen Global...
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• Twentieth century Antarctic air temperature and snowfall simulations by IPCC...

  We compare new observationally-based data sets of Antarctic near-surface air temperature and snowfall accumulation with 20th century simulations from global climate models...
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• Aerosol effects on intensity of landfalling hurricanes as seen from...

  The evolution of a superhurricane (Katrina, August 2005) was simulated using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF; version 3.1) with explicit (nonparameterized)...
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• Reduced viscosity steadily weakens oceanic currents

  The viscosity of both air and water is temperature dependent. A rising temperature leads to an increased viscosity for air but a decreased viscosity for water. As climate...
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• Influence of initial conditions and climate forcing on predicting Arctic sea ice

  The recent sharp decline in Arctic sea ice has triggered an increase in the interest of Arctic sea ice predictability, not least driven by the potential of significant human...
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• Meso-Micrometeorological Requirements for the Atmospheric Sciences

  Survey Group on Meso-micrometeorology outlines its recommendation that a facility be established which would develop, acquire, maintain and operate certain types of...
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