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Impact of initialized land surface temperature and snowpack on Subseasonal...
Subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction, especially the prediction of extreme hydroclimate events such as droughts and floods, is not only scientifically challenging, but also...- publication PDF
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Anthropogenic aerosols dominate forced multidecadal Sahel precipitation...
Sahel precipitation has undergone substantial multidecadal time scale changes during the twentieth century that have had severe impacts on the region's population. Using...- publication PDF
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Influence of surface observations in mesoscale data assimilation using an...
The assimilation of surface observations using an ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) approach was successfully performed in the Advanced Research version of the Weather Research and...- publication PDF
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A simple reclassification method for correcting uncertainty in land use/land...
With increasing computational resources, environmental models are run at finer grid spacing to resolve the land surface characteristics. The land use/land cover (LULC) data sets...- publication PDF
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Approximating snow surface temperature from standard temperature and...
Snow surface temperature (Ts) is important to the snowmelt energy balance and land-atmosphere interactions, but in situ measurements are rare, thus limiting evaluation of remote...- publication PDF
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Tradeoffs for routing flights in view of multiple weather hazards
Adverse weather impacts the safety and efficiency of aviation. Convective storms, turbulence, and icing are aviation weather hazards that can lead to unpleasant rides and, in...- publication PDF
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A method for adaptive habit prediction in bulk microphysical models. Part...
Arctic mixed-phase clouds are ubiquitous, and the persistence of supercooled liquid is not well understood. Prior studies of mixed-phase clouds predict a single axis length...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of modeled precipitation in oceanic extratropical cyclones using IMERG
Using a high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution precipitation dataset, Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG), extratropical cyclone precipitation is evaluated...- publication PDF
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A simple method for simulating wind profiles in the boundary layer of...
A method to simulate characteristics of wind speed in the boundary layer of tropical cyclones in an idealized manner is developed and evaluated. The method can be used in a...- publication PDF
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Environmental drivers of drought deciduous phenology in the Community Land Model
Seasonal changes in plant leaf area have a substantial impact on global climate. The presence of leaves and the time when they appear affect surface roughness and albedo, and...- publication PDF
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The spectral element method (SEM) on variable-resolution grids: Evaluating...
We evaluate the performance of the Community Atmosphere Model's (CAM) spectral element method on variable-resolution grids using the shallow-water equations in spherical...- publication PDF
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The DOE E3SM version 2.1: Overview and assessment of the impacts of...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) version 2.1 builds on E3SMv2 with several changes, with the most notable being the addition of the Fox-...- publication PDF
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Estimating surface NO2 and SO2 mixing ratios from fast-response total column...
Total-column nitrogen dioxide (NO2) data collected by a ground-based sun-tracking spectrometer system (Pandora) and an photolytic-converter-based in-situ instrument collocated...- publication PDF
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Microphysical features of typhoon and non-typhoon rainfall observed in...
Information about the raindrop size distribution (RSD) is vital for comprehending the precipitation microphysics, improving the rainfall estimation algorithms, and appraising...- publication PDF
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Prediction skill of GEFSv12 for southwest summer monsoon rainfall and...
Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) from June to September (JJAS) contributes 80% of the total annual rainfall in India and controls the agricultural productivity and economy...- publication PDF
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Updated emission factors from diffuse combustion sources in sub-Saharan...
Diffuse emission sources outside of kitchen areas are poorly understood, and measurements of their emission factors (EFs) are sparse for regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty-...- publication PDF
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Anthropogenic aerosols contribute to the recent decline in precipitation...
The winter-spring precipitation over the Southwestern United States (SWUS) decreased since 1980. It is frequently attributed to Pacific internal decadal variability, but recent...- publication PDF
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Observation of neutral sulfuric acid-amine containing clusters in laboratory...
Recent ab initio calculations showed that amines can enhance atmospheric sulfuric acid-water nucleation more effectively than ammonia, and this prediction has been substantiated...- publication PDF
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Temporal variability of atomic hydrogen from the mesopause to the upper thermosphere
We investigate atomic hydrogen (H) variability from the mesopause to the upper thermosphere, on time scales of solar cycle, seasonal, and diurnal, using measurements made by the...- publication PDF
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Global patterns of crop yield stability under additional nutrient and water inputs
Agricultural production must increase to feed a growing and wealthier population, as well as to satisfy increasing demands for biomaterials and biomass-based energy. At the same...- publication PDF
