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Assessing state-of-the-art capabilities for probing the atmospheric boundary...
To assess current capabilities for measuring flow within the atmospheric boundary layer, including within wind farms, the U.S. Department of Energy sponsored the eXperimental...- publication PDF
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Systematic construction of global socioeconomic pathways using internally...
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) describe alternative outcomes for socioeconomic development. Papers describing the conceptual framework for SSPs refer to challenges to...- publication PDF
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Evaluating the impact of enhanced horizontal resolution over the Antarctic...
Earth system models are essential tools for understanding the impacts of a warming world, particularly on the contribution of polar ice sheets to sea level change. However,...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of HY-2A scatterometer wind vectors using data from buoys,...
The first Chinese operational Ku-band scatterometer on board Haiyang-2A (HY-2A), launched in August 2011, is designed for monitoring the global ocean surface wind. This study...- 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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Polarimetric radar and aircraft observations of saggy bright bands during MC3E
Polarimetric radar observations increasingly are used to understand cloud microphysical processes, which is critical for improving their representation in cloud and climate...- publication PDF
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Comparing different generations of idealized solar geoengineering...
Solar geoengineering has been receiving increased attention in recent years as a potential temporary solution to offset global warming. One method of approximating global-scale...- publication PDF
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Longitudinal variations of the nighttime E layer electron density in the auroral zone
Longitudinal variations of the nighttime E layer electron density (21:00–03:00 magnetic local time) in the auroral zone are investigated, and their sources are discussed in...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of the diurnal cycle in the atmospheric boundary layer over land...
We present the main results from the second model intercomparison within the GEWEX (Global Energy and Water cycle EXperiment) Atmospheric Boundary Layer Study (GABLS). The...- publication PDF
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Source contributions to carbon monoxide concentrations during KORUS-AQ based...
We investigate regional sources contributing to CO during the Korea United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) campaign conducted over Korea (1 May to 10 June 2016) using 17 tagged CO...- publication PDF
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The use of ambient humidity conditions to improve influenza forecast
Laboratory and epidemiological evidence indicate that ambient humidity modulates the survival and transmission of influenza. Here we explore whether the inclusion of humidity...- publication PDF
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Identifying the sources of uncertainty in climate model simulations of solar...
We present here results from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) simulations for the experiments G6sulfur and G6solar for six Earth system models...- publication PDF
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Anisotropy of observed and simulated turbulence in marine stratocumulus
Anisotropy of turbulence near the top of the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer (STBL) is studied using large-eddy simulation (LES) and measurements from the POST and DYCOMS-II...- publication PDF
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Long-lasting extreme magnetic storm activities in 1770 found in historical documents
Dim red aurora at low magnetic latitudes is a visual and recognized manifestation of magnetic storms. The great low-latitude auroral displays seen throughout East Asia on 1770...- publication PDF
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Wind and temperature oscillations generated by wave–turbulence interactions...
The authors investigate atmospheric internal gravity waves (IGWs): their generation and induction of global intermittent turbulence in the nocturnal stable atmospheric boundary...- publication PDF
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The 2011 La Niña: So strong, the oceans fell
Global mean sea level (GMSL) dropped by 5 mm between the beginning of 2010 and mid 2011. This drop occurred despite the background rate of rise, 3 mm per year, which dominates...- publication PDF
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An informal introduction to numerical weather models with low-cost hardware
Weather, climate, and other Earth system models are growing in complexity as computing resources and technologies continue to evolve with time. Thus, models are and will remain...- publication PDF
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Concurrent effect of Alfvén waves and planar magnetic structure on geomagnetic storms
Generally, interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) triggers intense and strong geomagnetic storms. It has been established that the ICME sheath-moulded planar magnetic...- publication PDF
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Changes in global teleconnection patterns under global warming and...
We investigate the potential impact of stratospheric aerosol intervention (SAI) on the spatiotemporal behavior of large-scale climate teleconnection patterns represented by the...- publication PDF
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From forbidden coronal lines to meaningful coronal magnetic fields
We review methods to measure magnetic fields within the corona using the polarized light in magnetic-dipole (M1) lines. We are particularly interested in both the global...- publication PDF