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Analyzing dynamical circulations in the tropical tropopause layer through...
We explore the use of nonlinear empirical predictions of thin cirrus for diagnosing transport through the tropical tropopause layer (TTL). Thirty day back trajectories are...- publication PDF
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Changes in precipitation variability across time scales in multiple global...
Anthropogenic changes in the variability of precipitation stand to impact both natural and human systems in profound ways. Precipitation variability encompasses not only...- publication PDF
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Impact of anthropogenic aerosols on Indian summer monsoon
Using an interactive aerosol-climate model we find that absorbing anthropogenic aerosols, whether coexisting with scattering aerosols or not, can significantly affect the Indian...- publication PDF
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Forest drought resistance at large geographic scales
Forest conservation and carbon sequestration efforts are on the rise, yet the long-term stability of these efforts under a changing climate remains unknown. We generate nearly...- publication PDF
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Microphysical process rates and global aerosol-cloud interactions
Cloud microphysical process rates control the amount of condensed water in clouds and impact the susceptibility of precipitation to cloud-drop number and aerosols. The relative...- publication PDF
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Associations of cumulative Sun exposure and phenotypic characteristics with...
Background: Solar elastosis adjacent to melanomas in histologic sections is regarded as an indicator of sun exposure, although the associations of UV exposure and phenotype with...- publication PDF
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The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) system: Design, theory,...
The increasing complexity of Earth system models has inspired efforts to quantitatively assess model fidelity through rigorous comparison with best available measurements and...- publication PDF
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Constraints on climate sensitivity from radiation patterns in climate models
The estimated range of climate sensitivity, the equilibrium warming resulting from a doubling of the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, has not decreased substantially in...- publication PDF
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Precipitation processes of a thunderstorm occurred on 19 August 2014 in...
The evolution of a heavy rainfall event that occurred on 19 August 2014 in northern Taiwan is investigated using observed data and analyzed using a newly developed system,...- publication PDF
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Forcing, cloud feedbacks, cloud masking, and internal variability in the...
Satellite observations show a near-zero trend in the top-of-atmosphere global-mean net cloud radiative effect (CRE), suggesting that clouds did not further cool nor heat the...- publication PDF
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Deployment and performance analyses of high-resolution Iowa XPOL radar...
This article presents the data collected and analyzed using the University of Iowa's X-band polarimetric (XPOL) radars that were part of the spring 2013 hydrology-oriented Iowa...- publication PDF
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Comparison of the economic impact of different wind power forecast systems...
Deterministic forecasts of wind production for the next 72 h at a single wind farm or at the regional level are among the main end-users requirement. However, for an optimal...- publication PDF
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Validation of the Aura High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder geopotential heights
The geopotential height (GPH) product created from global observations by the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument on NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS)...- publication PDF
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Spectral absorption of biomass burning aerosol determined from retrieved...
Actinic flux, as well as aerosol chemical and optical properties, were measured aboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the ARCTAS (Arctic Research of the Composition of the...- publication PDF
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Understanding strong neutral vertical winds and ionospheric responses to the...
As one of the strongest geomagnetic storms in Solar Cycle 24, the 2015 St. Patrick's Day storm has attracted significant attention. We revisit this event by taking advantage of...- publication PDF
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Improvements in nonconvective aviation turbulence prediction for the World...
For the next generation of the World Area Forecast System (WAFS), the global Graphical Turbulence Guidance (G-GTG) has been developed using global numerical weather prediction...- publication PDF
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Improved cloud-phase determination of low-level liquid and mixed-phase...
The unambiguous retrieval of cloud phase from polarimetric lidar observations is dependent on the assumption that only cloud scattering processes affect polarization...- publication PDF
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Response of the equatorial Atlantic cold tongue to stratospheric aerosol...
By increasing Earth-atmosphere system albedo, Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering (SAG) using sulfur dioxide is an artificial potential means, with the goal to mitigate the...- publication PDF
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The magnitude and causes of global drought changes in the twenty-first...
Atmospheric demand for moisture and dry days are expected to increase, leading to drying over land in the twenty-first century. Here, the magnitude and key drivers of this...- publication PDF
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Mathematical and physical ideas for climate science
The climate is a forced and dissipative nonlinear system featuring nontrivial dynamics on a vast range of spatial and temporal scales. The understanding of the climate's...- publication PDF
