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Error growth in a whole atmosphere climate model
It has been well established that the atmosphere is chaotic by nature and thus has a finite limit of predictability. The chaotic divergence of initial conditions and the...- publication PDF
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RENU2 UV PMT observations of the cusp
The Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling 2 (RENU2) sounding rocket launched from the Andoya Space Center on 13 December 2015 into the dayside polar cusp. An ultraviolet...- publication PDF
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The force-freeness of the solar photosphere: Revisit with new approach and...
Although it is generally believed that the solar photosphere is not magnetically force-free owing to its high plasma beta, the estimations of force-freeness using observed...- publication PDF
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The role of vertical shear on aviation turbulence within cirrus bands of a...
At 0300 UTC 9 September 2010, commercial aircraft traveling between Tokyo and Hawaii encountered regions of moderate and severe intensity turbulence at about 12-km elevation in...- publication PDF
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Northern Hemisphere climate variability during winter: Looking back on the...
We present a brief commentary on the landmark study of Exner (1913), in which an analysis of the correlation between monthly anomalies of "polar pressure" and sea level pressure...- publication PDF
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Aerosol absorption over land derived from the ultra-violet aerosol index by...
Quantitative measurements of aerosol absorptive properties, e.g., the absorbing aerosol optical depth (AAOD) and the single scattering albedo (SSA), are important to reduce...- publication PDF
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Future ozone-related acute excess mortality under climate and population...
Climate change is likely to further worsen ozone pollution in already heavily polluted areas, leading to increased ozone-related health burdens. However, little evidence exists...- publication PDF
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Importance of local non-fossil sources to carbonaceous aerosols at the...
Carbonaceous particles are an important radiative forcing agent in the atmosphere, with large temporal and spatial variations in their concentrations and compositions,...- publication PDF
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Improvements in typhoon forecasts with assimilated GPS occultation refractivity
In this study, the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) with three-dimensional variational data...- publication PDF
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SAPS in the 17 march 2013 storm event: Initial results from the Coupled...
Subauroral polarization stream (SAPS) is latitudinally narrow flow channels of large westward plasma drifts in the subauroral ionosphere. In this study, the global structure and...- publication PDF
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A moist static energy budgetâbased analysis of the Sahel rainfall response...
Climate models generate a wide range of precipitation responses to global warming in the African Sahel, but all that use the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory AM2.1...- publication PDF
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Spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation intensity as observed by the...
Detailed information on the spatial and temporal characteristics of precipitation intensity from the mountainous region of northwest Mexico has, until recently, been lacking. As...- publication PDF
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Innovations in winter storm forecasting and decision support services
Winter storms are disruptive to society and the economy, and they often cause signifi-cant injuries and deaths. Innovations in winter storm forecasting have occurred across the...- publication PDF
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Climate responses to the splitting of a supercontinent: Implications for the...
Reconstructing deep time climate often relies on a limited number of data points, which can hinder inference of the large-scale climate state. Here we use an Earth system model...- publication PDF
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On the relationship between Indian Ocean sea surface temperature and the...
The relationship between Indian Ocean sea surface temperature and the transition of El Niño events into either La Niña or El Niño-Southern Oscillation neutral conditions is...- publication PDF
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The relative importance of geoeffective length versus Alfvén wing formation...
We compare the relative importance of two competing mechanisms (Alfven wing vs. magnetosheath force balance) in determining the saturation of the reverse convection potential...- publication PDF
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The microphysical properties of small ice particles measured by the small...
A reliable understanding of the microphysical properties of ice particles in atmospheric clouds is critical for assessing cloud radiative forcing effects in climate studies. Ice...- publication PDF
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Novel approaches to improve estimates of short-lived halocarbon emissions...
Fluxes of halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over the Southern Ocean remain poorly understood, and few atmospheric measurements exist to constrain modeled emissions...- publication PDF
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Opposing trends in winter Atmospheric River over the Western and Eastern US...
Winter atmospheric rivers (ARs) are crucial for water supply and extreme weather events over the western (WUS) and eastern US (EUS), yet their long-term trends and interplay...- publication PDF
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Coupled aqua and ridge planets in the Community Earth System Model
Idealized models can reveal insights into Earth's climate system by reducing its complexities. However, their potential is undermined by the scarcity of fully coupled idealized...- publication PDF
