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Assessing NARCCAP climate model effects using spatial confidence regions
We assess similarities and differences between model effects for the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) climate models using varying classes of...- publication PDF
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Snow cover duration trends observed at sites and predicted by multiple models
The 30-year simulations of seasonal snow cover in 22 physically based models driven with bias-corrected meteorological reanalyses are examined at four sites with long records of...- publication PDF
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Simulated frequency dependence of radar observations of tornadoes
To obtain accurate radar-measured wind measurements in tornadoes, differences between air and Doppler velocities must be corrected. These differences can cause large errors in...- publication PDF
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Constraining cloud lifetime effects of aerosols using A-Train satellite observations
Aerosol indirect effects have remained the largest uncertainty in estimates of the radiative forcing of past and future climate change. Observational constraints on cloud...- publication PDF
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Ensemble simulations of the role of the stratosphere in the attribution of...
Despite the need to understand the impact of changes in emissions and climate on tropospheric ozone, the attribution of tropospheric interannual ozone variability to specific...- publication PDF
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The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district...
Objective: To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana. Methods: A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted...- publication PDF
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A negative feedback between anthropogenic ozone pollution and enhanced ocean...
Naturally emitted from the oceans, iodine compounds efficiently destroy atmospheric ozone and reduce its positive radiative forcing effects in the troposphere. Emissions of...- publication PDF
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Covariance tapering for likelihood-based estimation in large spatial data sets
Maximum likelihood is an attractive method of estimating covariance parameters in spatial models based on Gaussian processes. But calculating the likelihood can be...- publication PDF
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Challenges of Operational Weather Forecast Verification and Evaluation
Operational agencies face significant challenges related to the verification and evaluation of weather forecasts. These challenges were investigated in a series of online...- publication PDF
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A flexible framework for simulating the water balance of lakes and...
Lakes and reservoirs are an integral part of the terrestrial water cycle. In this work, we present the implementation of different water balance models of lakes and reservoirs...- publication PDF
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The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services Advisory Board...
This paper describes the motivation for the creation of the Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board for the Sixth Phase of the Coupled...- publication PDF
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Numerical simulations of the formation of Hurricane Gabrielle (2001)
This study examines the formation of Hurricane Gabrielle (2001), focusing on whether an initial disturbance and vertical wind shear were favorable for development. This...- publication PDF
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An examination of the recent stability of ozonesonde global network data
The recent Assessment of Standard Operating Procedures for Ozonesondes 2.0 (WMO/GAW Report #268) addressed questions of homogeneity and long-term stability in global...- publication PDF
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Multi-instrument comparison and compilation of non-methane organic gas...
Multiple trace-gas instruments were deployed during the fourth Fire Lab at Missoula Experiment (FLAME-4), including the first application of proton-transfer-reaction time-of-...- publication PDF
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Improving wind predictions in the marine atmospheric boundary layer through...
A current barrier to greater deployment of offshore wind turbines is the poor quality of numerical weather prediction model wind and turbulence forecasts over open ocean. The...- publication PDF
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Seasonal predictions of summer compound humid heat extremes in the...
Humid heat extreme (HHE) is a type of compound extreme weather event that poses severe risks to human health. Skillful forecasts of HHE months in advance are crucial for...- publication PDF
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Total column water vapor, [In "States of the Climate in 2015"]
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The respective roles of Ocean Heat Transpor and surface heat fluxes in...
Arctic Ocean warming and sea ice loss are closely linked to increased ocean heat transport (OHT) into the Arctic and changes in surface heat fluxes. To quantitatively assess...- publication PDF
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A progress report on the development of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Ensemble
The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Ensemble (HRRRE) is a 36-member ensemble analysis system with 9 forecast members that utilizes the Advanced Research version of the Weather...- publication PDF
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Global observations of thermospheric temperature and nitric oxide from MIPAS...
We present vertically resolved thermospheric temperatures and NO abundances in terms of volume mixing ratio retrieved simultaneously from spectrally resolved 5.3 μm emissions...- publication PDF