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21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon...
Tropical carbon emissions are largely derived from direct forest clearing processes. Yet, emissions from drought-induced forest fires are, usually, not included in national-...- publication PDF
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An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II...
In this paper we compare the simulated Arctic Ocean in 15 global ocean–sea ice models in the framework of the Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments, phase II (CORE-II)....- publication PDF
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Characterization of high-m ULF wave signatures in GPS TEC data
GPS total electron content (TEC) measurements were used to investigate high-m ultralow frequency (ULF) waves during the recovery phase of a geomagnetic storm. ULF wave signals...- publication PDF
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Assessment of WRF land surface model performance over West Africa
Simulations with four land surface models (LSMs) (i.e., Noah, Noah-MP, Noah-MP with ground water GW option, and CLM4) using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model at...- publication PDF
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A computationally compact representation of Magnetic-Apex and Quasi-Dipole...
Many structural and dynamical features of the ionized and neutral upper atmosphere are strongly organized by the geomagnetic field, and several magnetic coordinate systems have...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of orographic cloud seeding using a bin microphysics scheme:...
A new version of a bin microphysical scheme implemented into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model was used to study the effect of glaciogenic seeding on...- publication PDF
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Modes of (FACs) variability and their hemispheric asymmetry revealed by...
We determine the primary modes of field-aligned current (FAC) variability and their hemispheric asymmetry by nonlinear regression analysis of a multiyear global data set of...- publication PDF
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Missing OH reactivity in the global marine boundary layer
The hydroxyl radical (OH) reacts with thousands of chemical species in the atmosphere, initiating their removal and the chemical reaction sequences that produce ozone, secondary...- publication PDF
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Initiation and development of a squall line crossing Hangzhou Bay
The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of mesoscale thermal and dynamical processes near land-sea boundary on the formation and development of a squall line...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale and large-scale variability in high-latitude ionospheric...
Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis, a variant of principle component analysis, is applied to 20 months of plasma drift data from the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network...- publication PDF
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Are we missing the point? Particulars of urbanization, sustainability and...
The discourse on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities is dominated by ecological modernization theory, which focuses primarily on technological approaches supported...- publication PDF
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The impact of the QBO on the region of the tropical tropopause in QBOi...
The processes occurring in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) are of great importance for stratosphere-troposphere exchanges and the variability of the Earth's climate....- publication PDF
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Monthly Mean Global Satellite Data Sets Available in CCM History Tape Format
This report describes work completed on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) project, "Intercomparison of Satellite-Based Global Data Sets with Global...- publication PDF
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Hydrogen peroxide, methyl hydroperoxide, and formaldehdye over North America...
Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O), methyl hydroperoxide (CH₃OOH), and formaldehyde (CH₂O) were measured over North America and the North Atlantic during the INTEX-NA, TOPSE, and SONEX...- publication PDF
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A Compressible High-ORder Unstructured Spectral-difference code for...
We present a novel and powerful Compressible High-ORder Unstructured Spectral-difference (CHORUS) code for simulating thermal convection and related fluid dynamics in the...- publication PDF
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Decreases in atomic hydrogen over the summer pole: Evidence for dehydration...
Observations from the Sounding of the Atmosphere with Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument on the NASA/Thermospheric Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics...- publication PDF
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A description of the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5)
This technical report describes the fifth generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model, or MM5. It is intended to provide scientific and technical documentation of the model for...- publication PDF
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The anatomy and physics of ZDR columns: Investigating a polarimetric radar...
Polarimetric radar observations of deep convective storms frequently reveal columnar enhancements of differential reflectivity ZDR. Such "ZDR columns" can extend upward more...- publication PDF
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Improving environmental change research with systematic techniques for...
Scenarios are key tools in analyses of global environmental change. Often they consist of quantitative and qualitative components, where the qualitative aspects are expressed in...- publication PDF
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The impact of temperature on the bionomics of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti,...
The mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.), which occurs widely in the subtropics and tropics, is the primary urban vector of dengue and yellow fever viruses, and an important...- publication PDF
