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Assimilation of MODIS snow cover through the Data Assimilation Research...
To improve snowpack estimates in Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow cover fraction (SCF) was assimilated into...- publication PDF
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Wave boundary layer turbulence over surface waves in a strongly forced condition
Accurate predictions of the sea state-dependent air-sea momentum flux require a thorough understanding of the wave boundary layer turbulence over surface waves. A set of...- publication PDF
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The impact of emission and climate change on ozone in the United States...
Dynamical downscaling was applied in this study to link the global climate-chemistry model Community Atmosphere Model (CAM-Chem) with the regional models Weather Research and...- publication PDF
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The White Light Solar Corona: An Atlas of 1985 K-coronameter Synoptic Charts...
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Validation of satellite ozone profile retrievals using Beijing ozonesonde data
Ozonesondes launched from Beijing, China, over a 3 year time period (September 2002 to July 2005) are used to evaluate the performance of ozone profile retrievals in the upper...- publication PDF
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Rainfall occurrence in the U.S. warm season: The diurnal cycle
The diurnal occurrence of warm-season rainfall over the U.S. mainland is examined, particularly in light of forcings at multiple scales. The analysis is based on a radar dataset...- publication PDF
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Climatology of westerly wind events in the lee of the Sierra Nevada
A 5-yr climatology of westerly wind events in Owens Valley, California, is derived from data measured by a mesoscale network of 16 automatic weather stations. Thermally driven...- publication PDF
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Identification of major moisture sources across the Mediterranean Basin
We employ a Lagrangian based moisture back trajectory method on an ensemble of four reanalysis datasets to provide a comprehensive understanding of moisture sources over the...- publication PDF
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Sensitivities and mechanisms of the zonal mean atmospheric circulation...
Although El Niño and global warming are both characterized by warming in the tropical upper troposphere, the latitudinal changes of the Hadley cell edge and midlatitude eddy-...- publication PDF
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Electromagnetic ducting in the near-shore marine environment: Results from...
We used the observations from the east coast of the USA and model simulations to elicit marine atmospheric surface layer (MASL) processes that controlled the spatial variability...- publication PDF
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Determination of the ice particle size distributions using observations as...
The possibility is suggested of estimating particle size distributions (PSD) solely based on the bulk quantities of the hydrometeors. The method, inspired by the maximum entropy...- publication PDF
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Unprecedented upper-air dropsonde observations over Antarctica from the 2010...
The 2010 Concordiasi field experiment took place over Antarctica from September to December 2010. During Concordiasi, for the first time, 13 National Center for Atmospheric...- publication PDF
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To which degree do the details of stochastic perturbation schemes matter for...
This study compares the impacts of two stochastic parameterization schemes in a convective-scale model. The implementation of the physically based stochastic perturbation (PSP)...- publication PDF
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Seasonal sensitivity of the northern hemisphere jet streams to Arctic...
Near-surface Arctic warming has been shown to impact the midlatitude jet streams through the use of carefully designed model simulations with and without Arctic sea ice loss. In...- publication PDF
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Radiation dry bias of the Vaisala RS92 humidity sensor
The comparison of simultaneous humidity measurements by the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde and by the Cryogenic Frostpoint Hygrometer (CFH) launched at Alajuela, Costa Rica, during...- publication PDF
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Towards global large eddy simulation: Super-parameterization revisited
This paper argues that a global large eddy simulation can be achieved through the application of the superparametrization (SP) methodology on massively parallel computers. SP...- publication PDF
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Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment: A Guide to Precipitation Patterns During...
This document summarizes radar reflectivity patterns in the Doppler radar coverage area during the field phase of the experiment. Its purpose is (1)to provide a condensed sample...- publication PDF
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Evaluating large-storm dominance in high-resolution GCMs and observations...
Extreme precipitation events are projected to increase in frequency across much of the land-surface as the global climate warms, but such projections have typically relied on...- publication PDF
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Using random forests to diagnose aviation turbulence
Atmospheric turbulence poses a significant hazard to aviation, with severe encounters costing airlines millions of dollars per year in compensation, aircraft damage, and delays...- publication PDF
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Pathways for socio-economic system transitions expressed as a Markov chain
Cross-impact balance (CIB) analysis provides a system-theoretical view of scenarios useful for investigating complex socio-economic systems. CIB can synthesize a variety of...- publication PDF
