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Off-equatorial deep-cycle turbulence forced by tropical instability waves in...
The equatorial Pacific cold tongue is a site of large heat absorption by the ocean. This heat uptake is enhanced by a daily cycle of shear turbulence beneath the mixed...- publication PDF
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Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites...
Large-scale current systems in the ionosphere and the magnetosphere are intimately controlled by the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction and the magnetosphere-ionosphere...- publication PDF
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Effect of turbulence on collisional growth of cloud droplets
We investigate the effect of turbulence on the collisional growth of micrometer-sized droplets through high resolution numerical simulations with well-resolved Kolmogorov...- publication PDF
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Ten new insights in climate science 2021: A horizon scan
We summarize some of the past year's most important findings within climate change-related research. New research has improved our understanding about the remaining options to...- publication PDF
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Modeling the subsurface structure of sunspots
While sunspots are easily observed at the solar surface, determining their subsurface structure is not trivial. There are two main hypotheses for the subsurface structure of...- publication PDF
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Decadal climate prediction: An update from the trenches
This paper provides an update on research in the relatively new and fast-moving field of decadal climate prediction, and addresses the use of decadal climate predictions not...- publication PDF
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A large eddy simulation intercomparison study of shallow cumulus convection
This paper reports an intercomparison study on undisturbed trade wind cumulus convection under steady-state conditions as observed during the Barbados Oceanographic and...- publication PDF
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A stratospheric ozone profile data set for 1979-2005: Variability, trends,...
A global stratospheric ozone data set for 1979 - 2005 is described. Interannual variations are derived from analysis of Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE I and II)...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric aerosols, polar stratospheric clouds, and polar ozone...
We investigate the impact of the 2015 Mount Calbuco eruption and previous eruptions on stratospheric aerosols, polar stratospheric clouds, and ozone depletion using the...- publication PDF
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Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methodology
Recent projections of climatic change have focused a great deal of scientific and public attention on patterns of carbon (C) cycling as well as its controls, particularly the...- publication PDF
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Simulation and observation of lunar tide effect on high-latitude,...
We investigate the high-latitude mesospheric and lower thermospheric winds during the 2013 sudden stratospheric warming event using ground-based optical Doppler remote sensing...- publication PDF
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Contribution of anthropogenic aerosols to persistent La Niña-like...
The discrepancy between the observed lack of surface warming in the eastern equatorial Pacific and climate model projections of an El Nino- like warming pattern confronts the...- publication PDF
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Greenland ice sheet wide supraglacial lake evolution and dynamics: Insights...
Supraglacial lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) can impact both the ice sheet surface mass balance and ice dynamics. Thus, understanding the evolution and dynamics of...- publication PDF
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The summer North Atlantic oscillation: Past, present, and future
Summer climate in the North Atlantic - European sector possesses a principal pattern of year-to-year variability that is the parallel to the well-known North Atlantic...- publication PDF
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Facilitating strongly coupled ocean-atmosphere data assimilation with an...
In a strongly coupled data assimilation (DA), a cross-fluid covariance is specified that allows measurements from a coupled fluid (e.g., atmosphere) to directly impact analysis...- publication PDF
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The Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5) source code documentation
This technical note describes the Fortran code (version 1) of the PSU/NCAR mesoscale model (MM5). It is intended to provide a detailed documentation of the model code for users...- publication PDF
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Helicity dynamics, inverse, and bidirectional cascades in fluid and...
We briefly review helicity dynamics, inverse and bidirectional cascades in fluid and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, with an emphasis on the latter. The energy of a...- publication PDF
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Verify - the MM4 Verification Processor
The purpose of this technical note is to describe and demonstrate the capabilities of a processor (VERIFY) developed to verify objectively forecasts generated by the PSU/NCAR...- publication PDF
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In-canopy gas-phase chemistry during CABINEX 2009: Sensitivity of a 1-D...
Vegetation emits large quantities of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC). At remote sites, these compounds are the dominant precursors to ozone and secondary organic...- publication PDF
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GLOBE observer data: 2016-2019
This technical report summarizes the GLOBE Observer data set from 1 April 2016 to 1 December 2019. GLOBE Observer is an ongoing NASA-sponsored international citizen science...- publication PDF