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Regional widening of tropical overturning: Forced change, natural...
The width of the tropical Hadley circulation (HC) has garnered intense interest in recent decades, owing to the emerging evidence for its expansion in observations and models...- publication PDF
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Severe pollution in China amplified by atmospheric moisture
In recent years, severe haze events often occurred in China, causing serious environmental problems. The mechanisms responsible for the haze formation, however, are still not...- publication PDF
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Impacts of stratospheric sulfate geoengineering on tropospheric ozone
A range of solar radiation management (SRM) techniques has been proposed to counter anthropogenic climate change. Here, we examine the potential effects of stratospheric sulfate...- publication PDF
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The SPARC Water Vapor Assessment II: Assessment of satellite measurements of...
Nineteen limb-viewing data sets (occultation, passive thermal, and UV scattering) and two nadir upper tropospheric humidity (UTH) data sets are intercompared and also compared...- publication PDF
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Meteorology for coastal/offshore wind energy in the United States:...
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Analysis of satellite-derived Arctic tropospheric BrO columns in conjunction...
We derive tropospheric column BrO during the ARCTAS and ARCPAC field campaigns in spring 2008 using retrievals of total column BrO from the satellite UV nadir sensors OMI and...- publication PDF
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Statistical analysis of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles climatology and multi-day...
This study develops a new Bubble Index to quantify the intensity of 2-D postsunset equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) in the American/Atlantic sector, using Global-scale...- publication PDF
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Unexpected connections between the stratosphere and ionosphere
The coupling of the ionosphere to processes from below remains an elusive and difficult problem, as rapidly changing external drivers from above mask variations related to lower...- publication PDF
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Stratospheric ozone and climate forcing sensitivity to cruise altitudes for...
The possibility of commercial and business supersonic aircraft that fly in the lower stratosphere is being discussed and specific designs are under consideration. Emissions from...- publication PDF
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The dispersion of silver iodide particles from ground-based generators over...
Part I of this paper presents the results from a series of plume-tracing flights over the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre Ranges in south-central Wyoming. These flights, conducted...- publication PDF
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Influence of the Antarctic Oscillation, the Pacific-South American modes and...
In this study, the impacts of the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), the PacificâSouth American teleconnection (PSA) and the El NiñoâSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) on Antarctic sea...- publication PDF
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Observed structure, evolution, and potential intensity of category 5...
Unprecedented observations of Hurricane Isabel (2003) at category 5 intensity were collected from 12 to 14 September. This study presents a detailed analysis of the inner-core...- publication PDF
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Early season depletion of dissolved iron in the Ross Sea polynya:...
The Ross Sea polynya is among the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean and may constitute a significant oceanic CO2 sink. Based on results from several field studies,...- publication PDF
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Upscale impact of mesoscale convective systems and its parameterization in...
The Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) typically contains several superclusters and numerous embedded mesoscale convective systems (MCSs). It is hypothesized here that the poorly...- publication PDF
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Spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). Part...
This is the second part of a study that examines spiral rainbands in a numerical simulation of Hurricane Bill (2009). This paper evaluates whether the propagation of inner...- publication PDF
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The sea-level conundrum: Case studies from palaeo-archives
Uncertainties in sea-level projections for the 21st century have focused ice sheet modelling efforts to include the processes that are thought to be contributing to the recently...- publication PDF
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MesoVICT: Mesoscale Verification Inter-Comparison over Complex Terrain
The spatial forecast methods intercomparison project (ICP, http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/icp) was formed in 2007 with the aim of better understanding the rapidly increasing...- publication PDF
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Comparison of polarimetric radar drop size distribution retrieval algorithms
Recently, two physically based algorithms, the "beta" (β) method and the "constrained-gamma" method, have been proposed for retrieving the governing parameters of the gamma...- publication PDF
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Regional and urban column CO trends and anomalies as observed by MOPITT over...
Atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations have decreased since the beginning of the century, and the rate of decrease depends on the region. Depending on how regions are...- publication PDF
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Assessment of vertical ozone profiles from INSAT-3D sounder over the Central Himalaya
Vertical distribution of ozone has been obtained for the first time using INSAT-3D for the period 2013-2017 over the central Himalaya and validated utilizing balloon-borne...- publication PDF