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High-temporal resolution polarimetric X-band Doppler radar observations of th...
On 20 May 2013, the cities of Newcastle, Oklahoma City, and Moore, Oklahoma, were impacted by a long-track violent tornado that was rated as an EF5 on the enhanced Fujita scale...- publication PDF
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Can the salt-advection feedback be detected in internal variability of the At...
Evidence for the assumptions of the salt-advection feedback in box models is sought by studying the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) internal variability in...- publication PDF
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Characterizing continental US hurricane risk: Which intensity metric is best?
The damage potential of a hurricane is widely considered to depend more strongly on an integrated measure of the hurricane wind field, such as integrated kinetic energy (IKE),...- publication PDF
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Retrieval of eddy dissipation rate from derived equivalent vertical gust incl...
Some of the Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR) data include a turbulence metric of the derived equivalent vertical gust (DEVG), in addition to wind and temperature. As...- publication PDF
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Polarimetric radar estimators based on a constrained gamma drop size distribu...
Raindrop size distribution (DSD) retrieval from remote radar measurements or from in situ disdrometer measurements is an important area of research. If the shape (μ) and slope...- publication PDF
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Aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation in eastern China: Results from bi...
Using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with a spectral-bin microphysics ("SBM") and measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Mobile Facility...- publication PDF
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Moving from interdisciplinary to convergent research across geoscience and so...
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Combining airborne gas and aerosol measurements with HYSPLIT: A visualization...
The history of air masses is often investigated using backward trajectories to gain knowledge about processes along the air parcel path as well as possible source regions. Here,...- publication PDF
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Intense arctic ozone depletion in the spring of 2011
Observations of record-breaking ozone depletion during the Arctic spring of 2011 were made at 76° N in Thule, Greenland. The ozone total column amount of 290 DU measured on 18...- publication PDF
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Reference upper-air observations for climate: From concept to reality
The three main objectives of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) are to provide long-term high-quality climate records of vertical...- publication PDF
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Correcting for position errors in variational data assimilation
The Feature Calibration and Alignment technique (FCA) has been developed to characterize errors that a human would ascribe to a change in the position or intensity of a coherent...- publication PDF
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Multivariate quadrature for representing cloud condensation nuclei activity o...
Atmospheric aerosol is composed of distinct multicomponent particles that are continuously modified as they are transported in the atmosphere. Resolving variability in particle...- publication PDF
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Sampling error correction evaluated using a convective-scale 1000-member ense...
State-of-the-art ensemble prediction systems usually provide ensembles with only 20-250 members for estimating the uncertainty of the forecast and its spatial and spatiotemporal...- publication PDF
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WRF-Solar: Description and clear-sky assessment of an augmented NWP model for...
WRF-Solar is a specific configuration and augmentation of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model designed for solar energy applications. Recent upgrades to the WRF...- publication PDF
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Diverse impacts of Indian Ocean dipole on El Niño-Southern Oscillation
Understanding the impact of the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) on El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is important for climate prediction. By analyzing observational data and...- publication PDF
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The effect of subfilter-scale physics on regularization models
The subfilter-scale (SFS) physics of regularization models are investigated to understand the regularizations’ performance as SFS models. Suppression of spectrally local SFS...- publication PDF
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Dependence of turbulent velocities on wind speed and stratification
We examine the dependence of several turbulence quantities on the wind speed and stability using nocturnal data from the Shallow Cold Pool Experiment. The turbulent quantities...- publication PDF
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Asymmetry in the duration of El Niño and La Niña.
El Niño and La Niña are not a simple mirror image, but exhibit significant differences in their spatial structure and seasonal evolution. In particular, sea surface temperature...- publication PDF
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Ionospheric response to the initial phase of geomagnetic storms: Common features
Ionospheric responses to the initial phases of three geomagnetic storms: 2-5 April 2004, 7-9 November 2004, and 13-16 December 2006, were compared using both ground-based GPS...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of WRF model output for severe-weather forecasting from the 2008 N...
This study assesses forecasts of the preconvective and near-storm environments from the convection-allowing models run for the 2008 National Oceanic and Atmospheric...- publication PDF
