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Implications of extinction due to meteoritic smoke in the upper stratosphere
Recent optical observations of aerosols in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere show significant amounts of extinction at altitudes above about 40 km where the stratospheric...- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the Atmospheric Research Aircraft Instrumentation Workshop and...
This is part one of a two part report that details the proceedings of the Atmospheric Research Aircraft Instrumentation Workshop and Symposium, held in Oklahoma City, 17 and 18...- publication PDF
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The climate response of the Indo-Pacific warm pool to glacial sea level
Growing climate proxy evidence suggests that changes in sea level are important drivers of tropical climate change on glacial-interglacial timescales. These paleodata suggest...- publication PDF
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The Earth System Grid: Enabling access to multimodel climate simulation data
By leveraging current technologies to manage distributed climate data in a unified virtual environment, the Earth System Grid (ESG) project is promoting data sharing between...- publication PDF
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Community perception of coral reefs in Golfo Dulce: Bases for social integrat...
Introduction: Addressing the accelerated coral reefs degradation requires integrated action at multiple social and ecological scales. At local level, active participation of the...- publication PDF
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Nonlinear enhancement of radiative absorption by black carbon in response to ...
Black carbon (BC) strongly absorbs solar radiation, contributing to global warming. Absorption enhancement of BC particles is difficult to quantify due to an inadequate...- publication PDF
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Case Studies on Convective Storms / Case Study 1, 13 July 1978: First Echo Case
On 13 July 1978, a long-lived storm complex developed in southeastern Wyoming, and was well observed by aircraft and radars. The potential instability was weak to moderate on...- publication PDF
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Contributions of primary and secondary biogenic VOC tototal OH reactivity dur...
We present OH reactivity measurements using the comparative reactivity method with a branch enclosure technique for four different tree species (red oak, white pine, beech and...- publication PDF
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The lower thermospheric winter‐to‐summer meridional circulation: 1. Driving m...
In this study, the mechanism driving the narrow lower-thermospheric winter-to-summer meridional circulation is thoroughly investigated for the first time using the Specified...- publication PDF
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Assimilating aerosol observations with a "hybrid" variational-ensemble data a...
Total 550 nm aerosol optical depth, surface fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and meteorological observations were assimilated with continuously cycling three-dimensional...- publication PDF
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Case Studies on Convective Storms / Case Study 6, 25 July 1976: Dynamical-mic...
On 25 July 1976 the life cycle of a small, moderate thunderstorm which occurred in northeast Colorado was observed extensively by participants in the National Hail Research...- publication PDF
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GEFSv12 reforecast dataset for supporting subseasonal and hydrometeorological...
For the newly implemented Global Ensemble Forecast System, version 12 (GEFSv12), a 31-yr (1989–2019) ensemble reforecast dataset has been generated at the National Centers for...- publication PDF
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Using weather forecasts to help manage meningitis in the West African Sahel
Understanding and acting on the link between weather and meningitis in the Sahel could help improve vaccine distribution and save lives. People living there know that meningitis...- publication PDF
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Robust global detection of forced changes in mean and extreme precipitation d...
Detection and attribution (D&A) of forced precipitation change are challenging due to internal variability, limited spatial, and temporal coverage of observational records...- publication PDF
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Second-moment budgets and mixing intensity in the stably stratified atmospher...
The effect of horizontal temperature heterogeneity of the underlying surface on the turbulence structure and mixing intensity in the stably stratified boundary layer (SBL) is...- publication PDF
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Development and verification of a new wind speed forecasting system using an ...
Wind power is rapidly gaining prominence as a major source of renewable energy. Harnessing this promising energy source is challenging because of the chaotic nature of wind and...- publication PDF
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Seasonally modulated stratospheric aerosol geoengineering alters the climate ...
By reflecting some incoming solar radiation, stratospheric aerosol intervention using SO2 would reduce global mean temperature. Previous research has shown that multiple...- publication PDF
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A global dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870-2002: Relationship...
A monthly dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) from 1870 to 2002 is derived using historical precipitation and temperature data for global land areas on a 2.5° grid....- publication PDF
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Refinement of the use of inhomogeneous background error covariance estimated ...
Background error covariance (BEC) is one of the key components in data assimilation systems for numerical weather prediction. Recently, a scheme of using an inhomogeneous and...- publication PDF
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Optimizing the isoprene emission model MEGAN with satellite and ground‐based ...
Isoprene is a hydrocarbon emitted in large quantities by terrestrial vegetation. It is a precursor to several air quality and climate pollutants including ozone. Emission rates...- publication PDF
