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Understanding atypical midlevel wind speed maxima in hurricane eyewalls
In tropical cyclones (TCs), the peak wind speed is typically found near the top of the boundary layer (approximately 0.5–1 km). Recently, it was shown that in a few observed...- publication PDF
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A hindcast approach to diagnosing the equatorial Pacific cold tongue SST...
An ensemble seasonal hindcast approach is used to investigate the development of the equatorial Pacific Ocean cold sea surface temperature (SST) bias and its characteristic...- publication PDF
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LES of laminar flow in the PBL: A potential problem for convective storm simulations
In idealized simulations of convective storms, which are almost always run as large-eddy simulations (LES), the planetary boundary layers (PBLs) are typically laminar (i.e.,...- publication PDF
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Prospects for seasonal prediction of summertime trans-Arctic sea ice path
The continuing decline of the summertime sea ice cover has reduced the sea ice path that must be traversed to Arctic destinations and through the Arctic between the Atlantic and...- publication PDF
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Impact of changes to the atmospheric soluble iron deposition flux on ocean...
Iron can be a growth-limiting nutrient for phytoplankton, modifying rates of net primary production, nitrogen fixation, and carbon export - highlighting the importance of new...- publication PDF
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Parametric sensitivity analysis of precipitation at global and local scales...
We investigate the sensitivity of precipitation characteristics (mean, extreme, and diurnal cycle) to a set of uncertain parameters that influence the qualitative and...- publication PDF
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A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3
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Pseudovertical temperature profiles give insight into winter evolution of...
Measuring routine vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature is critical in understanding stability and the dynamics of the boundary layer. Routine monitoring in remote areas...- publication PDF
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NOAA's future ensemble-based hurricane forecast products
Uncertainty information from ensemble prediction systems can enhance and extend the suite of tropical cyclone (TC) forecast products. This article will review progress in...- publication PDF
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Impact of scale-aware deep convection on the cloud liquid and ice water...
The cloud liquid water path (LWP), ice water path (IWP), and precipitation simulated with uniform- and variable-resolution numerical experiments using the Model for Prediction...- publication PDF
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CME magnetic structure and IMF preconditioning affecting SEP transport
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar energetic particles (SEPs) are two phenomena that can cause severe space weather effects throughout the heliosphere. The evolution of...- publication PDF
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A multicase comparative assessment of the ensemble Kalman filter for...
The quality of convective-scale ensemble forecasts, initialized from analysis ensembles obtained through the assimilation of radar observations using an ensemble Kalman filter...- publication PDF
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The Influence of Airborne Doppler Radar Data Quality on Numerical...
The impact of airborne Doppler radar data assimilation on improving numerical simulations of tropical cyclones (TCs) has been well recognized. However, the influence of radar...- publication PDF
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Thermospheric hydrogen response to increases in greenhouse gases
We investigated thermospheric hydrogen response to increase in greenhouse gases and the dependence of this response to solar activity, using a global mean version of the...- publication PDF
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Health effects of climate and air pollution in Buenos Aires: A first time...
The impact of urban air pollution and temperature changes over health is a growing concern for epidemiologists all over the world and particularly for developing countries where...- publication PDF
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Resolved convection improves the representation of equatorial waves and...
Numerical weather and climate models continue to struggle with simulating equatorial waves and tropical rainfall variability. This study presents a potential remedy-high-...- publication PDF
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Mesoscale modeling of springtime Arctic mixed-phase stratiform clouds using...
A new two-moment bulk microphysics scheme is implemented into the polar version of the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University-NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5) to simulate...- publication PDF
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Representation of spatial and temporal variability in large-domain...
The transfer of parameter sets over different temporal and spatial resolutions is common practice in many large-domain hydrological modelling studies. The degree to which...- publication PDF
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The equatorial Pacific cold tongue bias in CESM1 and its influence on ENSO forecasts
The mean-state bias and the associated forecast errors of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are investigated in a suite of 2-yr-lead retrospective forecasts conducted with...- publication PDF
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Volcanic eruption signatures in the Isotope-Enabled Last Millennium Ensemble
Explosive volcanic eruptions are one of the largest natural climate perturbations, but few observational constraints exist on either the climate responses to eruptions or the...- publication PDF