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Determination of the ice particle size distributions using observations as...
The possibility is suggested of estimating particle size distributions (PSD) solely based on the bulk quantities of the hydrometeors. The method, inspired by the maximum entropy...- publication PDF
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Initiation and development of a squall line crossing Hangzhou Bay
The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of mesoscale thermal and dynamical processes near land-sea boundary on the formation and development of a squall line...- publication PDF
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Climatology and characteristics of stratospheric sudden warmings in the...
Major stratospheric sudden warmings (SSW) occurring during Northern Hemisphere winter were identified in four runs of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM). Their...- publication PDF
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Global warming due to increasing absorbed solar radiation
Global climate models used in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) are examined for the top-of-atmosphere radiation changes as...- publication PDF
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Impact of anthropogenic climate change on United States major hurricane...
Although anthropogenic climate change has contributed to warmer ocean temperatures that are seemingly more favorable for Atlantic hurricane development, no major hurricanes made...- publication PDF
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A unified approach to energy conservation and potential vorticity dynamics...
A numerical scheme applicable to arbitrarily-structured C-grids is presented for the nonlinear shallow-water equations. By discretizing the vector-invariant form of the momentum...- publication PDF
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A Tutorial for Using 'Rmpi' on the NCAR/Wyoming Supercomputer
The recent growth in the size and complexity of climate data as well as the availability of cluster and supercomputing resources has brought parallel programming to the...- publication PDF
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Turbulent mixing processes in atmospheric bores and solitary waves deduced...
Families of solitary waves ("solitons") associated with two atmospheric bores on the same day were observed by an unprecedented number of ground-based and airborne profiling...- publication PDF
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The effect of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the mesospheric migrating...
The response of the mesospheric migrating diurnal (DW1) tide to the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) is investigated for the first time using a simulation from the Specified-...- publication PDF
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Dominant effect of relative tropical Atlantic warming on major hurricane occurrence
Here we explore factors potentially linked to the enhanced major hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean during 2017. Using a suite of high-resolution model experiments, we...- publication PDF
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The Annual Cycle of Precipitation Over the Indian Subcontinent: Daily,...
This technical note documents the annual cycle of precipitation over the Indian subcontinent. Particular attention is focused upon India, the largest country within the region....- publication PDF
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Immediate and long-lasting impacts of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption on ocean...
Large volcanic eruptions drive significant climate perturbations through major anomalies in radiative fluxes and the resulting widespread cooling of the surface and upper ocean....- publication PDF
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The operational mesogamma-scale analysis and forecast system of the U.S....
During the summer months at the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command's (ATEC) White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), forecasting thunderstorm activity is one of the primary duties...- publication PDF
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A triple-moment representation of ice in the Predicted Particle Properties...
In the original Predicted Particle Properties (P3) bulk microphysics scheme, all ice-phase hydrometeors are represented by one or more "free" ice categories, where the physical...- publication PDF
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Documentation of NCAR CCM1 Program Modules
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The size distribution and mass-weighted terminal velocity of low-latitude...
Ice crystal terminal velocities govern the lifetime of radiatively complex, climatologically important, low-latitude tropopause cirrus clouds. To better understand cloud...- publication PDF
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Interglacials of the last 800,000 years
Interglacials, including the present (Holocene) period, are warm, low land ice extent (high sea level), end-members of glacial cycles. Based on a sea level definition, we...- publication PDF
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Evaluation and process-oriented diagnosis of the GEFSv12 reforecasts
Three levels of process-oriented model diagnostics are applied to evaluate the Global Ensemble Forecast System version 12 (GEFSv12) reforecasts. The level-1 diagnostics are...- publication PDF
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Workshop Review: Management of Data Collected in GRAMP (Gulf Region...
In response to the demolition and subsequent burning of the Kuwait oil fires this report summarizes a workshop that was held July 24-26, 1991 at the National Center for...- publication PDF
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Chronic disturbance modulates symbiont (Symbiodiniaceae) beta diversity on a...
Chronic disturbance can disrupt ecological interactions including the foundational symbiosis between reef-building corals and the dinoflagellate family Symbiodiniaceae....- publication PDF