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Sea Ice Loss and Arctic Cyclone Activity from 1979 to 2014 by Koyama, Tomoko, Stroeve, Julienne, Cassano, John, Crawford, Alex

“…Extensive summer sea ice loss has occurred within the Beaufort, Chukchi, East Siberian, and Laptev Seas over the last decade. Associated anomalies in sensible…”
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Polar research: Six priorities for Antarctic science by Kennicutt, Mahlon C., Chown, Steven L., Cassano, John J., Liggett, Daniela, Massom, Rob, Peck, Lloyd S., Rintoul, Steve R., Storey, John W. V., Vaughan, David G., Wilson, Terry J., Sutherland, William J.

“…Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, Steven L. Chown and colleagues outline the most pressing questions in southern polar research, and call for greater collaboration and…”
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The role of interdecadal climate oscillations in driving Arctic atmospheric river trends by Ma, Weiming, Wang, Hailong, Chen, Gang, Leung, L. Ruby, Lu, Jian, Rasch, Philip J., Fu, Qiang, Kravitz, Ben, Zou, Yufei, Cassano, John J., Maslowski, Wieslaw

“…Atmospheric rivers (ARs), intrusions of warm and moist air, can effectively drive weather extremes over the Arctic and trigger subsequent impact on sea ice and…”
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The climatological distribution of extreme Arctic winds and implications for ocean and sea ice processes by Hughes, Mimi, Cassano, John J.

“…Some of the strongest near‐surface winds on Earth form in the Arctic and sub‐Arctic due to intense midlatitude cyclones and mesoscale processes, and these…”
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Mesoscale evaluation of AMPS using AWARE radar observations of a wind and precipitation event over the Ross Island region of Antarctica by Kingsmill, David E., Seefeldt, Mark W., Cassano, John J.

“…Surface, upper‐air, and radar observations are used to assess the performance of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) in simulating the mesoscale…”
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A DECADE OF ANTARCTIC SCIENCE SUPPORT THROUGH AMPS by Powers, Jordan G., Manning, Kevin W., Bromwich, David H., Cassano, John J., Cayette, Arthur M.

“…The Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) is a real-time numerical weather prediction (NWP) system covering Antarctica that has served a remarkable…”
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Evaluation of Southern Ocean cloud in the HadGEM3 general circulation model and MERRA-2 reanalysis using ship-based observations by Kuma, Peter, McDonald, Adrian J, Morgenstern, Olaf, Alexander, Simon P, Cassano, John J, Garrett, Sally, Halla, Jamie, Hartery, Sean, Harvey, Mike J, Parsons, Simon, Plank, Graeme, Varma, Vidya, Williams, Jonny

“…Southern Ocean (SO) shortwave (SW) radiation biases are a common problem in contemporary general circulation models (GCMs), with most models exhibiting a…”
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Local and large-scale atmospheric responses to reduced Arctic sea ice and ocean warming in the WRF model by Porter, David F., Cassano, John J., Serreze, Mark C.

“…The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is used to explore the sensitivity of the large‐scale atmospheric energy and moisture budgets to prescribed…”
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Impacts of reduced sea ice on winter Arctic atmospheric circulation, precipitation, and temperature by Higgins, Matthew E., Cassano, John J.

“…Changes predicted by the Community Atmospheric Model version 3 (CAM3) in winter Arctic atmospheric circulation, precipitation, and temperature due to projected…”
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An automated satellite cloud classification scheme using self‐organizing maps: Alternative ISCCP weather states by McDonald, Adrian J., Cassano, John J., Jolly, Ben, Parsons, Simon, Schuddeboom, Alex

“…This study explores the application of the self‐organizing map (SOM) methodology to cloud classification. In particular, the SOM is applied to the joint…”
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Characteristics of the near‐surface atmosphere over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica by Cassano, John J., Nigro, Melissa A., Lazzara, Matthew A.

“…Two years of data from a 30 m instrumented tower are used to characterize the near‐surface atmospheric state over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Stable…”
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Changes in synoptic weather patterns and Greenland precipitation in the 20th and 21st centuries: 2. Analysis of 21st century atmospheric changes using self-organizing maps by Schuenemann, Keah C., Cassano, John J.

“…Using a three‐model ensemble, predictions of increasing Greenland precipitation over the 21st century are analyzed using self‐organizing maps (SOMs). The…”
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Meteorological conditions during the MOSAiC expedition: Normal or anomalous? by Rinke, Annette, Cassano, John J, Cassano, Elizabeth N, Jaiser Ralf, Handorf Dörthe

“…This article sets the near-surface meteorological conditions during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate expedition in…”
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Effects of Spectral Nudging in WRF on Arctic Temperature and Precipitation Simulations by Glisan, Justin M., Gutowski, William J., Cassano, John J., Higgins, Matthew E.

“…Spectral (interior) nudging is a way of constraining a model to be more consistent with observed behavior. However, such control over model behavior raises…”
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Thermodynamic and kinematic drivers of atmospheric boundary layer stability in the central Arctic during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) by Jozef, Gina C, Cassano, John J, Dahlke, Sandro, Dice, Mckenzie, Cox, Christopher J, de Boer, Gijs

“…Observations collected during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) provide a detailed description of the impact…”
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Evaluation of the Coupled Arctic Forecast System’s representation of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer vertical structure during MOSAiC by Jozef, Gina, Cassano, John J., Solomon, Amy, Intrieri, Janet, de Boer, Gijs

“…Observations from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) were used to evaluate the Coupled Arctic Forecast System…”
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An overview of the vertical structure of the atmospheric boundary layer in the central Arctic during MOSAiC by Jozef, Gina C, Cassano, John J, Dahlke, Sandro, Dice, Mckenzie, Cox, Christopher J, de Boer, Gijs

“…Observations collected during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) provide an annual cycle of the vertical…”
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Circulation and surface controls on the lower tropospheric air temperature field of the Arctic by Serreze, Mark C., Barrett, Andrew P., Cassano, John J.

“…Characteristics of the 925 hPa Arctic air temperature field are evaluated with respect to controls by horizontal temperature advection, vertical motion, and…”
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Atmospheric impacts of an Arctic sea ice minimum as seen in the Community Atmosphere Model by Cassano, Elizabeth N., Cassano, John J., Higgins, Matthew E., Serreze, Mark C.

“…There is growing recognition that reductions in Arctic sea ice extent will influence patterns of atmospheric circulation both within and beyond the Arctic. We…”
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A description of the Ross Ice Shelf air stream (RAS) through the use of self-organizing maps (SOMs) by Seefeldt, Mark W., Cassano, John J.

“…The low‐level wind field across the Ross Ice Shelf region, Antarctica is studied through the method of self‐organizing maps (SOMs). Emphasis is placed on…”
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