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An Analytic Model for Tropical Cyclone Outer Winds by Cronin, Timothy W.

“…The variation of Tropical cyclone azimuthal wind speed (V) with distance from storm center (r) is a fundamental aspect of storm structure with important…”
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Photoreception and vision in the ultraviolet by Cronin, Thomas W, Bok, Michael J

“…Ultraviolet (UV) light occupies the spectral range of wavelengths slightly shorter than those visible to humans. Because of its shorter wavelength, it is more…”
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Earth’s outgoing longwave radiation linear due to H₂O greenhouse effect by Koll, Daniel D. B., Cronin, Timothy W.

“…Satellite measurements and radiative calculations show that Earth’s outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) is an essentially linear function of surface temperature…”
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Self‐aggregation of convection in long channel geometry by Wing, Allison A., Cronin, Timothy W.

“…Cloud cover and relative humidity in the Tropics are strongly influenced by organized atmospheric convection, which occurs across a range of spatial and…”
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The Transition to Double‐Celled Circulations in Mock‐Walker Simulations by Lutsko, Nicholas J., Cronin, Timothy W.

“…Mock‐Walker simulations have the potential to play a key role in a tropical model hierarchy, bridging small‐scale Radiative‐Convective Equilibrium simulations…”
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The Response of Tropical Rainfall to Idealized Small‐Scale Thermal and Mechanical Forcing by Velez‐Pardo, Martin, Cronin, Timothy W.

“…Predicting the spatiotemporal distribution of rainfall remains a key challenge in Tropical Meteorology, partly due to an incomplete understanding of the…”
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Role of air-mass transformations in exchange between the Arctic and mid-latitudes by Pithan, Felix, Svensson, Gunilla, Caballero, Rodrigo, Chechin, Dmitry, Cronin, Timothy W., Ekman, Annica M. L., Neggers, Roel, Shupe, Matthew D., Solomon, Amy, Tjernström, Michael, Wendisch, Manfred

“…Pulses of warm and moist air from lower latitudes provide energy to the Arctic and form its main energy source outside of the summer months. These pulses can…”
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Low clouds suppress Arctic air formation and amplify high-latitude continental winter warming by Cronin, Timothy W., Tziperman, Eli

“…High-latitude continents have warmed much more rapidly in recent decades than the rest of the globe, especially in winter, and the maintenance of warm,…”
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Ice Caps and Ice Belts: The Effects of Obliquity on Ice−Albedo Feedback by Rose, Brian E. J., Cronin, Timothy W., Bitz, Cecilia M.

“…Planetary obliquity determines the meridional distribution of the annual mean insolation. For obliquity exceeding 55°, the weakest insolation occurs at the…”
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Clouds, Circulation, and Climate Sensitivity in a Radiative‐Convective Equilibrium Channel Model by Cronin, Timothy W., Wing, Allison A.

“…Tropical cloud and circulation changes are large sources of uncertainty in future climate change. This problem owes partly to the scale separation between…”
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How Well do We Understand the Planck Feedback? by Cronin, Timothy W., Dutta, Ishir

“…A reference or “no‐feedback” radiative response to warming is fundamental to understanding how much global warming will occur for a given change in greenhouse…”
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Shedding new light on opsin evolution by Porter, Megan L, Blasic, Joseph R, Bok, Michael J, Cameron, Evan G, Pringle, Thomas, Cronin, Thomas W, Robinson, Phyllis R

“…Opsin proteins are essential molecules in mediating the ability of animals to detect and use light for diverse biological functions. Therefore, understanding…”
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Extended Work Shifts and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes among Interns by Barger, Laura K, Cade, Brian E, Ayas, Najib T, Cronin, John W, Rosner, Bernard, Speizer, Frank E, Czeisler, Charles A

“…Interns often work shifts lasting more than 24 hours. Since they usually get little sleep under such circumstances, they are at high risk for motor vehicle…”
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Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps by Daly, Ilse M., How, Martin J., Partridge, Julian C., Temple, Shelby E., Marshall, N. Justin, Cronin, Thomas W., Roberts, Nicholas W.

“…Gaze stabilization is an almost ubiquitous animal behaviour, one that is required to see the world clearly and without blur. Stomatopods, however, only fix…”
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Extraocular, Non-Visual, and Simple Photoreceptors: An Introduction to the Symposium by Cronin, Thomas W., Johnsen, Sönke

“…It has been recognized for decades that animals sense light using photoreceptors besides those that are devoted strictly to vision. However, the nature of…”
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Island precipitation enhancement and the diurnal cycle in radiative‐convective equilibrium by Cronin, Timothy W., Emanuel, Kerry A., Molnar, Peter

“…To understand why tropical islands are rainier than nearby ocean areas, we explore how a highly idealized island, which differs from the surrounding ocean only…”
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Spectral filtering enables trichromatic vision in colorful jumping spiders by Zurek, Daniel B., Cronin, Thomas W., Taylor, Lisa A., Byrne, Kevin, Sullivan, Mara L.G., Morehouse, Nathan I.

“…Jumping spiders (family Salticidae) are masters of miniature vision, achieving higher spatial resolution in relation to body size than any other animal [1]…”
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Consequences of Considering Carbon–Nitrogen Interactions on the Feedbacks between Climate and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle by Sokolov, Andrei P., Kicklighter, David W., Melillo, Jerry M., Felzer, Benjamin S., Schlosser, C. Adam, Cronin, Timothy W.

“…The impact of carbon–nitrogen dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems on the interaction between the carbon cycle and climate is studied using an earth system model…”
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Biological Sunscreens Tune Polychromatic Ultraviolet Vision in Mantis Shrimp by Bok, Michael J., Porter, Megan L., Place, Allen R., Cronin, Thomas W.

“…Stomatopod crustaceans, or mantis shrimp, are renowned for their complex visual systems. Their array of 16 types of photoreceptors provides complex color…”
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Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important? by Melillo, Jerry M, Reilly, John M, Kicklighter, David W, Gurgel, Angelo C, Cronin, Timothy W, Paltsev, Sergey, Felzer, Benjamin S, Wang, Xiaodong, Sokolov, Andrei P, Schlosser, C. Adam

“…A global biofuels program will lead to intense pressures on land supply and can increase greenhouse gas emissions from land-use changes. Using linked economic…”
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