Search Results - "Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres"

Radiative forcing by long-lived greenhouse gases: Calculations with the AER radiative transfer models by Iacono, Michael J., Delamere, Jennifer S., Mlawer, Eli J., Shephard, Mark W., Clough, Shepard A., Collins, William D.

“…A primary component of the observed recent climate change is the radiative forcing from increased concentrations of long‐lived greenhouse gases (LLGHGs)…”
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A European daily high-resolution gridded data set of surface temperature and precipitation for 1950–2006 by Haylock, M. R., Hofstra, N., Klein Tank, A. M. G., Klok, E. J., Jones, P. D., New, M.

“…We present a European land‐only daily high‐resolution gridded data set for precipitation and minimum, maximum, and mean surface temperature for the period…”
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Detecting inhomogeneities in Caribbean and adjacent Caribbean temperature data using sea-surface temperatures by Stephenson, T. S., Goodess, C. M., Haylock, M. R., Chen, A. A., Taylor, M. A.

“…This study presents a systematic evaluation of the homogeneity of daily surface temperature observations for the Caribbean and neighboring regions on a monthly…”
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Quantifying uncertainties in global and regional temperature change using an ensemble of observational estimates: The HadCRUT4 data set by Morice, Colin P., Kennedy, John J., Rayner, Nick A., Jones, Phil D.

“…Recent developments in observational near‐surface air temperature and sea‐surface temperature analyses are combined to produce HadCRUT4, a new data set of…”
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An Updated Assessment of Near‐Surface Temperature Change From 1850: The HadCRUT5 Data Set by Morice, C. P., Kennedy, J. J., Rayner, N. A., Winn, J. P., Hogan, E., Killick, R. E., Dunn, R. J. H., Osborn, T. J., Jones, P. D., Simpson, I. R.

“…We present a new version of the Met Office Hadley Centre/Climatic Research Unit global surface temperature data set, HadCRUT5. HadCRUT5 presents monthly…”
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Global dimming and brightening: A review by Wild, Martin

“…There is increasing evidence that the amount of solar radiation incident at the Earth's surface is not stable over the years but undergoes significant decadal…”
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Continental-scale water and energy flux analysis and validation for the North American Land Data Assimilation System project phase 2 (NLDAS-2): 1. Intercomparison and application of model products by Xia, Youlong, Mitchell, Kenneth, Ek, Michael, Sheffield, Justin, Cosgrove, Brian, Wood, Eric, Luo, Lifeng, Alonge, Charles, Wei, Helin, Meng, Jesse, Livneh, Ben, Lettenmaier, Dennis, Koren, Victor, Duan, Qingyun, Mo, Kingtse, Fan, Yun, Mocko, David

“…Results are presented from the second phase of the multiinstitution North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS‐2) research partnership. In NLDAS, the…”
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The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah-MP): 1. Model description and evaluation with local-scale measurements by Niu, Guo-Yue, Yang, Zong-Liang, Mitchell, Kenneth E., Chen, Fei, Ek, Michael B., Barlage, Michael, Kumar, Anil, Manning, Kevin, Niyogi, Dev, Rosero, Enrique, Tewari, Mukul, Xia, Youlong

“…This first paper of the two‐part series describes the objectives of the community efforts in improving the Noah land surface model (LSM), documents, through…”
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Spatial and seasonal distributions of carbonaceous aerosols over China by Cao, J. J., Lee, S. C., Chow, J. C., Watson, J. G., Ho, K. F., Zhang, R. J., Jin, Z. D., Shen, Z. X., Chen, G. C., Kang, Y. M., Zou, S. C., Zhang, L. Z., Qi, S. H., Dai, M. H., Cheng, Y., Hu, K.

“…Simultaneous measurements of atmospheric organic and elemental carbon (OC and EC) were taken during winter and summer seasons at 2003 in 14 cities in China…”
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Optical constants of ice from the ultraviolet to the microwave: A revised compilation by Warren, Stephen G., Brandt, Richard E.

“…A compilation of the spectral absorption coefficient of ice Ih is presented for temperatures near the melting point, superseding the compilation of Warren…”
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Organic tracers of primary biological aerosol particles at subtropical Okinawa Island in the western North Pacific Rim by Zhu, Chunmao, Kawamura, Kimitaka, Kunwar, Bhagawati

“…Primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs) play an important role in affecting atmospheric physical and chemical properties. Aerosol samples were collected…”
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Hemispheric and large-scale land-surface air temperature variations: An extensive revision and an update to 2010 by Jones, P. D., Lister, D. H., Osborn, T. J., Harpham, C., Salmon, M., Morice, C. P.

“…This study is an extensive revision of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) land station temperature database that has been used to produce a grid‐box data set of…”
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Improvements in the GISTEMP Uncertainty Model by Lenssen, Nathan J. L., Schmidt, Gavin A., Hansen, James E., Menne, Matthew J., Persin, Avraham, Ruedy, Reto, Zyss, Daniel

“…We outline a new and improved uncertainty analysis for the Goddard Institute for Space Studies Surface Temperature product version 4 (GISTEMP v4). Historical…”
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Online simulations of global aerosol distributions in the NASA GEOS-4 model and comparisons to satellite and ground-based aerosol optical depth by Colarco, Peter, da Silva, Arlindo, Chin, Mian, Diehl, Thomas

“…We have implemented a module for tropospheric aerosols (GO CART) online in the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System version 4 model and simulated global aerosol…”
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Performance metrics for climate models by Gleckler, P. J., Taylor, K. E., Doutriaux, C.

“…Objective measures of climate model performance are proposed and used to assess simulations of the 20th century, which are available from the Coupled Model…”
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An empirical seasonal prediction model of the east Asian summer monsoon using ENSO and NAO by Wu, Zhiwei, Wang, Bin, Li, Jianping, Jin, Fei-Fei

“…How to predict the year‐to‐year variation of the east Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is one of the most challenging and important tasks in climate prediction. It…”
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Characteristics and trends in various forms of the Palmer Drought Severity Index during 1900-2008 by Dai, Aiguo

“…The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) has been widely used to study aridity changes in modern and past climates. Efforts to address its major problems have…”
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Assessing objective techniques for gauge-based analyses of global daily precipitation by Chen, Mingyue, Shi, Wei, Xie, Pingping, Silva, Viviane B. S., Kousky, Vernon E., Wayne Higgins, R., Janowiak, John E.

“…Three objective techniques used to obtain gauge‐based daily precipitation analyses over global land areas are assessed. The objective techniques include the…”
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Global aerosol climatology from the MODIS satellite sensors by Remer, Lorraine A., Kleidman, Richard G., Levy, Robert C., Kaufman, Yoram J., Tanré, Didier, Mattoo, Shana, Martins, J. Vanderlei, Ichoku, Charles, Koren, Ilan, Yu, Hongbin, Holben, Brent N.

“…The recently released Collection 5 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol products provide a consistent record of the Earth's aerosol…”
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Volcanic forcing of climate over the past 1500 years: An improved ice core-based index for climate models by Gao, Chaochao, Robock, Alan, Ammann, Caspar

“…Understanding natural causes of climate change is vital to evaluate the relative impacts of human pollution and land surface modification on climate. We have…”
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