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Observed and Potential Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Environment by Cheval, Sorin, Mihai Adamescu, Cristian, Georgiadis, Teodoro, Herrnegger, Mathew, Piticar, Adrian, Legates, David R

“…Various environmental factors influence the outbreak and spread of epidemic or even pandemic events which, in turn, may cause feedbacks on the environment. The…”
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A refined index of model performance: a rejoinder by Legates, David R., McCabe, Gregory J.

“…Willmott et al. [Willmott CJ, Robeson SM, Matsuura K. 2012. A refined index of model performance. International Journal of Climatology, forthcoming…”
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Detection of climate transitions and discontinuities by Hurst rescaling by Legates, David R., Outcalt, Samuel I.

“…The method of Outcalt et al., based on work developed originally by Hurst, is re‐examined to evaluate its efficacy in delineating changes in trends and…”
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Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate by Mahmood, Rezaul, Pielke, Roger A., Hubbard, Kenneth G., Niyogi, Dev, Dirmeyer, Paul A., McAlpine, Clive, Carleton, Andrew M., Hale, Robert, Gameda, Samuel, Beltrán‐Przekurat, Adriana, Baker, Bruce, McNider, Richard, Legates, David R., Shepherd, Marshall, Du, Jinyang, Blanken, Peter D., Frauenfeld, Oliver W., Nair, U.S., Fall, Souleymane

“…ABSTRACT Land cover changes (LCCs) play an important role in the climate system. Research over recent decades highlights the impacts of these changes on…”
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Predicting the impact of biochar on the saturated hydraulic conductivity of natural and engineered media by Yan, Yudi, Akbar Nakhli, Seyyed Ali, Jin, Jing, Mills, Godfrey, Willson, Clinton S., Legates, David R., Manahiloh, Kalehiwot Nega, Imhoff, Paul T.

“…If biochar is applied to soil or stormwater treatment media, the saturated hydraulic conductivity (K) may be altered, which is a critical property affecting…”
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Phenoseasonal subcanopy light dynamics and the effects of light on the physiological ecology of a common understory shrub, Lindera benzoin by Hudson, Janice E, Levia, Delphis F, Hudson, Sean A, Bais, Harsh P, Legates, David R

“…The purpose of this work was to quantify the variation of subcanopy spatiotemporal light dynamics over the course of a year and to link it to the physiological…”
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Solar irradiance modulation of Equator-to-Pole (Arctic) temperature gradients: Empirical evidence for climate variation on multi-decadal timescales by Soon, Willie, Legates, David R.

“…Using thermometer-based air temperature records for the period 1850–2010, we present empirical evidence for a direct relationship between total solar…”
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Soil moisture: A central and unifying theme in physical geography by Legates, David R., Mahmood, Rezaul, Levia, Delphis F., DeLiberty, Tracy L., Quiring, Steven M., Houser, Chris, Nelson, Frederick E.

“…Soil moisture is a critical component of the earth system and plays an integrative role among the various subfields of physical geography. This paper…”
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Northern Hemisphere Snow-Cover Trends (1967–2018): A Comparison between Climate Models and Observations by Connolly, Ronan, Connolly, Michael, Soon, Willie, Legates, David, Cionco, Rodolfo, Velasco Herrera, Víctor

“…Observed changes in Northern Hemisphere snow cover from satellite records were compared to those predicted by all available Coupled Model Intercomparison…”
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Evaluating the use of "goodness-of-fit" Measures in hydrologic and hydroclimatic model validation by Legates, David R., McCabe, Gregory J.

“…Correlation and correlation‐based measures (e.g., the coefficient of determination) have been widely used to evaluate the “goodness‐of‐fit” of hydrologic and…”
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Evaluation of a simple, point-scale hydrologic model in simulating soil moisture using the Delaware environmental observing system by Legates, David R., Junghenn, Katherine T.

“…Many local weather station networks that measure a number of meteorological variables (i.e. , mesonetworks) have recently been established, with soil moisture…”
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Interactions of tropical cyclones with the Windward and Leeward Islands by Legates, David R., Ugwu, Ernest B. I., Seraphin, Anthony, Lankford, Aaron J.

“…Using the Atlantic Hurricane Database (HURDAT2) and the General Bathymetry Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO‐2014), the probability of tropical cyclones of various…”
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Bias corrections of long-term (1973–2004) daily precipitation data over the northern regions by Yang, Daqing, Kane, Douglas, Zhang, Zhongping, Legates, David, Goodison, Barry

“…A consistent daily bias correction procedure was applied at 4802 stations over high latitude regions (North of 45°N) to quantify the precipitation gauge…”
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CLIMATE MODELS AND THEIR SIMULATION OF PRECIPITATION by Legates, David R.

“…Current state-of-the-art General Circulation Models (GCMs) do not simulate precipitation well because they do not include the full range of…”
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Arctic albedo changes are small compared with changes in cloud cover in the tropics by Legates, David R, Eschenbach, Willis, Soon, Willie

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Response to the comment on: “Soon, W., and Legates, D.R., solar irradiance modulation of equator-to-pole (Arctic) temperature gradients: empirical evidence for climate variation on multi-decadal timescales. Journal of Atmospheric and solar-terrestrial physics, 93, (2013) 45–56” by F. Meunier and A. H. Reis by Soon, Willie, Legates, David R.

“…We thank Meunier and Reis (hereafter as MR) for their comments on our paper. We, however, do not see the relevance of their alternative interpretation to our…”
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The Detection and Attribution of Northern Hemisphere Land Surface Warming (1850–2018) in Terms of Human and Natural Factors: Challenges of Inadequate Data by Willie Soon, Ronan Connolly, Michael Connolly, Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Sallie Baliunas, Johan Berglund, Antonio Bianchini, William M. Briggs, C. J. Butler, Rodolfo Gustavo Cionco, Marcel Crok, Ana G. Elias, Valery M. Fedorov, François Gervais, Hermann Harde, Gregory W. Henry, Douglas V. Hoyt, Ole Humlum, David R. Legates, Anthony R. Lupo, Shigenori Maruyama, Patrick Moore, Maxim Ogurtsov, Coilín ÓhAiseadha, Marcos J. Oliveira, Seok-Soon Park, Shican Qiu, Gerré Quinn, Nicola Scafetta, Jan-Erik Solheim, Jim Steele, László Szarka, Hiroshi L. Tanaka, Mitchell K. Taylor, Fritz Vahrenholt, Víctor M. Velasco Herrera, Weijia Zhang

“…A statistical analysis was applied to Northern Hemisphere land surface temperatures (1850–2018) to try to identify the main drivers of the observed warming…”
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Variation in surface air temperature of China during the 20th century by Soon, Willie, Dutta, Koushik, Legates, David R., Velasco, Victor, Zhang, WeiJia

“…The 20th century surface air temperature (SAT) records of China from various sources are analyzed using data which include the recently released Twentieth…”
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Regional Differences in the Human Toll from Tornadoes: A New Look at an Old Idea by Biddle, Matthew D., Brown, Ryan P., Doswell, Charles A., Legates, David R.

“…Previously published claims of large regional (northern vs southern states) differences in risks of fatality associated with tornadoes in the United States are…”
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The University vs. Academic Freedom by Legates, David R.

“…In November 2009, approximately 61 MB of computer files, including 1,079 e-mails and 72 electronic documents from the servers at the Climatic Research Unit at…”
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