Search Results - "Letcher, Theodore W."

The AFWA dust emission scheme for the GOCART aerosol model in WRF-Chem v3.8.1 by LeGrand, Sandra L, Polashenski, Chris, Letcher, Theodore W, Creighton, Glenn A, Peckham, Steven E, Cetola, Jeffrey D

“…Airborne particles of mineral dust play a key role in Earth's climate system and affect human activities around the globe. The numerical weather modeling…”
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The Character and Causes of Elevation-Dependent Warming in High-Resolution Simulations of Rocky Mountain Climate Change by Minder, Justin R., Letcher, Theodore W., Liu, Changhai

“…The character and causes of elevation-dependent warming (EDW) of surface temperatures are examined in a suite of high-resolution (Dx ≤ 12 km) regional climate…”
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Characterization of the Simulated Regional Snow Albedo Feedback Using a Regional Climate Model over Complex Terrain by Letcher, Theodore W., Minder, Justin R.

“…Midlatitude mountain regions are particularly sensitive to climate change because of an active snow albedo feedback (SAF). Here, the SAF is characterized and…”
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An evaluation of high‐resolution regional climate model simulations of snow cover and albedo over the Rocky Mountains, with implications for the simulated snow‐albedo feedback by Minder, Justin R., Letcher, Theodore W., Skiles, S. McKenzie

“…The snow‐albedo feedback (SAF) strongly influences climate over midlatitude mountainous regions. However, over these regions the skill of regional climate…”
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Thunderstorm Characteristics during the Ontario Winter Lake-Effect Systems Project by Steiger, Scott M., Kranz, Tyler, Letcher, Theodore W.

“…The Ontario Winter Lake-Effect Systems (OWLeS) field campaign during the winter season of 2013/14 provided unprecedented data with regard to the structure and…”
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Application of a satellite-retrieved sheltering parameterization (v1.0) for dust event simulation with WRF-Chem v4.1 by LeGrand, Sandra L, Letcher, Theodore W, Okin, Gregory S, Webb, Nicholas P, Gallagher, Alex R, Dhital, Saroj, Hodgdon, Taylor S, Ziegler, Nancy P, Michaels, Michelle L

“…Roughness features (e.g., rocks, vegetation, furrows) that shelter or attenuate wind flow over the soil surface can considerably affect the magnitude and…”
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Synoptic Analysis and WRF‐Chem Model Simulation of Dust Events in the Southwestern United States by Dhital, Saroj, Webb, Nicholas P., Chappell, Adrian, Kaplan, Michael L., Nauman, Travis W., Tyree, Gayle, Duniway, Michael C., Edwards, Brandon, LeGrand, Sandra L., Letcher, Theodore W., McKenzie Skiles, S., Naple, Patrick, Chaney, Nathaniel W., Cai, Jiaxuan

“…Dust transported from rangelands of the Southwestern United States (US) to mountain snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin during spring (March‐May) forces…”
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