Search Results - "McFarlane, S. A"

The spatial distribution of mineral dust and its shortwave radiative forcing over North Africa: modeling sensitivities to dust emissions and aerosol size treatments by Zhao, C., Liu, X., Leung, L. R., Johnson, B., McFarlane, S. A., Gustafson, W. I., Fast, J. D., Easter, R.

“…A fully coupled meteorology-chemistry-aerosol model (WRF-Chem) is applied to simulate mineral dust and its shortwave (SW) radiative forcing over North Africa…”
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Evaluation of cloud fraction and its radiative effect simulated by IPCC AR4 global models against ARM surface observations by Qian, Y, Long, C. N, Wang, H, Comstock, J. M, McFarlane, S. A, Xie, S

“…Cloud Fraction (CF) is the dominant modulator of radiative fluxes. In this study, we evaluate CF simulated in the IPCC AR4 GCMs against ARM long-term…”
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Vertical distribution and radiative effects of mineral dust and biomass burning aerosol over West Africa during DABEX by Johnson, B. T., Heese, B., McFarlane, S. A., Chazette, P., Jones, A., Bellouin, N.

“…This paper presents measurements of the vertical distribution of aerosol extinction coefficient over West Africa during the Dust and Biomass‐burning Aerosol…”
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Observations of the impact of a major Saharan dust storm on the atmospheric radiation balance by Slingo, A., Ackerman, T. P., Allan, R. P., Kassianov, E. I., McFarlane, S. A., Robinson, G. J., Barnard, J. C., Miller, M. A., Harries, J. E., Russell, J. E., Dewitte, S.

“…Saharan dust storms have often been observed from space, but the full impact on the Earth's radiation balance has been difficult to assess, due to limited…”
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Significant decadal brightening of downwelling shortwave in the continental United States by Long, C. N., Dutton, E. G., Augustine, J. A., Wiscombe, W., Wild, M., McFarlane, S. A., Flynn, C. J.

“…We conduct analyses of all‐sky and clear‐sky surface downwelling shortwave radiation and bulk cloud properties using data from several Department of Energy…”
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TWP-ICE global atmospheric model intercomparison: Convection responsiveness and resolution impact by Lin, Yanluan, Donner, L. J., Petch, J., Bechtold, P., Boyle, J., Klein, S. A., Komori, T., Wapler, K., Willett, M., Xie, X., Zhao, M., Xie, S., McFarlane, S. A., Schumacher, C.

“…Results are presented from an intercomparison of atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) simulations of tropical convection during the Tropical Warm…”
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Frequency and morphology of tropical tropopause layer cirrus from CALIPSO observations: Are isolated cirrus different from those connected to deep convection? by Riihimaki, L. D., McFarlane, S. A.

“…Tropical tropopause layer cirrus (TTLC) profiles identified from CALIPSO lidar measurements are grouped into cloud objects and classified according to whether…”
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Significant host jump of Xanthomonas vasicola from sugarcane to a Eucalyptus grandis clone in South Africa by Coutinho, T. A, Westhuizen, L, Roux, J, McFarlane, S. A, Venter, S. N

“…A number of bacterial pathogens have previously been shown to cause blight and die‐back of Eucalyptus species. These include Pantoea ananatis, Pseudomonas…”
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Reconciling Ground-Based and Space-Based Estimates of the Frequency of Occurrence and Radiative Effect of Clouds around Darwin, Australia by Protat, A., Young, S. A., McFarlane, S. A., L’Ecuyer, T., Mace, G. G., Comstock, J. M., Long, C. N., Berry, E., Delanoë, J.

“…The objective of this paper is to investigate whether estimates of the cloud frequency of occurrence and associated cloud radiative forcing as derived from…”
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rapid and visual loop‐mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli targeting a transposase gene by Ghai, M, Singh, V, Martin, L.A, McFarlane, S.A, Antwerpen, T, Rutherford, R.S

“…Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli (Lxx), causal organism of ratoon stunt (RSD), does not produce any reliable internal or external symptoms on sugarcane. Its…”
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Evaluating regional cloud-permitting simulations of the WRF model for the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE), Darwin, 2006 by Wang, Yi, Long, C. N., Leung, L. R., Dudhia, J., McFarlane, S. A., Mather, J. H., Ghan, S. J., Liu, X.

“…Data from the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP‐ICE) were used to evaluate Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations with…”
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Surface shortwave aerosol radiative forcing during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Mobile Facility deployment in Niamey, Niger by McFarlane, S. A., Kassianov, E. I., Barnard, J., Flynn, C., Ackerman, T. P.

“…The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program's Mobile Facility (AMF) was deployed to Niamey, Niger, during 2006. Niamey, which is located in sub‐Saharan…”
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Optical properties of shallow tropical cumuli derived from ARM ground-based remote sensing by McFarlane, S. A., Grabowski, W. W.

“…This paper presents results from ground‐based remote sensing of optical properties of shallow convective clouds over the Nauru ARM site using the technique…”
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Development of a high spectral resolution surface albedo product for the ARM Southern Great Plains central facility by McFarlane, S. A., Gaustad, K. L., Mlawer, E. J., Long, C. N., Delamere, J.

“…We present a method for identifying dominant surface type and estimating high spectral resolution surface albedo at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)…”
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Touchdown PCR assay for the rapid diagnosis of tawny rust caused by Macruropyxis fulva on sugarcane by Martin, Lauren Anne, Rutherford, RS, McFarlane, SA

“…Macruropyxis fulva is a newly described rust pathogen causing tawny rust of sugarcane in southern Africa. It has been observed on a number of commercial South…”
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Retrieval of aerosol optical depth in vicinity of broken clouds from reflectance ratios: case study by Kassianov, E., Ovchinnikov, M., Berg, L. K., McFarlane, S. A., Flynn, C., Ferrare, R., Hostetler, C., Alexandrov, M.

“…A recently developed reflectance ratio (RR) method for the retrieval of aerosol optical depth (AOD) is evaluated using extensive airborne and ground-based data…”
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ARM RESEARCH IN THE EQUATORIAL WESTERN PACIFIC: A DECADE AND COUNTING by Long, C. N., McFarlane, S. A., Del Genio, A., Minnis, P., Ackerman, T. P., Mather, J., Comstock, J., Mace, G. G., Jensen, M., Jakob, C.

“…The tropical western Pacific (TWP) is an important climatic region. Strong solar heating, warm sea surface temperatures, and the annual progression of the…”
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Macruropyxis fulva sp. nov., a new rust (Pucciniales) infecting sugarcane in southern Africa by Martin, L. A., Lloyd Evans, D., Castlebury, L. A., Sifundza, J. T., Comstock, J. C., Rutherford, R. S., McFarlane, S. A.

“…An unknown species of rust was observed on sugarcane in Swaziland and South Africa in 2008. Infected leaves showed rust-like symptoms on the abaxial and…”
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Interactions between Fusarium species from sugarcane and the stalk borer, Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by McFarlane, S.A, Govender, P, Rutherford, R.S

“…In this study, beneficial relationships between Fusarium species in sugarcane and the stalk borer, Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) were demonstrated…”
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THIN LIQUID WATER CLOUDS: Their Importance and Our Challenge by Turner, D. D., Vogelmann, A. M., Austin, R. T., Barnard, J. C., Cady-Pereira, K., Chiu, J. C., Clough, S. A., Flynn, C., Khaiyer, M. M., Liljegren, J., Johnson, K., Lin, B., Long, C., Marshak, A., Matrosov, S. Y., McFarlane, S. A., Miller, M., Min, Q., Minnis, P., O’Hirok, W., Wang, Z., Wiscombe, W.

“…Many of the clouds important to the Earth’s energy balance, from the Tropics to the Arctic, contain small amounts of liquid water. Longwave and shortwave…”
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