Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

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Volume 80 (2023): Issue 9 (Sep 2023)

About the Journal

The Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (JAS) publishes basic research related to the physics, dynamics, and chemistry of the atmosphere of Earth and other planets, with emphasis on the quantitative and deductive aspects of the subject.

ISSN: 0022-4928; eISSN: 1520-0469

Editor in Chief

Anne K. Smith, National Center for Atmospheric Research

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2022 Journal Impact Factors in the Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category

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Measuring convective organization

Giovanni Biagioli
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Adrian Mark Tompkins
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Decomposition of vertical velocity and its zonal wavenumber kinetic energy spectra in the hydrostatic atmosphere

Nedjeljka Žagar
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Valentino Neduhal
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Sergiy Vasylkevych
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Žiga Zaplotnik
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Hiroshi L. Tanaka
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Infrared scattering of cloud in an isothermal atmosphere

Chongxing Fan
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Xianglei Huang
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On the Roles of Precipitation and Entrainment in Stratocumulus Transitions Between Mesoscale States

Fabian Hoffmann
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Franziska Glassmeier
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Takanobu Yamaguchi
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Graham Feingold
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On the Physics of High CAPE

Kerry Emanuel
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What controls the entrainment rate of dry buoyant thermals with varying initial aspect ratio?

Hugh Morrison
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Nadir Jeevanjee
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Daniel Lecoanet
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John M. Peters
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Diurnally Forced Tropical Gravity Waves Under Varying Stability

Ewan Short
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Todd P. Lane
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Craig H. Bishop
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Matthew C. Wheeler
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The two- to four-day predictability of midlatitude cyclones: Don’t sweat the small stuff

Daniel J. Lloveras
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Dale R. Durran
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James D. Doyle
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Assessment of warm and dry bias over ARM SGP site in E3SMv2 and E3SM-MMF

Jungmin M. Lee
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Cheng Tao
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Walter M. Hannah
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Shaocheng Xie
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David C. Bader
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The role of subtropical Rossby waves in amplifying the divergent circulation of the Madden Julian Oscillation

Pragallva Barpanda
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Stefan Tulich
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Juliana Dias
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George N. Kiladis
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Kelvin Helmholtz Instability “Tube” & “Knot” Dynamics, Part I: Expanding Observational Evidence of Occurrence and Environmental Influences

David C. Fritts
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Gerd Baumgarten
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P.-Dominique Pautet
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James H. Hecht
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Bifford P. Williams
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Natalie Kaifler
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Bernd Kaifler
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C. Bjorn Kjellstrand
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Ling Wang
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Michael J. Taylor
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Amber D. Miller

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Review of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions: Mechanisms, Significance, and Challenges

Jiwen Fan
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Yuan Wang
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Daniel Rosenfeld
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Xiaohong Liu
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Spectrally Consistent Scattering, Absorption, and Polarization Properties of Atmospheric Ice Crystals at Wavelengths from 0.2 to 100 μm

Ping Yang
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Lei Bi
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Bryan A. Baum
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Kuo-Nan Liou
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George W. Kattawar
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Michael I. Mishchenko
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Benjamin Cole
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Representing Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Convection in Large-Scale Models

Peter Bechtold
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Noureddine Semane
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Philippe Lopez
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Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
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Anton Beljaars
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Niels Bormann
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A Particle-Surface-Area-Based Parameterization of Immersion Freezing on Desert Dust Particles

Monika Niemand
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Ottmar Möhler
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Bernhard Vogel
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Heike Vogel
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Corinna Hoose
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Paul Connolly
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Holger Klein
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Heinz Bingemer
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Paul DeMott
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Julian Skrotzki
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Thomas Leisner
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Have Aerosols Caused the Observed Atlantic Multidecadal Variability?

Rong Zhang
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Thomas L. Delworth
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Rowan Sutton
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Daniel L. R. Hodson
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Keith W. Dixon
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Isaac M. Held
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Yochanan Kushnir
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John Marshall
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Yi Ming
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Rym Msadek
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Jon Robson
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Anthony J. Rosati
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MingFang Ting
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Gabriel A. Vecchi
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Turbulence Regimes and Turbulence Intermittency in the Stable Boundary Layer during CASES-99

Jielun Sun
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Larry Mahrt
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Robert M. Banta
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Yelena L. Pichugina

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What Is the Predictability Limit of Midlatitude Weather?

Fuqing Zhang
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Y. Qiang Sun
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Linus Magnusson
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Roberto Buizza
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Shian-Jiann Lin
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Jan-Huey Chen
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Kerry Emanuel
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The Mysteries of Mammatus Clouds: Observations and Formation Mechanisms

David M. Schultz
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Katharine M. Kanak
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Jerry M. Straka
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Robert J. Trapp
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Brent A. Gordon
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Dusan S. Zrnić
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George H. Bryan
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Adam J. Durant
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Timothy J. Garrett
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Petra M. Klein
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Douglas K. Lilly
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