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James O. H. Russell
and
Anantha Aiyyer

Abstract

The dynamics of African easterly waves (AEWs) are investigated from the perspective of potential vorticity (PV) using data from global reanalysis projects. To a leading order, AEW evolution is governed by four processes: advection of the wave-scale PV by background flow, advection of background PV by the AEW, diabatic forcing due to wave-scale moist convection, and coupling between the wave and background diabatic forcing. Moist convection contributes significantly to the growth of AEWs in the midtroposphere, and to both growth and propagation of AEWs near the surface. The former is associated with stratiform clouds while the latter with deep convection. Moist convection helps maintain a more upright AEW PV column against the background shear, which makes the wave structure conducive for tropical cyclogenesis. It is also argued that—contrary to the hypothesis in some prior studies—the canonical diabatic Rossby wave model is likely not applicable to AEWs.

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Peter G. Veals
,
Adam C. Varble
,
James O. H. Russell
,
Joseph C. Hardin
, and
Edward J. Zipser

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An aerosol indirect effect on deep convective cores (DCCs), by which increasing aerosol concentration increases cloud-top height via enhanced latent heating and updraft velocity, has been proposed in many studies. However, the magnitude of this effect remains uncertain due to aerosol measurement limitations, modulation of the effect by meteorological conditions, and difficulties untangling meteorological and aerosol effects on DCCs. The Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) campaign in 2018–19 produced concentrated aerosol and cloud observations in a location with frequent DCCs, providing an opportunity to examine the proposed aerosol indirect effect on DCC depth in a rigorous and robust manner. For periods throughout the campaign with well-mixed boundary layers, we analyze relationships that exist between aerosol variables (condensation nuclei concentration > 10 nm, 0.4% cloud condensation nuclei concentration, 55–1000-nm aerosol concentration, and aerosol optical depth) and meteorological variables [level of neutral buoyancy (LNB), convective available potential energy, midlevel relative humidity, and deep-layer vertical wind shear] with the maximum radar-echo-top height and cloud-top temperature (CTT) of DCCs. Meteorological variables such as LNB and deep-layer shear are strongly correlated with DCC depth. LNB is also highly correlated with three of the aerosol variables. After accounting for meteorological correlations, increasing values of the aerosol variables [with the exception of one formulation of aerosol optical depth (AOD)] are generally correlated at a statistically significant level with a warmer CTT of DCCs. Therefore, for the study region and period considered, increasing aerosol concentration is mostly associated with a decrease in DCC depth.

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Kenneth E. Kunkel
,
Thomas R. Karl
,
Harold Brooks
,
James Kossin
,
Jay H. Lawrimore
,
Derek Arndt
,
Lance Bosart
,
David Changnon
,
Susan L. Cutter
,
Nolan Doesken
,
Kerry Emanuel
,
Pavel Ya. Groisman
,
Richard W. Katz
,
Thomas Knutson
,
James O'Brien
,
Christopher J. Paciorek
,
Thomas C. Peterson
,
Kelly Redmond
,
David Robinson
,
Jeff Trapp
,
Russell Vose
,
Scott Weaver
,
Michael Wehner
,
Klaus Wolter
, and
Donald Wuebbles

The state of knowledge regarding trends and an understanding of their causes is presented for a specific subset of extreme weather and climate types. For severe convective storms (tornadoes, hailstorms, and severe thunderstorms), differences in time and space of practices of collecting reports of events make using the reporting database to detect trends extremely difficult. Overall, changes in the frequency of environments favorable for severe thunderstorms have not been statistically significant. For extreme precipitation, there is strong evidence for a nationally averaged upward trend in the frequency and intensity of events. The causes of the observed trends have not been determined with certainty, although there is evidence that increasing atmospheric water vapor may be one factor. For hurricanes and typhoons, robust detection of trends in Atlantic and western North Pacific tropical cyclone (TC) activity is significantly constrained by data heterogeneity and deficient quantification of internal variability. Attribution of past TC changes is further challenged by a lack of consensus on the physical link- ages between climate forcing and TC activity. As a result, attribution of trends to anthropogenic forcing remains controversial. For severe snowstorms and ice storms, the number of severe regional snowstorms that occurred since 1960 was more than twice that of the preceding 60 years. There are no significant multidecadal trends in the areal percentage of the contiguous United States impacted by extreme seasonal snowfall amounts since 1900. There is no distinguishable trend in the frequency of ice storms for the United States as a whole since 1950.

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Kevin J. Noone
,
Elisabeth Öström
,
Ronald J. Ferek
,
Tim Garrett
,
Peter V. Hobbs
,
Doug W. Johnson
,
Jonathan P. Taylor
,
Lynn M. Russell
,
Richard C. Flagan
,
John H. Seinfeld
,
Colin D. O’Dowd
,
Michael H. Smith
,
Philip A. Durkee
,
Kurt Nielsen
,
James G. Hudson
,
Robert A. Pockalny
,
Lieve De Bock
,
René E. Van Grieken
,
Richard F. Gasparovic
, and
Ian Brooks

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The effects of anthropogenic particulate emissions from ships on the radiative, microphysical, and chemical properties of moderately polluted marine stratiform clouds are examined. A case study of two ships in the same air mass is presented where one of the vessels caused a discernible ship track while the other did not. In situ measurements of cloud droplet size distributions, liquid water content, and cloud radiative properties, as well as aerosol size distributions (outside cloud, interstitial, and cloud droplet residual particles) and aerosol chemistry, are presented. These are related to measurements of cloud radiative properties. The differences between the aerosol in the two ship plumes are discussed;these indicate that combustion-derived particles in the size range of about 0.03–0.3-μm radius were those that caused the microphysical changes in the clouds that were responsible for the ship track.

The authors examine the processes behind ship track formation in a moderately polluted marine boundary layer as an example of the effects that anthropogenic particulate pollution can have in the albedo of marine stratiform clouds.

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Kevin J. Noone
,
Doug W. Johnson
,
Jonathan P. Taylor
,
Ronald J. Ferek
,
Tim Garrett
,
Peter V. Hobbs
,
Philip A. Durkee
,
Kurt Nielsen
,
Elisabeth Öström
,
Colin O’Dowd
,
Michael H. Smith
,
Lynn M. Russell
,
Richard C. Flagan
,
John H. Seinfeld
,
Lieve De Bock
,
René E. Van Grieken
,
James G. Hudson
,
Ian Brooks
,
Richard F. Gasparovic
, and
Robert A. Pockalny

Abstract

A case study of the effects of ship emissions on the microphysical, radiative, and chemical properties of polluted marine boundary layer clouds is presented. Two ship tracks are discussed in detail. In situ measurements of cloud drop size distributions, liquid water content, and cloud radiative properties, as well as aerosol size distributions (outside-cloud, interstitial, and cloud droplet residual particles) and aerosol chemistry, are presented. These are related to remotely sensed measurements of cloud radiative properties.

The authors examine the processes behind ship track formation in a polluted marine boundary layer as an example of the effects of anthropogenic particulate pollution on the albedo of marine stratiform clouds.

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Charles O. Stanier
,
R. Bradley Pierce
,
Maryam Abdi-Oskouei
,
Zachariah E. Adelman
,
Jay Al-Saadi
,
Hariprasad D. Alwe
,
Timothy H. Bertram
,
Gregory R. Carmichael
,
Megan B. Christiansen
,
Patricia A. Cleary
,
Alan C. Czarnetzki
,
Angela F. Dickens
,
Marta A. Fuoco
,
Dagen D. Hughes
,
Joseph P. Hupy
,
Scott J. Janz
,
Laura M. Judd
,
Donna Kenski
,
Matthew G. Kowalewski
,
Russell W. Long
,
Dylan B. Millet
,
Gordon Novak
,
Behrooz Roozitalab
,
Stephanie L. Shaw
,
Elizabeth A. Stone
,
James Szykman
,
Lukas Valin
,
Michael Vermeuel
,
Timothy J. Wagner
,
Andrew R. Whitehill
, and
David J. Williams

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The Lake Michigan Ozone Study 2017 (LMOS 2017) was a collaborative multiagency field study targeting ozone chemistry, meteorology, and air quality observations in the southern Lake Michigan area. The primary objective of LMOS 2017 was to provide measurements to improve air quality modeling of the complex meteorological and chemical environment in the region. LMOS 2017 science questions included spatiotemporal assessment of nitrogen oxides (NO x = NO + NO2) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emission sources and their influence on ozone episodes; the role of lake breezes; contribution of new remote sensing tools such as GeoTASO, Pandora, and TEMPO to air quality management; and evaluation of photochemical grid models. The observing strategy included GeoTASO on board the NASA UC-12 aircraft capturing NO2 and formaldehyde columns, an in situ profiling aircraft, two ground-based coastal enhanced monitoring locations, continuous NO2 columns from coastal Pandora instruments, and an instrumented research vessel. Local photochemical ozone production was observed on 2 June, 9–12 June, and 14–16 June, providing insights on the processes relevant to state and federal air quality management. The LMOS 2017 aircraft mapped significant spatial and temporal variation of NO2 emissions as well as polluted layers with rapid ozone formation occurring in a shallow layer near the Lake Michigan surface. Meteorological characteristics of the lake breeze were observed in detail and measurements of ozone, NOx, nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide, VOC, oxygenated VOC (OVOC), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) composition were conducted. This article summarizes the study design, directs readers to the campaign data repository, and presents a summary of findings.

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M. Ades
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R. Adler
,
Rob Allan
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R. P. Allan
,
J. Anderson
,
Anthony Argüez
,
C. Arosio
,
J. A. Augustine
,
C. Azorin-Molina
,
J. Barichivich
,
J. Barnes
,
H. E. Beck
,
Andreas Becker
,
Nicolas Bellouin
,
Angela Benedetti
,
David I. Berry
,
Stephen Blenkinsop
,
Olivier. Bock
,
Michael G. Bosilovich
,
Olivier. Boucher
,
S. A. Buehler
,
Laura. Carrea
,
Hanne H. Christiansen
,
F. Chouza
,
John R. Christy
,
E.-S. Chung
,
Melanie Coldewey-Egbers
,
Gil P. Compo
,
Owen R. Cooper
,
Curt Covey
,
A. Crotwell
,
Sean M. Davis
,
Elvira de Eyto
,
Richard A. M de Jeu
,
B.V. VanderSat
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Curtis L. DeGasperi
,
Doug Degenstein
,
Larry Di Girolamo
,
Martin T. Dokulil
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Markus G. Donat
,
Wouter A. Dorigo
,
Imke Durre
,
Geoff S. Dutton
,
G. Duveiller
,
James W. Elkins
,
Vitali E. Fioletov
,
Johannes Flemming
,
Michael J. Foster
,
Richard A. Frey
,
Stacey M. Frith
,
Lucien Froidevaux
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J. Garforth
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S. K. Gupta
,
Leopold Haimberger
,
Brad D. Hall
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Ian Harris
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Andrew K Heidinger
,
D. L. Hemming
,
Shu-peng (Ben) Ho
,
Daan Hubert
,
Dale F. Hurst
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I. Hüser
,
Antje Inness
,
K. Isaksen
,
Viju John
,
Philip D. Jones
,
J. W. Kaiser
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S. Kelly
,
S. Khaykin
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R. Kidd
,
Hyungiun Kim
,
Z. Kipling
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B. M. Kraemer
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D. P. Kratz
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R. S. La Fuente
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Xin Lan
,
Kathleen O. Lantz
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T. Leblanc
,
Bailing Li
,
Norman G Loeb
,
Craig S. Long
,
Diego Loyola
,
Wlodzimierz Marszelewski
,
B. Martens
,
Linda May
,
Michael Mayer
,
M. F. McCabe
,
Tim R. McVicar
,
Carl A. Mears
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W. Paul Menzel
,
Christopher J. Merchant
,
Ben R. Miller
,
Diego G. Miralles
,
Stephen A. Montzka
,
Colin Morice
,
Jens Mühle
,
R. Myneni
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Julien P. Nicolas
,
Jeannette Noetzli
,
Tim J. Osborn
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T. Park
,
A. Pasik
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Andrew M. Paterson
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Mauri S. Pelto
,
S. Perkins-Kirkpatrick
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G. Pétron
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C. Phillips
,
Bernard Pinty
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S. Po-Chedley
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L. Polvani
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W. Preimesberger
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M. Pulkkanen
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W. J. Randel
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Samuel Rémy
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L. Ricciardulli
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A. D. Richardson
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L. Rieger
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David A. Robinson
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Matthew Rodell
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Karen H. Rosenlof
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Chris Roth
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A. Rozanov
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James A. Rusak
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O. Rusanovskaya
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T. Rutishäuser
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Ahira Sánchez-Lugo
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P. Sawaengphokhai
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T. Scanlon
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Verena Schenzinger
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S. Geoffey Schladow
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R. W Schlegel
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Eawag Schmid, Martin
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H. B. Selkirk
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S. Sharma
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Lei Shi
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S. V. Shimaraeva
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E. A. Silow
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Adrian J. Simmons
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C. A. Smith
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Sharon L Smith
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B. J. Soden
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Viktoria Sofieva
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T. H. Sparks
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Paul W. Stackhouse Jr.
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Wolfgang Steinbrecht
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Dimitri A. Streletskiy
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G. Taha
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Hagen Telg
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S. J. Thackeray
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M. A. Timofeyev
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Kleareti Tourpali
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Mari R. Tye
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Ronald J. van der A
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Robin, VanderSat B.V. van der Schalie
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Gerard van der SchrierW. Paul
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Guido R. van der Werf
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Piet Verburg
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Jean-Paul Vernier
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Holger Vömel
,
Russell S. Vose
,
Ray Wang
,
Shohei G. Watanabe
,
Mark Weber
,
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer
,
David Wiese
,
Anne C. Wilber
,
Jeanette D. Wild
,
Takmeng Wong
,
R. Iestyn Woolway
,
Xungang Yin
,
Lin Zhao
,
Guanguo Zhao
,
Xinjia Zhou
,
Jerry R. Ziemke
, and
Markus Ziese
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Robert J. H. Dunn
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F. Aldred
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Nadine Gobron
,
John B. Miller
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Kate M. Willett
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M. Ades
,
Robert Adler
,
Richard, P. Allan
,
Rob Allan
,
J. Anderson
,
Anthony Argüez
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C. Arosio
,
John A. Augustine
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C. Azorin-Molina
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J. Barichivich
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H. E. Beck
,
Andreas Becker
,
Nicolas Bellouin
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Angela Benedetti
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David I. Berry
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Stephen Blenkinsop
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Olivier Bock
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X. Bodin
,
Michael G. Bosilovich
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Olivier Boucher
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S. A. Buehler
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B. Calmettes
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Laura Carrea
,
Laura Castia
,
Hanne H. Christiansen
,
John R. Christy
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E.-S. Chung
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Melanie Coldewey-Egbers
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Owen R. Cooper
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Richard C. Cornes
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Curt Covey
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J.-F. Cretaux
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M. Crotwell
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Sean M. Davis
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Richard A. M. de Jeu
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Doug Degenstein
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R. Delaloye
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Larry Di Girolamo
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Markus G. Donat
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Wouter A. Dorigo
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Imke Durre
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Geoff S. Dutton
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Gregory Duveiller
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James W. Elkins
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Vitali E. Fioletov
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Johannes Flemming
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Michael J. Foster
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Stacey M. Frith
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Lucien Froidevaux
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J. Garforth
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Matthew Gentry
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S. K. Gupta
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S. Hahn
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Leopold Haimberger
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Brad D. Hall
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Ian Harris
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D. L. Hemming
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M. Hirschi
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Shu-pen (Ben) Ho
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F. Hrbacek
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Daan Hubert
,
Dale F. Hurst
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Antje Inness
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K. Isaksen
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Viju O. John
,
Philip D. Jones
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Robert Junod
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J. W. Kaiser
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V. Kaufmann
,
A. Kellerer-Pirklbauer
,
Elizabeth C. Kent
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R. Kidd
,
Hyungjun Kim
,
Z. Kipling
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A. Koppa
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B. M. Kraemer
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D. P. Kratz
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Xin Lan
,
Kathleen O. Lantz
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D. Lavers
,
Norman G. Loeb
,
Diego Loyola
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R. Madelon
,
Michael Mayer
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M. F. McCabe
,
Tim R. McVicar
,
Carl A. Mears
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Christopher J. Merchant
,
Diego G. Miralles
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L. Moesinger
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Stephen A. Montzka
,
Colin Morice
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L. Mösinger
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Jens Mühle
,
Julien P. Nicolas
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Jeannette Noetzli
,
Ben Noll
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J. O’Keefe
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Tim J. Osborn
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T. Park
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A. J. Pasik
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C. Pellet
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Maury S. Pelto
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S. E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick
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G. Petron
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Coda Phillips
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S. Po-Chedley
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L. Polvani
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W. Preimesberger
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D. G. Rains
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W. J. Randel
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Nick A. Rayner
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Samuel Rémy
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L. Ricciardulli
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A. D. Richardson
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David A. Robinson
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Matthew Rodell
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N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández
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K.H. Rosenlof
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C. Roth
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A. Rozanov
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T. Rutishäuser
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Ahira Sánchez-Lugo
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P. Sawaengphokhai
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T. Scanlon
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Verena Schenzinger
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R. W. Schlegel
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S. Sharma
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Lei Shi
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Adrian J. Simmons
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Carolina Siso
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Sharon L. Smith
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B. J. Soden
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Viktoria Sofieva
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T. H. Sparks
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Paul W. Stackhouse Jr.
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Wolfgang Steinbrecht
,
Martin Stengel
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Dimitri A. Streletskiy
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Sunny Sun-Mack
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P. Tans
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S. J. Thackeray
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E. Thibert
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D. Tokuda
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Kleareti Tourpali
,
Mari R. Tye
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Ronald van der A
,
Robin van der Schalie
,
Gerard van der Schrier
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M. van der Vliet
,
Guido R. van der Werf
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A. Vance
,
Jean-Paul Vernier
,
Isaac J. Vimont
,
Holger Vömel
,
Russell S. Vose
,
Ray Wang
,
Markus Weber
,
David Wiese
,
Anne C. Wilber
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Jeanette D. Wild
,
Takmeng Wong
,
R. Iestyn Woolway
,
Xinjia Zhou
,
Xungang Yin
,
Guangyu Zhao
,
Lin Zhao
,
Jerry R. Ziemke
,
Markus Ziese
, and
R. M. Zotta
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Robert J. H. Dunn
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Freya Aldred
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Nadine Gobron
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John B. Miller
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Kate M. Willett
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Melanie Ades
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Robert Adler
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R. P. Allan
,
John Anderson
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Orlane Anneville
,
Yasuyuki Aono
,
Anthony Argüez
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Carlo Arosio
,
John A. Augustine
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Cesar Azorin-Molina
,
Jonathan Barichivich
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Aman Basu
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Hylke E. Beck
,
Nicolas Bellouin
,
Angela Benedetti
,
Kevin Blagrave
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Stephen Blenkinsop
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Olivier Bock
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Xavier Bodin
,
Michael G. Bosilovich
,
Olivier Boucher
,
Gerald Bove
,
Dennis Buechler
,
Stefan A. Buehler
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Laura Carrea
,
Kai-Lan Chang
,
Hanne H. Christiansen
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John R. Christy
,
Eui-Seok Chung
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Laura M. Ciasto
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Melanie Coldewey-Egbers
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Owen R. Cooper
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Richard C. Cornes
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Curt Covey
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Thomas Cropper
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Molly Crotwell
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Diego Cusicanqui
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Sean M. Davis
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Richard A. M. de Jeu
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Doug Degenstein
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Reynald Delaloye
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Markus G. Donat
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Wouter A. Dorigo
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Imke Durre
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Geoff S. Dutton
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Gregory Duveiller
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James W. Elkins
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Thomas W. Estilow
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Nava Fedaeff
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David Fereday
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Vitali E. Fioletov
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Johannes Flemming
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Michael J. Foster
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Stacey M. Frith
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Lucien Froidevaux
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Martin Füllekrug
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Judith Garforth
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Jay Garg
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Matthew Gentry
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Steven Goodman
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Qiqi Gou
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Nikolay Granin
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Mauro Guglielmin
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Sebastian Hahn
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Leopold Haimberger
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Brad D. Hall
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Ian Harris
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Debbie L. Hemming
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Martin Hirschi
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Shu-pen (Ben) Ho
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Robert Holzworth
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Filip Hrbáček
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Daan Hubert
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Petra Hulsman
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Dale F. Hurst
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Antje Inness
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Ketil Isaksen
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Viju O. John
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Philip D. Jones
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Robert Junod
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Andreas Kääb
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Johannes W. Kaiser
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Viktor Kaufmann
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Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer
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Elizabeth C. Kent
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Richard Kidd
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Hyungiun Kim
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Zak Kipling
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Akash Koppa
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Jan Henning L’Abée-Lund
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Xin Lan
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Kathleen O. Lantz
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David Lavers
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Norman G. Loeb
,
Diego Loyola
,
Remi Madelon
,
Hilmar J. Malmquist
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Wlodzimierz Marszelewski
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Michael Mayer
,
Matthew F. McCabe
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Tim R. McVicar
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Carl A. Mears
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Annette Menzel
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Christopher J. Merchant
,
Diego G. Miralles
,
Stephen A. Montzka
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Colin Morice
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Leander Mösinger
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Jens Mühle
,
Julien P. Nicolas
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Jeannette Noetzli
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Tiina Nõges
,
Ben Noll
,
John O’Keefe
,
Tim J. Osborn
,
Taejin Park
,
Cecile Pellet
,
Maury S. Pelto
,
Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick
,
Coda Phillips
,
Stephen Po-Chedley
,
Lorenzo Polvani
,
Wolfgang Preimesberger
,
Colin Price
,
Merja Pulkkanen
,
Dominik G. Rains
,
William J. Randel
,
Samuel Rémy
,
Lucrezia Ricciardulli
,
Andrew D. Richardson
,
David A. Robinson
,
Matthew Rodell
,
Nemesio J. Rodríguez-Fernández
,
Karen H. Rosenlof
,
Chris Roth
,
Alexei Rozanov
,
This Rutishäuser
,
Ahira Sánchez-Lugo
,
Parnchai Sawaengphokhai
,
Verena Schenzinger
,
Robert W. Schlegel
,
Udo Schneider
,
Sapna Sharma
,
Lei Shi
,
Adrian J. Simmons
,
Carolina Siso
,
Sharon L. Smith
,
Brian J. Soden
,
Viktoria Sofieva
,
Tim H. Sparks
,
Paul W. Stackhouse Jr.
,
Ryan Stauffer
,
Wolfgang Steinbrecht
,
Andrea K. Steiner
,
Kenton Stewart
,
Pietro Stradiotti
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Dimitri A. Streletskiy
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Hagen Telg
,
Stephen J. Thackeray
,
Emmanuel Thibert
,
Michael Todt
,
Daisuke Tokuda
,
Kleareti Tourpali
,
Mari R. Tye
,
Ronald van der A
,
Robin van der Schalie
,
Gerard van der Schrier
,
Mendy van der Vliet
,
Guido R. van der Werf
,
Arnold. van Vliet
,
Jean-Paul Vernier
,
Isaac J. Vimont
,
Katrina Virts
,
Sebastiàn Vivero
,
Holger Vömel
,
Russell S. Vose
,
Ray H. J. Wang
,
Markus Weber
,
David Wiese
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Abstract

—J. BLUNDEN, T. BOYER, AND E. BARTOW-GILLIES

Earth’s global climate system is vast, complex, and intricately interrelated. Many areas are influenced by global-scale phenomena, including the “triple dip” La Niña conditions that prevailed in the eastern Pacific Ocean nearly continuously from mid-2020 through all of 2022; by regional phenomena such as the positive winter and summer North Atlantic Oscillation that impacted weather in parts the Northern Hemisphere and the negative Indian Ocean dipole that impacted weather in parts of the Southern Hemisphere; and by more localized systems such as high-pressure heat domes that caused extreme heat in different areas of the world. Underlying all these natural short-term variabilities are long-term climate trends due to continuous increases since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the atmospheric concentrations of Earth’s major greenhouse gases.

In 2022, the annual global average carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere rose to 417.1±0.1 ppm, which is 50% greater than the pre-industrial level. Global mean tropospheric methane abundance was 165% higher than its pre-industrial level, and nitrous oxide was 24% higher. All three gases set new record-high atmospheric concentration levels in 2022.

Sea-surface temperature patterns in the tropical Pacific characteristic of La Niña and attendant atmospheric patterns tend to mitigate atmospheric heat gain at the global scale, but the annual global surface temperature across land and oceans was still among the six highest in records dating as far back as the mid-1800s. It was the warmest La Niña year on record. Many areas observed record or near-record heat. Europe as a whole observed its second-warmest year on record, with sixteen individual countries observing record warmth at the national scale. Records were shattered across the continent during the summer months as heatwaves plagued the region. On 18 July, 104 stations in France broke their all-time records. One day later, England recorded a temperature of 40°C for the first time ever. China experienced its second-warmest year and warmest summer on record. In the Southern Hemisphere, the average temperature across New Zealand reached a record high for the second year in a row. While Australia’s annual temperature was slightly below the 1991–2020 average, Onslow Airport in Western Australia reached 50.7°C on 13 January, equaling Australia's highest temperature on record.

While fewer in number and locations than record-high temperatures, record cold was also observed during the year. Southern Africa had its coldest August on record, with minimum temperatures as much as 5°C below normal over Angola, western Zambia, and northern Namibia. Cold outbreaks in the first half of December led to many record-low daily minimum temperature records in eastern Australia.

The effects of rising temperatures and extreme heat were apparent across the Northern Hemisphere, where snow-cover extent by June 2022 was the third smallest in the 56-year record, and the seasonal duration of lake ice cover was the fourth shortest since 1980. More frequent and intense heatwaves contributed to the second-greatest average mass balance loss for Alpine glaciers around the world since the start of the record in 1970. Glaciers in the Swiss Alps lost a record 6% of their volume. In South America, the combination of drought and heat left many central Andean glaciers snow free by mid-summer in early 2022; glacial ice has a much lower albedo than snow, leading to accelerated heating of the glacier. Across the global cryosphere, permafrost temperatures continued to reach record highs at many high-latitude and mountain locations.

In the high northern latitudes, the annual surface-air temperature across the Arctic was the fifth highest in the 123-year record. The seasonal Arctic minimum sea-ice extent, typically reached in September, was the 11th-smallest in the 43-year record; however, the amount of multiyear ice—ice that survives at least one summer melt season—remaining in the Arctic continued to decline. Since 2012, the Arctic has been nearly devoid of ice more than four years old.

In Antarctica, an unusually large amount of snow and ice fell over the continent in 2022 due to several landfalling atmospheric rivers, which contributed to the highest annual surface mass balance, 15% to 16% above the 1991–2020 normal, since the start of two reanalyses records dating to 1980. It was the second-warmest year on record for all five of the long-term staffed weather stations on the Antarctic Peninsula. In East Antarctica, a heatwave event led to a new all-time record-high temperature of −9.4°C—44°C above the March average—on 18 March at Dome C. This was followed by the collapse of the critically unstable Conger Ice Shelf. More than 100 daily low sea-ice extent and sea-ice area records were set in 2022, including two new all-time annual record lows in net sea-ice extent and area in February.

Across the world’s oceans, global mean sea level was record high for the 11th consecutive year, reaching 101.2 mm above the 1993 average when satellite altimetry measurements began, an increase of 3.3±0.7 over 2021. Globally-averaged ocean heat content was also record high in 2022, while the global sea-surface temperature was the sixth highest on record, equal with 2018. Approximately 58% of the ocean surface experienced at least one marine heatwave in 2022. In the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand’s longest continuous marine heatwave was recorded.

A total of 85 named tropical storms were observed during the Northern and Southern Hemisphere storm seasons, close to the 1991–2020 average of 87. There were three Category 5 tropical cyclones across the globe—two in the western North Pacific and one in the North Atlantic. This was the fewest Category 5 storms globally since 2017. Globally, the accumulated cyclone energy was the lowest since reliable records began in 1981. Regardless, some storms caused massive damage. In the North Atlantic, Hurricane Fiona became the most intense and most destructive tropical or post-tropical cyclone in Atlantic Canada’s history, while major Hurricane Ian killed more than 100 people and became the third costliest disaster in the United States, causing damage estimated at $113 billion U.S. dollars. In the South Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Batsirai dropped 2044 mm of rain at Commerson Crater in Réunion. The storm also impacted Madagascar, where 121 fatalities were reported.

As is typical, some areas around the world were notably dry in 2022 and some were notably wet. In August, record high areas of land across the globe (6.2%) were experiencing extreme drought. Overall, 29% of land experienced moderate or worse categories of drought during the year. The largest drought footprint in the contiguous United States since 2012 (63%) was observed in late October. The record-breaking megadrought of central Chile continued in its 13th consecutive year, and 80-year record-low river levels in northern Argentina and Paraguay disrupted fluvial transport. In China, the Yangtze River reached record-low values. Much of equatorial eastern Africa had five consecutive below-normal rainy seasons by the end of 2022, with some areas receiving record-low precipitation totals for the year. This ongoing 2.5-year drought is the most extensive and persistent drought event in decades, and led to crop failure, millions of livestock deaths, water scarcity, and inflated prices for staple food items.

In South Asia, Pakistan received around three times its normal volume of monsoon precipitation in August, with some regions receiving up to eight times their expected monthly totals. Resulting floods affected over 30 million people, caused over 1700 fatalities, led to major crop and property losses, and was recorded as one of the world’s costliest natural disasters of all time. Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Petrópolis received 530 mm in 24 hours on 15 February, about 2.5 times the monthly February average, leading to the worst disaster in the city since 1931 with over 230 fatalities.

On 14–15 January, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcano in the South Pacific erupted multiple times. The injection of water into the atmosphere was unprecedented in both magnitude—far exceeding any previous values in the 17-year satellite record—and altitude as it penetrated into the mesosphere. The amount of water injected into the stratosphere is estimated to be 146±5 Terragrams, or ∼10% of the total amount in the stratosphere. It may take several years for the water plume to dissipate, and it is currently unknown whether this eruption will have any long-term climate effect.

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