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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

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Large-Eddy Simulations of Stability-Varying Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow over Isolated Buildings

Hyeyum Hailey Shin, Domingo Muñoz-Esparza, Jeremy A. Sauer, and Matthias Steiner

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0160.1

Published Online:: 24 Feb 2021

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Role of Diurnal Cycle in the Maritime Continent Barrier Effect on MJO Propagation in an AGCM

R. S. Ajayamohan, Boualem Khouider, V. Praveen, and Andrew J. Majda

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0112.1

Published Online:: 23 Feb 2021

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Constraints from invariant subtropical vertical velocities on the scalings of Hadley cell strength and downdraft width with rotation rate

Jonathan L. Mitchell and Spencer A. Hill

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0191.1

Published Online:: 19 Feb 2021

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Seasonal Cycle of Gravity Wave Potential Energy Densities from Lidar and Satellite Observations at 54°N and 69°N

Irina Strelnikova, Marwa Almowafy, Gerd Baumgarten, Kathrin Baumgarten, Michael Gerding, Franz-Josef Lübken, and Manfred Ern

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0247.1

Published Online:: 19 Feb 2021

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Towards a systematic evaluation of warm conveyor belts in numerical weather prediction and climate models. Part I: Predictor selection and logistic regression model

Julian F. Quinting and Christian M. Grams

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0139.1

Published Online:: 19 Feb 2021

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Numerical simulation of mountain waves over the southern Andes, Part 2: Momentum fluxes and wave/mean-flow interactions

David C. Fritts, Thomas S. Lund, Kam Wan, and Han-Li Liu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0207.1

Published Online:: 16 Feb 2021

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Roles of Barotropic Instability across the Moat in Inner Eyewall Decay and Outer Eyewall Intensification: Essential Dynamics

Tsz-Kin Lai, Eric A. Hendricks, M. K. Yau, and Konstantinos Menelaou

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0169.1

Published Online:: 16 Feb 2021

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Response of Monsoon Rainfall to Changes in the Latitude of the Equatorward Coastline of a Zonally Symmetric Continent

Katrina L. Hui and Simona Bordoni

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0110.1

Published Online:: 08 Feb 2021

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Characterising regimes of atmospheric circulation in terms of their global super-rotation

Neil T. Lewis, Greg J. Colyer, and Peter L. Read

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0326.1

Published Online:: 05 Feb 2021

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Nonlinear Simulations of GravityWave Tunneling and Breaking over Auckland Island

Tyler Mixa, Andreas Dörnbrack, and Markus Rapp

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0230.1

Published Online:: 04 Feb 2021

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Tropical Cyclone Resistance to Strong Environmental Shear

Yi Dai, Sharanya J. Majumdar, and David S. Nolan

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0231.1

Published Online:: 03 Feb 2021

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Hurricane Predictability Analysis with Singular Vectors in the Multiresolution Global Shallow Water Model

Xiaoxu Tian and Kayo Ide

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0238.1

Published Online:: 01 Feb 2021

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Tropical Rainfall Variability Accompanying Global Normal Mode Oscillations

Takatoshi Sakazaki

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0288.1

Published Online:: 01 Feb 2021

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Evolution of idealized vortices in monsoon-like shears: application to monsoon depressions

Michael Diaz and William R. Boos

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0286.1

Published Online:: 27 Jan 2021

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Controls of Quasi-linear Convective System Tornado Intensity

Geoffrey R. Marion and Robert J. Trapp

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0164.1

Published Online:: 26 Jan 2021

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Impacts of Varying Concentrations of Cloud Condensation Nuclei On Deep Convective Cloud Updrafts – A Multimodel Assessment

Peter J. Marinescu, Susan C. van den Heever, Max Heikenfeld, Andrew I. Barrett, Christian Barthlott, Corinna Hoose, Jiwen Fan, Ann M. Fridlind, Toshi Matsui, Annette K. Miltenberger, Philip Stier, Benoit Vie, Bethan A. White, and Yuwei Zhang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0200.1

Published Online:: 26 Jan 2021

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The Role of Surface Heat Fluxes on the Size of Typhoon Megi (2016)

Li-Zhi Shen, Chun-Chieh Wu, and Falko Judt

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0141.1

Published Online:: 21 Jan 2021

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Contribution of vertical advection to supergradient wind in tropical cyclone boundary layer: A numerical study

Rong Fei, Yuqing Wang, and Yuanlong Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0075.1

Published Online:: 18 Jan 2021

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Convective and turbulent motions in non-precipitating Cu. Part 1: Method of separation of convective and turbulent motions

Mark Pinsky, Eshkol Eytan, Ilan Koren, Orit Altaratz, and Alexander Khain

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0127.1

Published Online:: 18 Jan 2021

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Estimation of Koopman Transfer Operators for the Equatorial Pacific SST

Antonio Navarra, Joe Tribbia, and Stefan Klus

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0136.1

Published Online:: 18 Jan 2021

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The Response of the Near-Surface Tropical Cyclone Wind Field to Inland Surface Roughness Length and Soil Moisture Content During and After Landfall

James Hlywiak and David S. Nolan

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0211.1

Published Online:: 14 Jan 2021

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Convection-Kelvin wave coupling in a global convection-permitting model

Nicholas J. Weber, Daehyun Kim, and Clifford F. Mass

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0243.1

Published Online:: 13 Jan 2021

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Charney Problem with a Generic Stratosphere

Mankin Mak, Siyu Zhao, and Yi Deng

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0027.1

Published Online:: 12 Jan 2021

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Intensity Change of Binary Tropical Cyclones (TCs) in Idealized Numerical Simulations: Two Initially Identical Mature TCs

Hao-Yan Liu, Yuqing Wang, and Jian-Feng Gu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0116.1

Published Online:: 11 Jan 2021

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A Variational Method for Analyzing Vortex Flows in Radar Observed Tornadic Mesocyclones. Part II: Tests with Analytically Formulated Vortices

Qin Xu and Li Wei

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0159.1

Published Online:: 11 Jan 2021

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Dynamics of Simulated High-Shear Low-CAPE Supercells

Andrew R. Wade and Matthew D. Parker

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0117.1

Published Online:: 07 Jan 2021

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On the Influence of Sea Surface Temperature distributions on the Development of Extratropical Cyclones

Hai BUI and Thomas Spengler

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0137.1

Published Online:: 05 Jan 2021

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The role of inertial instability in cross-hemispheric coupling

R. S. Lieberman, J. France, D. A. Ortland, and S. D. Eckermann

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0119.1

Published Online:: 05 Jan 2021

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The Turbulent Structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer During and Before a Cold Front

Jian Huang, Zhongshui Zou, Qingcun Zeng, Peiliang Li, Jinbao Song, Lin Wu, Jun A. Zhang, Shuiqing Li, and Pak-wai Chan

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0314.1

Published Online:: 05 Jan 2021

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Urbanization-induced land and aerosol impacts on storm propagation and hail characteristics

Yun Lin, Jiwen Fan, Jong-Hoon Jeong, Yuwei Zhang, Cameron R. Homeyer, and Jingyu Wang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0106.1

Published Online:: 31 Dec 2020

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Approximate Models for Lateral Growth on Ice Crystal Surfaces during Vapor Depositional Growth

Jerry Y. Harrington and Gwenore F. Pokrifka

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0228.1

Published Online:: 30 Dec 2020

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Idealized Aqua-Planet Simulations of Tropical Cyclone Activity: Significance of Temperature Gradients, Hadley Circulation, and Zonal Asymmetry

Gan Zhang, Levi G. Silvers, Ming Zhao, and Thomas R. Knutson

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0079.1

Published Online:: 30 Dec 2020

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A Physically-Based Stochastic Boundary-Layer Perturbation Scheme. Part II: Perturbation Growth within a Super Ensemble Framework

D. L. A. Flack, P. A. Clark, C.E. Halliwell, N. M. Roberts, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, and H. W. Lean

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0292.1

Published Online:: 28 Dec 2020

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Interactions Between Water Vapor, Potential Vorticity and Vertical Wind Shear in Quasi-Geostrophic Motions: Implications for Rotational Tropical Motion Systems

Ángel F. Adames

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0205.1

Published Online:: 22 Dec 2020

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Ascending columns,WTG, and convective aggregation

David M. Romps

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0041.1

Published Online:: 16 Nov 2020

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A Variational Method for Analyzing Vortex Flows in Radar Scanned Tornadic Mesocyclones. Part I: Formulations and Theoretical Considerations

Qin Xu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0158.1

Published Online:: 16 Nov 2020

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On the structure of instantaneous radiative forcing kernels for greenhouse gases

Amanda C. Maycock, Christopher J. Smith, Alexandru Rap, and Owain Rutherford

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0267.1

Published Online:: 06 Nov 2020

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Mountain waves produced by a stratified shear flow with a boundary layer. Part II: Form drag, wave drag, and transition from downstream sheltering to upstream blocking

François Lott, Bruno Deremble, and Clément Soufflet

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0144.1

Published Online:: 24 Sep 2020

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Piecewise potential vorticity inversion without far-field response?

Joseph Egger and Klaus P. Hoinka

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0143.1

Published Online:: 15 Sep 2020

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Towards transient subgrid-scale gravity wave representation in atmospheric models. Part II: Wave intermittency simulated with convective sources

Young-Ha Kim, Gergely Bölöni, Sebastian Borchert, Hye-Yeong Chun, and Ulrich Achatz

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0066.1

Published Online:: 17 Aug 2020

Volume 78 (2021): Issue 3 (Mar 2021)

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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, Lei Bi, Bryan A. Baum, Kuo-Nan Liou, George W. Kattawar, Michael I. Mishchenko, and Benjamin Cole

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-12-039.1

Published Online:: Jan 2013

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A Study of Aerosol Impacts on Clouds and Precipitation Development in a Large Winter Cyclone

Gregory Thompson and Trude Eidhammer

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-13-0305.1

Published Online:: Oct 2014

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Have Aerosols Caused the Observed Atlantic Multidecadal Variability?

Rong Zhang, Thomas L. Delworth, Rowan Sutton, Daniel L. R. Hodson, Keith W. Dixon, Isaac M. Held, Yochanan Kushnir, John Marshall, Yi Ming, Rym Msadek, Jon Robson, Anthony J. Rosati, MingFang Ting, and Gabriel A. Vecchi

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-12-0331.1

Published Online:: Apr 2013

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Moisture Modes and the Eastward Propagation of the MJO

Adam Sobel and Eric Maloney

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-12-0189.1

Published Online:: Jan 2013

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The Effect of Mesh Resolution on Convective Boundary Layer Statistics and Structures Generated by Large-Eddy Simulation

Peter P. Sullivan and Edward G. Patton

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-10-05010.1

Published Online:: Oct 2011

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