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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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Anne K. Smith, National Center for Atmospheric Research

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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0075.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0127.1
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18 Jan 2021
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Estimation of Koopman Transfer Operators for the Equatorial Pacific SST

Antonio Navarra, Joe Tribbia, and Stefan Klus
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0136.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0211.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0243.1
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13 Jan 2021
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Charney Problem with a Generic Stratosphere

Mankin Mak, Siyu Zhao, and Yi Deng
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0027.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0116.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0159.1
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11 Jan 2021
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Dynamics of Simulated High-Shear Low-CAPE Supercells

Andrew R. Wade and Matthew D. Parker
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0117.1
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07 Jan 2021
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Mechanism for the formation of arc-shaped cloud lines over the tropical oceans

Claudia Christine Stephan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0129.1
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05 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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0137.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0119.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0314.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0106.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0228.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0079.1
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30 Dec 2020
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A Physically-Based Stochastic Boundary-Layer Perturbation Scheme. Part I: Formulation and evaluation in a convection-permitting model.

P. A. Clark, C.E. Halliwell, and D. L. A. Flack
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0291.1
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28 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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0292.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0205.1
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22 Dec 2020
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Combined Effects of Midlevel Dry Air and Vertical Wind Shear on Tropical Cyclone Development. Part I: Downdraft Ventilation

Joshua J. Alland, Brian H. Tang, Kristen L. Corbosiero, and George H. Bryan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0054.1
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15 Dec 2020
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Combined Effects of Midlevel Dry Air and Vertical Wind Shear on Tropical Cyclone Development. Part II: Radial Ventilation

Joshua J. Alland, Brian H. Tang, Kristen L. Corbosiero, and George H. Bryan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0055.1
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15 Dec 2020
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Potential role of irreversible moist processes in modulating tropical cyclone surface wind structure

Danyang Wang and Yanluan Lin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0192.1
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15 Dec 2020
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Comparing growth rates of simulated moist and dry convective thermals

Hugh Morrison, John M. Peters, and Steven C. Sherwood
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0166.1
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11 Dec 2020
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Hailstone Shapes

Laura Shedd, Matthew R. Kumjian, Ian Giammanco, Tanya Brown-Giammanco, and B. Ross Maiden
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0250.1
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10 Dec 2020
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Radar-based Bayesian estimation of ice crystal growth parameters within a microphysical model

Robert S. Schrom, Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Matthew R. Kumjian, Jerry Y. Harrington, Anders A. Jensen, and Yao-Sheng Chen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0134.1
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10 Dec 2020
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Revisiting the Quasi Biennial Oscillation as Seen in ERA5. Part I: Description and Momentum Budget

Hamid A. Pahlavan, Qiang Fu, John M. Wallace, and George N. Kiladis
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0248.1
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10 Dec 2020
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Revisiting the Quasi Biennial Oscillation as Seen in ERA5. Part II: Evaluation of Waves and Wave Forcing

Hamid A. Pahlavan, John M. Wallace, Qiang Fu, and George N. Kiladis
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0249.1
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10 Dec 2020
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A Thermodynamic Perspective on Steady-State Tropical Cyclones

Raphaël Rousseau-Rizzi, Richard Rotunno, and George Bryan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0140.1
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07 Dec 2020
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Which combinations of environmental conditions and microphysical parameter values produce a given orographic precipitation distribution?

Annareli Morales, Derek J. Posselt, and Hugh Morrison
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0142.1
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07 Dec 2020
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A large-eddy simulation study on the diurnally evolving nonlinear trapped lee waves over a two-dimensional steep mountain

Haile Xue and Marco A. Giorgetta
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0085.1
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04 Dec 2020
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Intensification and Maintenance of a Double Warm-core Structure in Typhoon Lan (2017) Simulated by a Cloud-resolving Model

Satoki Tsujino, Kazuhisa Tsuboki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tadayasu Ohigashi, Kosuke Ito, and Norio Nagahama
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0049.1
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30 Nov 2020
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Toward Cloud Tomography from Space using MISR and MODIS: Locating the “Veiled Core” in Opaque Convective Clouds

Linda Forster, Anthony B. Davis, David J. Diner, and Bernhard Mayer
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0262.1
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25 Nov 2020
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Scale-Similarity Subgrid-Scale Turbulence Closure for Supercell Simulations at Kilometer-Scale Resolutions: Comparison Against a Large Eddy Simulation

Shiwei Sun, Bowen Zhou, Ming Xue, and Kefeng Zhu
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0187.1
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23 Nov 2020
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Atmospheric Chemistry Signatures of an Equatorially-Symmetric Matsuno-Gill Circulation Pattern

Catherine Wilka, Susan Solomon, Timothy W Cronin, Doug Kinnison, and Rolando Garcia
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0025.1
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18 Nov 2020
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An Efficient and Accurate Algorithm for Computing Grid-Averaged Solar Fluxes for Horizontally Inhomogeneous Clouds

Zhonghai Jin and Andrew Lacis
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0167.1
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18 Nov 2020
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Evidence that horizontal moisture advection regulates the ubiquitous amplification of rainfall variability over tropical oceans

Kuniaki Inoue, Michela Biasutti, and Ann M. Fridlind
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0201.1
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18 Nov 2020
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An idealized physical model for the severe convective storm environmental sounding

Daniel R. Chavas and Daniel T. Dawson II
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0120.1
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18 Nov 2020
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A Shallow Water Model for Convective Self-Aggregation

Da Yang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0031.1
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17 Nov 2020
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Ascending columns,WTG, and convective aggregation

David M. Romps
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0041.1
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16 Nov 2020
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Roles of Barotropic Instability across the Moat in Inner Eyewall Decay and Outer Eyewall Intensification: Three-Dimensional Numerical Experiments

Tsz-Kin Lai, Eric A. Hendricks, Konstantinos Menelaou, and M. K. Yau
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0168.1
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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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0158.1
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16 Nov 2020
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On the Dynamics of Atmospheric Bores

Kevin R. Haghi and Dale R. Durran
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0181.1
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10 Nov 2020
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Simple analytic solutions for a convectively drivenWalker circulation and their relevance to observations

Juho Iipponen and Leo Donner
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0014.1
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10 Nov 2020
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Anomalous Dynamics of QBO Disruptions Explained by 1D Theory With External Triggering

Aaron Match and Stephan Fueglistaler
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0172.1
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09 Nov 2020
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The Circulation Response of a Two-Dimensional Frontogenetic Model to Optimized Moisture Perturbations

Reuben Demirdjian, Richard Rotunno, Bruce Cornuelle, Carolyn A. Reynolds, and James D. Doyle
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0102.1
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09 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
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0267.1
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06 Nov 2020
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Evaluating the Lagrangian evolution of subtropical low clouds in GCMs using observations: Mean evolution, timescales, and responses to predictors

Ryan Eastman, Christopher R. Terai, Daniel P. Grosvenor, and Robert Wood
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0178.1
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05 Nov 2020
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Radiative Relaxation Timescales Quantified from Sudden Stratospheric Warmings

Kevin Bloxam and Yi Huang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0015.1
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03 Nov 2020
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Tropical Precipitation Evolution in a Buoyancy-Budget Framework

Ángel F. Adames, Scott W. Powell, Fiaz Ahmed, Víctor C. Mayta, and J. David Neelin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0074.1
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03 Nov 2020
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Observations of Stably Stratified Flow through a Microscale Gap

Daniel Vassallo, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Robert Menke, and Harindra J. S. Fernando
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0087.1
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02 Nov 2020

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