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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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Dynamics of the Cloud-Environment Interface and turbulence effects in a LES of a growing cumulus congestus

Clément Strauss, Didier Ricard, and Christine Lac

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0386.1

Published Online:: 24 Nov 2021

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Entangled impacts of large-scale monsoon flows and terrain circulations on the diurnal cycle of rainfall over the Himalayas

Aoqi Zhang, Yilun Chen, Xiao Pan, Shumin Chen, Weibiao Li, and Yunfei Fu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0111.1

Published Online:: 24 Nov 2021

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On the tropospheric response to transient stratospheric momentum torques

Ian P. White, Chaim I. Garfinkel, and Peter Hitchcock

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0237.1

Published Online:: 24 Nov 2021

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Transition of Near-Ground Vorticity Dynamics During Tornadogenesis

Jannick Fischer and Johannes M. L. Dahl

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0181.1

Published Online:: 23 Nov 2021

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Examining the Kinematic Structures within which Lightning Flashes are Initiated using a Cloud-Resolving Model

Vicente Salinas, Eric C. Bruning, and Edward R. Mansell

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0132.1

Published Online:: 17 Nov 2021

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A linear relationship between vertical velocity and condensation processes in deep convection

Leah D. Grant, Susan C. van den Heever, Ziad S. Haddad, Jennie Bukowski, Peter J. Marinescu, Rachel L. Storer, Derek J. Posselt, and Graeme L. Stephens

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0035.1

Published Online:: 17 Nov 2021

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A parameterization of slantwise convection in the WRF model

Ting-Chen Chen, Man-Kong Yau, and Daniel J. Kirshbaum

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0131.1

Published Online:: 17 Nov 2021

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Shallow cumulus properties as captured by adiabatic fraction in high-resolution LES simulations

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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0201.1

Published Online:: 17 Nov 2021

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A new three-dimensional residual flow theory and its application to Brewer–Dobson circulation in the middle and upper stratosphere

Kaoru Sato, Takenari Kinoshita, Yuki Matsushita, and Masashi Kohma

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0094.1

Published Online:: 12 Nov 2021

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Intensification of Tilted Tropical Cyclones Over Relatively Cool and Warm Oceans in Idealized Numerical Simulations

David A. Schecter

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0051.1

Published Online:: 09 Nov 2021

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Impact of stratification mechanisms on turbulent characteristics of stable open-channel flows

Cheng-Nian Xiao and Inanc Senocak

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0063.1

Published Online:: 02 Nov 2021

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Influences of CAPE on Hail Production in Simulated Supercell Storms

Yuzhu Lin and Matthew R. Kumjian

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0054.1

Published Online:: 02 Nov 2021

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Mesoscale Predictability in Moist Mid-Latitude Cyclones Is Not Sensitive to the Slope of the Background Kinetic Energy Spectrum

Daniel J. Lloveras, Lydia H. Tierney, and Dale R. Durran

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0147.1

Published Online:: 02 Nov 2021

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Convective couplings with equatorial Rossby waves and equatorial Kelvin waves. Part I: Coupled wave structures.

Yuhi Nakamura and Yukari N. Takayabu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0080.1

Published Online:: 01 Nov 2021

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Large-eddy simulations of marine boundary-layer clouds associated with cold air outbreaks during the ACTIVATE campaign– part 1: Case setup and sensitivities to large-scale forcings

Xiang-Yu Li, Hailong Wang, Jingyi Chen, Satoshi Endo, Geet George, Brian Cairns, Seethala Chellappan, Xubin Zeng, Simon Kirschler, Christiane Voigt, Armin Sorooshian, Ewan Crosbie, Gao Chen, Richard Anthony Ferrare, William I. Gustafson Jr., Johnathan W Hair, Mary M Kleb, Hongyu Liu, Richard Moore, David Painemal, Claire Robinson, Amy Jo Scarino, Michael Shook, Taylor J Shingler, Kenneth Lee Thornhill, Florian Tornow, Heng Xiao, Luke D Ziemba, and Paquita Zuidema

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0123.1

Published Online:: 01 Nov 2021

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Scale sensitivity of the Gill circulation, Part I: Equatorial case

Beatriz Reboredo and Gilles Bellon

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0067.1

Published Online:: 01 Nov 2021

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Scale sensitivity of the Gill circulation, Part II: Off-equatorial case

Gilles Bellon and Beatriz Reboredo

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0068.1

Published Online:: 01 Nov 2021

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Idealized large-eddy simulations of stratocumulus advecting over cold water. Part 1: Boundary layer decoupling

Youtong Zheng, Haipeng Zhang, Daniel Rosenfeld, Seoung-Soo Lee, Tianning Su, and Zhanqing Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0108.1

Published Online:: 21 Oct 2021

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Local similarity theory of convective turbulent layer using ‘spectral’ Prandtl mixing length and second moment of vertical velocity

Alexander Vulfson and Petr Nikolaev

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0330.1

Published Online:: 21 Oct 2021

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Limitations of bin and bulk microphysics in reproducing the observed spatial structure of light precipitation

Mikael K. Witte, Hugh Morrison, Anthony B. Davis, and Joao Teixeira

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0134.1

Published Online:: 20 Oct 2021

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Combined effect of the Weber-Bergeron-Findeisen mechanism and large eddies on microphysics of mixed-phase stratiform clouds

A. Khain, M. Pinsky, and A. Korolev

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0269.1

Published Online:: 13 Oct 2021

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Impact of Giant Sea Salt Aerosol Particles on Precipitation in Marine Cumuli and Stratocumuli: Lagrangian Cloud Model Simulations

Piotr Dziekan, Jørgen B. Jensen, Wojciech W. Grabowski, and Hanna Pawlowska

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0041.1

Published Online:: 11 Oct 2021

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Spontaneous Cyclogenesis without Radiative and Surface-Flux Feedbacks

Argel Ramírez Reyes and Da Yang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0098.1

Published Online:: 11 Oct 2021

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An Initiation Process of Tropical Depression-type Disturbances under the Influence of Upper-level Troughs

Yuya Hamaguchi and Yukari N. Takayabu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0334.1

Published Online:: 05 Oct 2021

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Multiple Environmental Influences on the Lightning of Cold-based Continental Convection. Part II: Sensitivity Tests for its Charge Structure and Land-Ocean Contrast

Vaughan T. J. Phillips and Sachin Patade

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0234.1

Published Online:: 05 Oct 2021

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Transient eddy kinetic energetics on Mars in three reanalysis datasets

J. Michael Battalio

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0038.1

Published Online:: 05 Oct 2021

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Long-term effect of barotropic instability across the moat in double-eyewall tropical cyclone-like vortices in forced and unforced shallow-water models

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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0065.1

Published Online:: 04 Oct 2021

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The role of random vorticity stretching in tropical depression genesis

Hao Fu and Morgan O’Neill

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0087.1

Published Online:: 04 Oct 2021

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The amplification of Madden-Julian Oscillation boosted by temperature feedback

Guosen Chen

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0146.1

Published Online:: 01 Oct 2021

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Evolution of the Moat Associated with the Secondary Eyewall Formation in a Simulated Tropical Cyclone

Nannan Qin, Liguang Wu, and Qingyuan Liu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0375.1

Published Online:: 30 Sep 2021

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Driving Mechanisms of Double-Nosed Low-Level Jets during MATERHORN Experiment

Luigi Brogno, Francesco Barbano, Laura Sandra Leo, Harindra J.S. Fernando, and Silvana Di Sabatino

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0274.1

Published Online:: 24 Sep 2021

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A Comparison between Moist and Dry Tropical Cyclones: The Low Effectiveness of Surface Sensible Heat Flux in Storm Intensification

Zhanhong Ma and Jianfang Fei

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0014.1

Published Online:: 22 Sep 2021

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Generalized lapse rate formulas for use in entraining CAPE calculations

John M. Peters, Jake P. Mulholland, and Daniel R. Chavas

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0118.1

Published Online:: 20 Sep 2021

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Influences of environmental relative humidity and horizontal scale of sub-cloud ascent on deep convective initiation

Hugh Morrison, John M. Peters, Kamal Kant Chandrakar, and Steven C. Sherwood

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0056.1

Published Online:: 17 Sep 2021

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A Closure for the Virtual Origin of Turbulent Plumes

Nathaniel Tarshish and David M. Romps

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0096.1

Published Online:: 25 Aug 2021

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New Empirical Formulation for the Sublimational Breakup of Graupel and Dendritic Snow

Akash Deshmukh, Vaughan T. J. Phillips, Aaron Bansemer, Sachin Patade, and Deepak Waman

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0275.1

Published Online:: 04 Aug 2021

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Eddy-mediated Hadley cell expansion due to axisymmetric angular momentum adjustment to greenhouse gas forcings

Nicholas A. Davis and Thomas Birner

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0149.1

Published Online:: 02 Mar 2021

Volume 78 (2021): Issue 12 (Dec 2021)

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

Jiwen Fan, Yuan Wang, Daniel Rosenfeld, and Xiaohong Liu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0037.1

Published Online:: Nov 2016

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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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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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Parameterization of Cloud Microphysics Based on the Prediction of Bulk Ice Particle Properties. Part I: Scheme Description and Idealized Tests

Hugh Morrison and Jason A. Milbrandt

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0065.1

Published Online:: Jan 2015

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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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A Particle-Surface-Area-Based Parameterization of Immersion Freezing on Desert Dust Particles

Monika Niemand, Ottmar Möhler, Bernhard Vogel, Heike Vogel, Corinna Hoose, Paul Connolly, Holger Klein, Heinz Bingemer, Paul DeMott, Julian Skrotzki, and Thomas Leisner

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-11-0249.1

Published Online:: Oct 2012

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Representing Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Convection in Large-Scale Models

Peter Bechtold, Noureddine Semane, Philippe Lopez, Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Anton Beljaars, and Niels Bormann

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-13-0163.1

Published Online:: Feb 2014

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An Idealized Semi-Empirical Framework for Modeling the Madden–Julian Oscillation

Adam Sobel and Eric Maloney

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-11-0118.1

Published Online:: May 2012

Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves Simulated on an Aquaplanet in a Global Nonhydrostatic Experiment

Tomoe Nasuno, Hirofumi Tomita, Shinichi Iga, Hiroaki Miura, and Masaki Satoh

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JAS2395.1

Page(s):: 1246–1265

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What Is the Predictability Limit of Midlatitude Weather?

Fuqing Zhang, Y. Qiang Sun, Linus Magnusson, Roberto Buizza, Shian-Jiann Lin, Jan-Huey Chen, and Kerry Emanuel

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0269.1

Page(s):: 1077–1091

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Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Convective Adjustment

Syukuro Manabe and Robert F. Strickler

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1964)021<0361:TEOTAW>2.0.CO;2

Page(s):: 361–385

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The Mysteries of Mammatus Clouds: Observations and Formation Mechanisms

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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS3758.1

Page(s):: 2409–2435

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

Jiwen Fan, Yuan Wang, Daniel Rosenfeld, and Xiaohong Liu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0037.1

Collections:: Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation-Climate Interaction

Page(s):: 4221–4252

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The Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation from Space: A Review

Graeme L. Stephens and Christian D. Kummerow

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/2006JAS2375.1

Collections:: Assimilation of Satellite Cloud and Precipitation Observations

Page(s):: 3742–3765

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The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products, and Validation

L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, S. Mattoo, D. A. Chu, J. V. Martins, R.-R. Li, C. Ichoku, R. C. Levy, R. G. Kleidman, T. F. Eck, E. Vermote, and B. N. Holben