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Volume 151 (2023): Issue 8 (Aug 2023)

 
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Monthly Weather Review (MWR) publishes research relevant to the analysis and prediction of observed atmospheric circulations and physics, including technique development, data assimilation, model validation, and relevant case studies. This research includes numerical and data assimilation techniques that apply to the atmosphere and/or ocean environments. MWR also addresses phenomena having seasonal and subseasonal time scales.

ISSN: 0027-0644; elSSN: 1520-0493

Editor in Chief

Ron McTaggart-Cowan, Environment and Climate Change Canada

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3.2 

2022 Journal Impact Factors in the Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category

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Impact of Gaussian Transformation on Cloud Cover Data Assimilation for Historical Weather Reconstruction

Xiaoxing Wang
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Kinya Toride
, and
Kei Yoshimura
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0315.1
Published Online:
02 Aug 2023
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Discriminant Analysis for Severe Storm Environments in South-central Brazil

Letícia O. dos Santos
,
Ernani L. Nascimento
, and
John T. Allen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0347.1
Published Online:
27 Jul 2023
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Using Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis to Identify Storm Characteristics Associated with Tornadogenesis in High Resolution Simulated Supercells

Abby Hutson
and
Christopher Weiss
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0288.1
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21 Jul 2023
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Geofluid object workbench (GeoFLOW) for atmospheric dynamics in the approach to exascale: Spectral element formulation and CPU performance

D. Rosenberg
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B. Flynt
,
M. Govett
, and
I. Jankov
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0250.1
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20 Jul 2023
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A Quantile-Conserving Ensemble Filter Framework. Part II: Regression of Observation Increments in a Probit and Probability Integral Transformed Space

Jeffrey L. Anderson
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0065.1
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14 Jul 2023
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Relationships Between 10 Years of Radar-Observed Supercell Characteristics and Hail Potential

Cameron R. Homeyer
,
Elisa M. Murillo
, and
Matthew R. Kumjian
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0019.1
Published Online:
06 Jul 2023
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Tropical Transition of Tropical Storm Kirogi (2012) over the Western North Pacific: Synoptic analysis and meso-scale simulation

Wataru Yanase
,
Udai Shimada
,
Naoko Kitabatake
, and
Eigo Tochimoto
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0190.1
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04 Jul 2023
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Robustness of the stochastic parameterization of sub-grid scale wind variability in sea-surface fluxes

Kota Endo
,
Adam H. Monahan
,
Julie Bessac
,
Hannah M. Christensen
, and
Nils Weitzel
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0319.1
Published Online:
29 Jun 2023
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Sensitivities of Subseasonal Unified Forecast System Simulations to Changes in Parameterizations of Convection, Cloud Microphysics, and Planetary Boundary Layer

Benjamin W. Green
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Eric Sinsky
,
Shan Sun
,
Vijay Tallapragada
, and
Georg A. Grell
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0338.1
Published Online:
29 Jun 2023
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Polarimetric Radar Observations of a Long-lived Supercell and Associated Tornadoes on 10–11 December 2021

Matthew S. Van Den Broeke
,
Matthew B. Wilson
,
Cynthia A. Van Den Broeke
,
Devon J. Healey
,
Michaela J. Wood
, and
Raychel E. Nelson
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0330.1
Published Online:
26 Jun 2023
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The influence of convection initiation strength on subsequent simulated supercell evolution

Matthew D. Flournoy
and
Erik N. Rasmussen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0069.1
Published Online:
23 Jun 2023
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On the detection of icing conditions at altitude in conjunction with mesoscale convective complexes using balloon sondes

Chuntao Liu
,
Laufey Jörgensdóttir
,
Paul Walter
,
Gary A. Morris
,
James H. Flynn
, and
Paul Kucera
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0062.1
Published Online:
23 Jun 2023
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Observed air–sea turbulent heat flux anomalies during the onset of the South China Sea summer monsoon in 2021

Xiangzhou Song
,
Xinyue Wang
,
Wenbo Cai
, and
Xuehan Xie
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0314.1
Published Online:
22 Jun 2023
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Regression-Based Ensemble Perturbations for the Zero-Gradient Issue Posed in Lightning-Flash Data Assimilation with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

Takumi Honda
,
Yousuke Sato
, and
Takemasa Miyoshi
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0334.1
Published Online:
21 Jun 2023
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Challenges for Inline Observation Error Estimation in the Presence of Misspecified Background Uncertainty

Andrew Walsworth
,
Jonathan Poterjoy
, and
Elizabeth Satterfield
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0298.1
Published Online:
16 Jun 2023
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Indirect and direct impacts of Typhoon In-Fa (2021) on heavy precipitation in inland and coastal areas of China: Synoptic-scale environments and return period analysis

Liangyi Wang
,
Xihui Gu
,
Louise J. Slater
,
Yangchen Lai
,
Xiang Zhang
,
Dongdong Kong
,
Jianyu Liu
, and
Jianfeng Li
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0241.1
Published Online:
14 Jun 2023
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General Features of MCSs with the Organization of Multiple Parallel Rain Bands in China

Peiyu Wang
and
Zhiyong Meng
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0304.1
Published Online:
12 Jun 2023
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How Sampling Errors in Covariance Estimates Cause Bias in the Kalman Gain and Impact Ensemble Data Assimilation

Daniel Hodyss
and
Matthias Morzfeld
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0029.1
Published Online:
09 Jun 2023
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Development and Investigation of GridRad-Severe, a Multi-Year Severe Event Radar Dataset

Amanda M. Murphy
,
Cameron R. Homeyer
, and
Kiley Q. Allen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0017.1
Published Online:
06 Jun 2023
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An Investigation of a Northeast U.S. Cyclone Event Without Well-Defined Snow Banding During IMPACTS

Brian A. Colle
,
Phillip Yeh
,
Joseph A. Finlon
,
Lynn McMurdie
,
Victoria McDonald
, and
Andrew DeLaFrance
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0296.1
Published Online:
06 Jun 2023
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Assessment of five wind-farm parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting model: A case study of wind farms in the North Sea

Karim Ali
,
David M. Schultz
,
Alistair Revell
,
Timothy Stallard
, and
Pablo Ouro
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0006.1
Published Online:
01 Jun 2023
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Information-based Probabilistic Verification Scores for Two-dimensional Ensemble Forecast Data: A Madden-Julian Oscillation Index Example

Yuhei Takaya
,
Kensuke K. Komatsu
,
Hideitsu Hino
, and
Frédéric Vitart
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0003.1
Published Online:
01 Jun 2023
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Supercell low-level mesocyclones: Origins of inflow and vorticity

Brice E. Coffer
,
Matthew D. Parker
,
John M. Peters
, and
Andrew R. Wade
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0269.1
Published Online:
01 Jun 2023
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Exploring the Value of a High-Precision Targeted Observation Strategy for Mobile Radiosonde Deployment

Isaac Arseneau
and
Brian Ancell
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0352.1
Published Online:
29 May 2023
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Improving the representation of hail in the Thompson microphysics scheme

Anders A. Jensen
,
Gregory Thompson
,
Kyoko Ikeda
, and
Sarah Tessendorf
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0319.1
Published Online:
22 May 2023
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Mesoscale factors contributing to the extreme rainstorm on 20 July 2021 in Zhengzhou, China as revealed by rapid update 4DVar analysis

Juanzhen Sun
,
Rumeng LI
,
Qinghong Zhang
,
Stanley B. Trier
,
Zhuming Ying
, and
Jun Xu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0337.1
Published Online:
22 May 2023
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A three-dimensional hail trajectory clustering technique

Rebecca D. Adams-Selin
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0345.1
Published Online:
16 May 2023
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The Histories of well-documented Maritime Cyclones as Portrayed by an Automated Tracking Method

Paul J. Roebber
,
Kevin M. Grise
, and
John R. Gyakum
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0287.1
Published Online:
19 Apr 2023
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Hybrid dynamical-statistical forecasts of the risk of rainfall in South East Asia dependent on EquatorialWaves

Samantha Ferrett
,
John Methven
,
Steven J. Woolnough
,
Gui-Ying Yang
,
Christopher E. Holloway
, and
Gabriel Wolf
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0300.1
Published Online:
29 Mar 2023

Volume 151 (2023): Issue 8 (Aug 2023)

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A Revised Scheme for the WRF Surface Layer Formulation

Pedro A. Jiménez
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Jimy Dudhia
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J. Fidel González-Rouco
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Jorge Navarro
,
Juan P. Montávez
, and
Elena García-Bustamante
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00056.1
Published Online:
Mar 2012
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Operational Convective-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction with the COSMO Model: Description and Sensitivities

Michael Baldauf
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Axel Seifert
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Jochen Förstner
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Detlev Majewski
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Matthias Raschendorfer
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Thorsten Reinhardt
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-10-05013.1
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Dec 2011
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Atlantic Hurricane Database Uncertainty and Presentation of a New Database Format

Christopher W. Landsea
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James L. Franklin
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-12-00254.1
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Oct 2013
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Stratocumulus Clouds

Robert Wood
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00121.1
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Aug 2012
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A North American Hourly Assimilation and Model Forecast Cycle: The Rapid Refresh

Stanley G. Benjamin
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Stephen S. Weygandt
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John M. Brown
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Ming Hu
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Curtis R. Alexander
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Tatiana G. Smirnova
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Joseph B. Olson
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Eric P. James
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David C. Dowell
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Georg A. Grell
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Haidao Lin
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Steven E. Peckham
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Tracy Lorraine Smith
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William R. Moninger
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Jaymes S. Kenyon
, and
Geoffrey S. Manikin
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0242.1
Published Online:
Apr 2016
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Climatological Characteristics of Atmospheric Rivers and Their Inland Penetration over the Western United States

Jonathan J. Rutz
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W. James Steenburgh
, and
F. Martin Ralph
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00168.1
Published Online:
Feb 2014
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Review of the Ensemble Kalman Filter for Atmospheric Data Assimilation

P. L. Houtekamer
and
Fuqing Zhang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0440.1
Published Online:
Dec 2016
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A Multiscale Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Model Using Centroidal Voronoi Tesselations and C-Grid Staggering

William C. Skamarock
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Joseph B. Klemp
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Michael G. Duda
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Laura D. Fowler
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Sang-Hun Park
, and
Todd D. Ringler
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00215.1
Published Online:
Sep 2012
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Sensitivity of a Simulated Squall Line to Horizontal Resolution and Parameterization of Microphysics

George H. Bryan
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Hugh Morrison
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00046.1
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Jan 2012
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Improved Representation of Boundary Layer Clouds over the Southeast Pacific in ARW-WRF Using a Modified Tiedtke Cumulus Parameterization Scheme

Chunxi Zhang
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Yuqing Wang
, and
Kevin Hamilton
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-10-05091.1
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Nov 2011

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METEOROLOGICAL CENTERS OF ACTION IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

EDWARD A. BEALS
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1921)49<330:MCOAIT>2.0.CO;2
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330–331
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Chart I. Tracks of Centers of Anticyclones, December, 1924. (Inset) Departure of Monthly Mean Pressure from Normal

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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1924)5212<c1:CITOCO>2.0.CO;2
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GENERAL CIRCULATION EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS I. THE BASIC EXPERIMENT

J. SMAGORINSKY
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1963)091<0099:GCEWTP>2.3.CO;2
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99–164
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Neural Networks for Postprocessing Ensemble Weather Forecasts

Stephan Rasp
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Sebastian Lerch
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0187.1
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3885–3900
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A North American Hourly Assimilation and Model Forecast Cycle: The Rapid Refresh

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John M. Brown
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Ming Hu
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Tatiana G. Smirnova
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Joseph B. Olson
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Eric P. James
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David C. Dowell
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Georg A. Grell
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Haidao Lin
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Steven E. Peckham
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Tracy Lorraine Smith
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William R. Moninger
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Jaymes S. Kenyon
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Geoffrey S. Manikin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0242.1
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1669–1694
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An All-Season Real-Time Multivariate MJO Index: Development of an Index for Monitoring and Prediction

Matthew C. Wheeler
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Harry H. Hendon
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1917:AARMMI>2.0.CO;2
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1917–1932
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On the Assessment of Surface Heat Flux and Evaporation Using Large-Scale Parameters

C. H. B. PRIESTLEY
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R. J. TAYLOR
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1972)100<0081:OTAOSH>2.3.CO;2
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81–92
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A New Vertical Diffusion Package with an Explicit Treatment of Entrainment Processes

Song-You Hong
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Yign Noh
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Jimy Dudhia
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3199.1
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2318–2341
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Effects of Environmental Flow upon Tropical Cyclone Structure

William M. Frank
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Elizabeth A. Ritchie
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2044:EOEFUT>2.0.CO;2
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2044–2061
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Euclidean Distance as a Similarity Metric for Principal Component Analysis

Kimberly L. Elmore
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Michael B. Richman
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<0540:EDAASM>2.0.CO;2
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540–549

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