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Volume 81 (2024): Issue 5 (May 2024)

 
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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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Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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A Diagnostic Analysis of the Mechanisms for Arctic Cyclone Intensity Evolution

Zhuo Wang
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Mingshi Yang
,
John E. Walsh
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Robert M. Rauber
, and
Melinda Peng
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0130.1
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30 May 2024
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Thermodynamic pathways of vertical wind shear impacting tropical cyclone intensity change: Energetics and Lagrangian analysis

Zi-Qi Liu
and
Zhe-Min Tan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0182.1
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22 May 2024
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Sensitivity of coastal squall line evolution to numerical sea breeze initialization method and coastal mountain characteristics

Fan Wu
and
Kelly Lombardo
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0174.1
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20 May 2024
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Surface drag on deformed topographic boundaries: Tests using a semi-idealized model

Yi Li
and
Craig Epifanio
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0235.1
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17 May 2024
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Extreme Rainfall Risk in Hurricane Ida’s Extratropical Stage: An Analysis with Convection-Permitting Ensemble Hindcasts

Sofia Menemenlis
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Gabriel A. Vecchi
,
Kun Gao
,
James A. Smith
, and
Kai-Yuan Cheng
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0160.1
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14 May 2024
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A comprehensive analysis of uncertainties in warm rain parameterizations in climate models based on in situ measurements

Zhibo Zhang
,
David B. Mechem
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J. Christine Chiu
, and
Justin A. Covert
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0198.1
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13 May 2024
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Kelvin Helmholtz Instability “Tube” and “Knot” Dynamics, Part III: Extension of Elevated Turbulence and Energy Dissipation into Increasingly Viscous Flows

David C. Fritts
,
Ling Wang
,
Tom Lund
, and
Marvin A. Geller
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0085.1
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06 May 2024
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Reinterpretation of the Thorpe Length Scale

Lakshmi Kantha
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0137.1
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02 May 2024
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MS-GWaM: A 3-dimensional transient gravity wave parametrization for atmospheric models

Georg S. Voelker
,
Gergely Bölöni
,
Young-Ha Kim
,
Günther Zängl
, and
Ulrich Achatz
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0153.1
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24 Apr 2024
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CCN activation and droplet growth in Pi chamber simulations with Lagrangian particle-based microphysics

Wojciech W. Grabowski
,
Yongjoon Kim
, and
Seong Soo Yum
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-24-0004.1
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15 Apr 2024
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Recovering Quasi-Biennial Oscillations from Chaos

Xavier Chartrand
,
Louis-Philippe Nadeau
, and
Antoine Venaille
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0220.1
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15 Apr 2024
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Energy Gain Kernel for Climate Feedbacks. Part I: Formulation and Physical Understanding

Ming Cai
,
Xiaoming Hu
,
Jie Sun
,
Feng Ding
, and
Jing Feng
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0148.1
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12 Apr 2024
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Polydisperse sea spray effect on the vertical momentum transport in hurricanes

Yevgenii Rastigejev
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Sergey A. Suslov
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0195.1
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12 Apr 2024
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An analytical model for tropical cyclone outer-size expansion on the f-plane

Danyang Wang
and
Daniel R. Chavas
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0088.1
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10 Apr 2024
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Impacts of stochastic coalescence variability on warm rain initiation using Lagrangian microphysics in box and large-eddy simulations

Hugh Morrison
,
Kamal Kant Chandrakar
,
Shin-Ichiro Shima
,
Piotr Dziekan
, and
Wojciech W. Grabowski
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0132.1
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10 Apr 2024
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A Linear Theory for Periodic Convectively Forced Gravity Waves near a Coastline

Yu Du
,
Richard Rotunno
,
Zijian Chen
, and
Hongpei Yang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0173.1
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10 Apr 2024
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Morning transition of the coupled vegetation canopy and atmospheric boundary layer turbulence according to the wind intensity

Sylvain Dupont
,
Mark R. Irvine
, and
Caroline Bidot
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0201.1
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10 Apr 2024
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Simplified approximations of direct cumulus entrainment and detrainment

Daniel J. Kirshbaum
,
Hugh Morrison
, and
John M. Peters
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0232.1
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08 Apr 2024
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Influence of lake breezes on the triggering of moist convection on the Tibetan Plateau: A large-eddy simulation study

Yunshuai Zhang
,
Cunbo Han
,
Yaoming Ma
,
Shizuo Fu
,
Hongchao Zuo
, and
Qian Huang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0147.1
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05 Apr 2024
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The Influence of Topography on the Diurnal Rainfall Propagation in the Bay of Bengal

ZiJian Chen
and
Yu Du
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0225.1
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05 Apr 2024
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Satellite-Based Estimation of the Role of Cloud-Radiative Interaction in Accelerating Tropical Cyclone Development

Tsung-Yung Lee
and
Allison A. Wing
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0142.1
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04 Apr 2024
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Toward Building a Virtual Laboratory to Investigate Rainfall Microphysics at Process Scales

Lihui Ji
and
Ana P. Barros
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0121.1
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28 Mar 2024
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Large-amplitude quasi-stationary Rossby wave events in ERA5 and the CESM2: features, precursors, and model biases in Northern Hemisphere winter

Cuiyi Fei
and
Rachel H. White
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0042.1.1
Published Online:
28 Jul 2023

Volume 81 (2024): Issue 5 (May 2024)

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A Parameterization Scheme Accounting for Nonhydrostatic Effects on the Momentum Flux of Vertically Propagating Orographic Gravity Waves: Formulas and Preliminary Tests in the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS)

Xin Xu
,
Rongrong Zhang
,
Miguel A. C. Teixeira
,
Annelize van Niekerk
,
Ming Xue
,
Yixiong Lu
,
Haile Xue
,
Runqiu Li
, and
Yuan Wang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0020.1
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805–817
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Stickiness: A New Variable to Characterize the Temperature and Humidity Contributions toward Humid Heat

Catherine C. Ivanovich
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Adam H. Sobel
,
Radley M. Horton
, and
Colin Raymond
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0072.1
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819–837
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Modeling the Subgrid-Scale Scalar Variance: A Priori Tests and Application to Supersaturation in Cloud Turbulence

Scott T. Salesky
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Kendra Gillis
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Jesse Anderson
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Ian Helman
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Will Cantrell
, and
Raymond A. Shaw
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0163.1
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839–853
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The Stochastic Spinup of Vorticity in Spontaneous Tropical Cyclogenesis

Hao Fu
and
Morgan E. O’Neill
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0186.1
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855–870
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On the Local Available Potential Energy Perspective of Baroclinic Wave Development

Marc Federer
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Lukas Papritz
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Michael Sprenger
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Christian M. Grams
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Marta Wenta
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0138.1
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871–886
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Effect of Turbulence on the Collision Rate between Settling Ice Crystals and Droplets

M. Z. Sheikh
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K. Gustavsson
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E. Lévêque
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B. Mehlig
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A. Pumir
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A. Naso
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0119.1
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887–901
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Secondary Ice Production in Simulated Deep Convective Clouds: A Sensitivity Study

Cunbo Han
,
Corinna Hoose
, and
Viktoria Dürlich
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0156.1
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903–921
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Topological Signature of Stratospheric Poincaré-Gravity Waves

Weixuan Xu
,
Baylor Fox-Kemper
,
Jung-Eun Lee
,
J. B. Marston
, and
Ziyan Zhu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0133.1
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923–931
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Interaction with the Extratropics as a New Hypothesis for the Spectral Peak of the Madden–Julian Oscillation

Paul E. Roundy
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Crizzia Mielle De Castro
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0196.1
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933–941
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-13-0305.1
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-12-0189.1
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1963)020<0130:DNF>2.0.CO;2
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