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Environmental Sciences
Marcel Nicolaus, Donald K. Perovich, Gunnar Spreen, Mats A. Granskog, Luisa von Albedyll, Michael Angelopoulos, Philipp Anhaus, Stefanie Arndt, H. Jakob Belter, Vladimir Bessonov, Gerit Birnbaum, Joerg Brauchle, Radiance Calmer, Estel Cardellach, Bin Cheng, David Clemens-Sewall, Ruzica Dadic, Ellen Damm, Gijs de Boer, Oguz Demir, Klaus Dethloff, Dmitry Divine, Allison A. Fong, Steven Fons, Markus M. Frey, Niels Fuchs, Carolina Gabarro, Sebastian Gerland, Helge F. Goessling, Rolf Gradinger, Jari Haapala, Christian Haas, Jonathan Hamilton, Henna-Reetta Hannula, Stefan Hendricks, Andreas Herber, Celine Heuze, Mario Hoppmann, Knut Vilhelm Hoyland, Marcus Huntemann, Jennifer K. Hutchings, Byongjun Hwang, Polona Itkin, Hans-Werner Jacobi, Matthias Jaggi, Arttu Jutila, Lars Kaleschke, Christian Katlein, Nikolai Kolabutin, Daniela Krampe, Steen Savstrup Kristensen, Thomas Krumpen, Nathan Kurtz, Astrid Lampert, Benjamin Allen Lange, Ruibo Lei, Bonnie Light, Felix Linhardt, Glen E. Liston, Brice Loose, Amy R. Macfarlane, Mallik Mahmud, Ilkka O. Matero, Anne Morgenstern, Reza Naderpour, Vishnu Nandan, Alexey Niubom, Marc Oggier, Natascha Oppelt, Christophe Perron, Tomasz Petrovsky, Roberta Pirazzini, Chris Polashenski, Benjamin Rabe, Ian A. Raphael, Julia Regnery, Markus Rex, Robert Ricker, Kathrin Riemann-Campe, Annette Rinke, Jan Rohde, Evgenii Salganik, Randall K. Scharien, Martin Schiller, Martin Schneebeli, Maximilian Semmling, Egor Shimanchuk, Matthew D. Shupe, Madison M. Smith, Vasily Smolyanitsky, Vladimir Sokolov, Tim Stanton, Julienne Stroeve, Linda Thielke, Anna Timofeeva, Rasmus Tage Tonboe, Aikaterini Tavri, Michel Tsamados, David N. Wagner, Daniel Watkins, Melinda Webster, Manfred Wendisch
Summary: This study conducted year-round observations of the physical properties and processes of snow and ice in the Arctic Ocean, aiming to understand the interaction between the ice pack, atmosphere, and ocean. The results showed that the spatial variability of snow is crucial for understanding snow-related feedback processes, and the ice pack undergoes rapid transformations and motions during drift. These findings are important for improving climate models and validating remote sensing methods.
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Environmental Sciences
Ziyi Chen, Zhixin Liu, Lirong Yin, Wenfeng Zheng
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Environmental Sciences
Wenju Cai, Benjamin Ng, Guojian Wang, Agus Santoso, Lixin Wu, Kai Yang
Summary: Sea surface temperature (SST) variability of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) plays a crucial role in its global impact. The IPCC's sixth assessment shows that there is no systematic change in ENSO SST variability under different emission scenarios, but there is a robust increase in century-long ENSO SST variability under various IPCC emission scenarios. Models indicate increased variability in the 21st century compared to the 20th century.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
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Environmental Sciences
Lirong Yin, Lei Wang, Wenfeng Zheng, Lijun Ge, Jiawei Tian, Yan Liu, Bo Yang, Shan Liu
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Environmental Sciences
Mehmet Cetin, Akram Mohamed Omar Aljama, Osama B. Muragaa Alrabiti, Fatih Adiguzel, Hakan Sevik, Ilknur Zeren Cetin
Summary: As residential areas continue to expand in Turkey, environmental pollution, especially heavy metal pollution, has become a major concern. This study focused on mapping the pollution levels of lead (Pb) and chromium (Cr) in the city center of Ankara, Turkey using topsoil samples. The results showed that the highest concentration of Cr was found in the northwest-southeast axis of the study area, while the highest concentration of Pb was located in the center of the study area, specifically in the west of Sincan town.
WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
(2022)
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Ning Ma, Yongqiang Zhang
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AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Renata Libonati, Joao L. Geirinhas, Patricia S. Silva, Ana Russo, Julia A. Rodrigues, Liz B. C. Belem, Joana Nogueira, Fabio O. Roque, Carlos C. DaCamara, Ana M. B. Nunes, Jose A. Marengo, Ricardo M. Trigo
Summary: The year 2020 witnessed a catastrophic fire season in the Pantanal, characterized by severe drought and heatwaves. Land-atmosphere feedbacks played a crucial role in the simultaneous occurrence of drought and heatwaves, exacerbating the risk of fire outbreaks. These findings have implications for understanding and predicting similar extreme events.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Laurence Hawker, Peter Uhe, Luntadila Paulo, Jeison Sosa, James Savage, Christopher Sampson, Jeffrey Neal
Summary: This article introduces a method that uses machine learning to remove buildings and forests from the Copernicus Digital Elevation Model, generating a more accurate global map of elevation. By training the algorithm with unique reference elevation data from 12 countries, the method significantly reduces vertical errors in built-up areas and forests. The resulting elevation map is more accurate than existing global elevation maps.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Avantika Gori, Ning Lin, Dazhi Xi, Kerry Emanuel
Summary: Changes in tropical cyclones will increase the risk to US coastlines, with the largest contribution coming from increased storm intensity and decreased translation speed. The joint hazard of extreme rainfall and storm tides is expected to drastically increase in future conditions, leading to a potential 7-36-fold increase in the frequency of joint extreme events in the southern US and a 30-195-fold increase in the Northeast by 2100.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Shahfahad, Mohd Waseem Naikoo, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam, Javed Mallick, Atiqur Rahman
Summary: This research analyzed the impact of land use/land cover change on urban heat island intensity and thermal comfort in Delhi from 1991 to 2018 using Landsat datasets and geographically weighted regression. The findings show that the increase in built-up area has led to higher surface temperature and urban heat island intensity, resulting in decreased thermal comfort in the city.
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Husi Letu, Takashi Y. Nakajima, Tianxing Wang, Huazhe Shang, Run Ma, Kun Yang, Anthony J. Baran, Jerome Riedi, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Mayumi Yoshida, Chong Shi, Pradeep Khatri, Yihan Du, Liangfu Chen, Jiancheng Shi
Summary: Surface downward radiation (SDR), consisting of shortwave downward radiation (SWDR) and longwave downward radiation (LWDR), plays a crucial role in energy and climate studies. This study derived high-resolution SWDR and LWDR data for the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region from 2016 to 2020 using the next-generation geostationary satellite Himawari-8 (H-8). The new SDR product considers all-sky features, cloud effects, and the influence of aerosol loading and topography on SWDR. Compared to benchmark products, the new SDR product has significantly higher resolution and accuracy, making it a valuable resource for research.
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Xueying Li, Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon, Michael E. Mann, Xingdong Li, Fuqiang Tian, Zhangli Sun, Guangqian Wang
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NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
N. N. Ridder, A. M. Ukkola, A. J. Pitman, S. E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick
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NPJ CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
(2022)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Mohammed Magdy Hamed, Mohamed Salem Nashwan, Shamsuddin Shahid, Tarmizi bin Ismail, Xiao-jun Wang, Ashraf Dewan, Md Asaduzzaman
Summary: The objective of this research was to assess the difference in historical simulations and future projections of rainfall and temperature of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models over Southeast Asia (SEA). The results showed that the CMIP6 models performed well in simulating rainfall in SEA, but showed no significant improvement compared to CMIP5 models in terms of temperature simulation. The improvement in CMIP6 models was mainly in the reduction of uncertainty in ensemble simulation.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yun Qian, T. C. Chakraborty, Jianfeng Li, Dan Li, Cenlin He, Chandan Sarangi, Fei Chen, Xuchao Yang, L. Ruby Leung
Summary: This review article discusses the impact of urbanization on regional climate and extreme weather. It introduces the datasets and methods used in studying urban areas and their impacts. The article highlights the influence of urbanization on various aspects such as the urban heat island effect and emphasizes the research gaps and challenges in understanding the impacts of urbanization.
ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
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Agronomy
Xiangjin Shen, Yiwen Liu, Binhui Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Lei Wang, Xianguo Lu, Ming Jiang
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AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Huiwen Xu, Huopo Chen, Huijun Wang
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Bilal Rasool, Mahmood-ur-Rahman, Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Asaf Khan, Pia Muhammad Adnan Ramzani, Agnieszka Dradrach, Veysel Turan, Muhammad Iqbal, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Tauqeer, Muniba Farhad, Zaheer Abbas Virk
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WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Peng Zhang, Xiuqing Hu, Qifeng Lu, Aijun Zhu, Manyun Lin, Ling Sun, Lin Chen, Na Xu
Summary: FY-3E, the world's first early-morning-orbit meteorological satellite for civil use, will work together with other satellites to provide global data coverage for numerical weather prediction, effectively improving the accuracy and time efficiency of global NWP, which is of great significance to perfect the global earth observing system.
ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
(2022)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Jingyu Zeng, Rongrong Zhang, Yanping Qu, Virgilio A. Bentod, Tao Zhou, Yuehuan Lin, Xiaoping Wu, Junyu Qi, Wei Shui, Qianfeng Wang
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WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES
(2022)
