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Interseismic Creep Along the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault, Haiti, Estimated from InSAR
The Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone (EPGFZ) is a major laft-lateral strike-slip fault in southern Haiti hosting several recent destructive earthquakes, including the 2021 MW…
Lateral momentum transfer in ice-covered rivers
Ice cover alters river hydrodynamics by introducing surface roughness. This roughness modifies momentum redistribution and bed shear stress. Using theoretical arguments, we presen…
Formation and arrest of a surface density front via strain-driven frontogenesis
Ocean fronts play a key role in the vertical transport of heat, energy and biogeochemical tracers, but their behaviour and life cycle is not well-understood, especially at smaller…
Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities A Systematic Review of Applications Technologies and Deployment Patterns
This study conducts a systematic literature review of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in smart cities, covering publications from 2015 to 2024. Following the PRISMA prot…
Accounting for crustal deformation in the estimation of lake water storage in the Aral Sea region
Modern geodetic techniques reveal that large lake water changes can induce significant crustal deformation, yet most studies overlook crustal deformation that alters lakebed geome…
Toward Validating Virtual Models of Complex Shrubland Ecosystems for Next-Generation Airborne LiDAR Studies
The application of airborne and spaceborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for characterizing and monitoring low‑stature ecosystems, such as- rangelands, wetlands (bogs, fens,…
Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions with a Whistler Precursor Upstream of an Interplanetary Shock
On January 8, 2018, a relatively weak quasi-perpendicular interplanetary shock was observed by the four spacecraft of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. The shock had…
The Influence of Tropopause Temperature Biases on Climate Model Simulations of Tropical Cyclones
Potential intensity (PI) is a key indicator for tropical cyclone (TC) activity, yet it exhibits considerable variability across global climate model (GCM) simulations, even under …
Contribution of Young Ice Formation Processes to the Simulation of Antarctic Sea ice Mass Budget
A parameterization of young ice, using sea ice salinity as a proxy for thermal permeability, is implemented in the NEMO sea ice model to enhance model realism in Antarctica. For h…
Data Assimilation of Geostationary Satellite Observations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in a Regional Air Quality Model - P…
This study introduces a novel framework that integrates the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (ETKF) with a Mass Balance Method (MBM) to enhance the simulation of tropospheric nitr…
We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models
Tropical precipitation biases have persisted since the very first generations of climate models. These biases are highly sensitive to the region and/or season of interest, with co…
Estimating Ice Cover on the Great Lakes using Seismic Ambient Noise
Lake ice impacts seismic noise on nearby seismometers, and therefore it should be possible to use seismic observations to monitor ice changes. However, the transfer function descr…
The morphology and oscillations of nightside mid-latitude ionospheric trough at designated longitudes in the Northern H…
The mid-latitude ionospheric trough (MLIT), an anomaly in the ionosphere’s F layer caused by various mechanisms, affects radio wave propagation. In this study, we investigated the…
Can conceptual rainfall-runoff models capture multi-annual storage dynamics?
Conceptual rainfall-runoff models are widely used for hydrological applications, yet many fail to capture multi-annual storage dynamics that are critical during prolonged droughts…
Urban and Rural Warming Trends from MODIS are Statistically Indistinguishable
With climate change accelerating, global temperatures continue to rise. Urbanization further compounds local and regional changes in climate and causes cities to be warmer than th…
A chromosome-level genome assembly of Solanum brevicaule (PI 473011) Y1-5, a wild potato relative with robust resistanc…
Potato cyst nematodes (PCN), Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida, are globally recognized quarantine pests that can cause severe yield losses in potatoes if left uncontrolled. …
Extreme Coastal Waves due to Australian East Coast Lows in a Warming Climate
The southeast coastline of Australia is frequently impacted by East Coast Lows (ECLs) - hybrid storms with both tropical and extratropical characteristics. Although typically shor…
Identifying Increased MJO Dimensionality through Canonical Polyadic Decomposition
The Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) is the primary mode of weather variability in the tropical atmosphere. It is episodic, migratory, and associated with both dynamic and precipit…
First Results of a New Inversion Tool for Thermospheric Neutral Mass Density Computations During Severe Geomagnetic Sto…
In Low Earth Orbit (LEO), atmospheric drag is the dominant source of trajectory prediction error below approximately 700 km altitude, primarily due to inaccuracies in thermospheri…
Effective resistivity for magnetohydrodynamic simulation of collisionless magnetic reconnection
The electron inertia and the off-diagonal electron pressure terms are well-known for the frozen-in condition breakdown in collisionless magnetic reconnection, which are naturally …
Dynamic vs. diabatic controls on atmospheric variability in a tropical aquachannel
Synoptic- to planetary-scale atmospheric variability in the tropics is a potential source of predictability worldwide. However, current weather prediction models hardly capture th…
Cenozoic Wedge Tectonics as a Crustal Thickening Mechanism in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau records active deformation during the ongoing India-Asia collision, yet the mechanisms for its crustal thickening and surface uplift remain debated. In eastern…
Marine Heatwaves Alter El Niño’s Influence on North American Winter Precipitation Patterns
Despite a strong El Niño, the 2023–24 winter produced a North American precipitation pattern that diverged sharply from canonical El Niño teleconnections, with notable anomalies i…
Topographical Features of the Lunar Surface Unveiled through Spherical Voronoi Tessellation Analysis Method of DEM Roug…
This study introduces an innovative method using equal spherical triangular Voronoi tessellation to uniformly sample the digital elevation model (DEM) of the lunar surface, ensuri…
Distinct Efficacy of Regional Methane Emissions in Affecting Global and Regional Concentrations: A Modeling Study with …
The newly developed emission-driven capability of CESM2 allows methane concentrations to be more realistically simulated based on emissions, transport, and atmospheric chemistry, …
A New Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration Ground Motion Model for Subduction Zone Earthquakes in Chile
This study develops new ground-motion models (GMMs) for pseudo-spectral accelerations in Chilean subduction zones using an extensive strong-motion dataset that combines ground mot…
The contribution of the Russell-McPherron effect to the semiannual variation in thermospheric density
A number of external sources and internal circulation mechanisms have been proposed to explain the well-known semiannual variation in global mean thermospheric densities. We use t…
On A Novel Estimation Method of Stickiness Parameter of Suspended Particles from Tank Experiments
Stickiness is a key factor for characterizing the dynamics of coagulation (aggregation and flocculation). Previous studies have developed methods for estimating constant stickines…
The thermodynamic and kinematic structure of the planetary boundary layer for a summer lake breeze day in Chicago
The planetary boundary layer (PBL) over Chicago is strongly modulated by interactions between the lake breeze and the urban heat island. This study focuses on characterizing the t…
Event Study of Cyclic Diffusion of the Proton Shell Distribution associated with Quasi-Periodic Rising Tone Fast Magnet…
It has been proposed that the cyclic rising tone in frequency observed in rising tone quasi-period (QP) fast magnetosonic waves is due to the cyclic diffusion of the inner energy …
The Origins of the East Greenland Coastal Current on the Northeast Greenland Shelf from Two Ocean Reanalyses
The East Greenland Coastal Current (EGCC) transports fresh Arctic outflow southward along the East Greenland Shelf, but its formation on the Northeast Greenland Shelf (NEGS) remai…
Enigmatic Harmonic Tremors at the Oman Drilling Project Multi-Borehole Observatory: Cultural Noise or Subsurface Fluids?
Harmonic tremors are elusive seismic signals whose origins are often debated because they can be generated by both natural and anthropogenic processes. Harmonic tremors attribut…
Winter mixing controls carbon sequestration by the biological pump in the subpolar North Atlantic
Year-round, full water-column hydrodynamic and biogeochemical observations at the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Irminger Sea Array provide a unique opportunity to examine drive…
Using a Difference-in-Differences Approach to Evaluate the Equity and Solar Adoption Impacts of California's NEM 3.0 Po…
To achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, California regulators restructured solar incentive policies, replacing the Net Metering NEM 2.0 tariff with the Net Billing Tariff (NBT), als…
ENSO modulation of deep stratosphere-troposphere-air mass exchange over the Asian monsoon region
Both upward and downward DSTE over the AM region correlate negatively with Niño 3.4 index on interannual scale, but with a stronger signal in upward component. ENSO modulation…
Supporting Information for Tsunami Potential and Scaling Characteristics of Rotational Submarine Landslides in the East…
Table S1: Geometric and physical parameters of submarine landslide traces calculated through analysis, initial tsunami amplitude, and names of active submarine faults. Cross-secti…
Enhanced Earthquake Rupture Jumping Distance Across Step-Overs with Pull-apart Basin: Insights from Observation-Constra…
Pull-apart basins (PABs) commonly develop within extensional step-overs along strike-slip faults, but their effect in determining rupture behaviors across step-overs remains obscu…
Downscaling HRRR Radiation for Distributed Snow Modeling: Part 1 - Incoming Shortwave Partitioning and Topographic Corr…
Recent work has demonstrated the operational potential of iSnobal, a process-based spatially distributed snow model, in representing snow mass and energy balance when forced with …
Assessing flood risk in a rapidly urbanizing basin: a logistic regression approach for Istanbul (Türkiye)
The complex topography and rapid urbanization of Istanbul along the Bosphorus Strait have increased flood risk by modifying drainage and increasing runoff. Considering the challen…
Source process of the 2025 Mw 8.8 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, earthquake revealed by back-projection and waveform inve…
We estimated the source process of the 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake using back-projection analysis and waveform inversion. Back-projection results indicate that the rupture…
Rapid HCl Production from Chlorine Oxidation Sustains Coastal Atmospheric Chlorine Cycling
Hydrogen chloride (HCl), a major tropospheric reservoir of reactive chlorine, is traditionally viewed as a terminal sink primarily formed through acid displacement of particulate …
Space Weather: New Directions for a Maturing Field and Journal
As space weather has significantly matured as a field, the Space Weather journal is implementing two major changes: a new scope and a new Editor-in-Chief (EiC). As part of the rev…
Predicting Precipitation Distributions in Radiative-Convective Equilibrium using Clausius-Clapeyron Scaling and a Decre…
Precipitation frequency and intensity changes are critical yet uncertain under climate change. Two physical constraints govern these changes: Clausius Clapeyron (CC, scaling at ab…
Masked Autoencoders and Neural Fields for Solar Wind Structure Classification from SDO Observations
Understanding solar wind structures is vital for heliophysics and space weather forecasting. We present a deep learning approach combining masked autoencoders and neural fields to…
Genetic Architecture of Angular Leaf Spot Resistance in Cultivated Strawberry Shaped by Epistasis and Genotype-by-Envir…
Angular leaf spot (ALS), caused by Xanthomonas fragariae , is a bacterial disease that limits strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa ) productivity worldwide. Although major resistance …
The Impact of Model Retraining Frequency on Predictive Performance in Air Pollution Forecasting
High‑resolution PM 2.5 forecasts are increasingly produced with machine‑learning models, yet practical guidance on how often these models should be retrained and validated remai…
Accelerating Drought Vulnerability in India: Vegetation Water Stress Under Climate Change
Despite growing recognition of climate change impacts on agricultural systems, changes in water constraints on vegetation productivity across India remain poorly understood. Here …
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