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Improving earthquake forecasting for Europe using elliptic ETAS aftershock distribution kernels
In the standard Epidemic-Type Aftershock Sequence (ETAS) model, widely used for earthquake forecasting, aftershocks are distributed isotropically in space – in circular symmetry a…
The influence of ENSO on the winter North Atlantic Oscillation is mostly unpredictable noise
Seasonal forecast systems are able to skilfully predict the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) a season ahead, but the source of this skill remains unclear. Some studies have…
Global ocean beaching pathways of surface drifters
While millions of metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, substantial amounts also continuously wash ashore. In this study we use observations from NOAA's Global Drifter…
GOES-R Series X-Ray Sensor (XRS): 2. On-orbit measurements and calibrations
An X-Ray Sensor (XRS) has been onboard each of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) since 1975. XRS…
The Phenology-Climate Feedback Loop: Current Understanding and Future Directions
Land surface phenology–the seasonal rhythm of leaf emergence and senescence–is shifting in response to climatic changes. These shifts modify how the land and atmosphere exchange e…
Lithosphere-asthenosphere interactions across the Indo-Burma subduction zone from Sp receiver functions
In the Indo-Burma subduction zone the subducted and hanging-wall lithospheres interact strongly with the asthenosphere due to India-Asia plate convergence. Imaging the lithosphere…
Dynamics of shear instabilities near the ice shelf ocean interface
The melting of ice shelves into the ocean plays a major role, and is a key source of uncertainty, on sea level rise projections. Under ice shelves, meltwater moves upslope, settin…
Silicate weathering in marine sediments: processes, governing factors, and role in global elemental cycles
not-yet-known not-yet-known not-yet-known unknown Silicate weathering occurs across marine sediments with a spect…
High permeability, meteoric influx, and biomass promote microbial signatures in upper km of sedimentary basins
The few studies of modern or ancient microbial communities beyond ~100 m depth in the crust limit our view into the complex deep terrestrial biosphere. In sedimentary systems, iso…
On the Freeze-in Distance of Solar Wind Fluid Entropy Variability in the Corona
The strong correlation between solar wind entropy and the frozen-in ion charge state ratio O 7+ /O 6+ indicates that entropy variability on timescales of hours or longer is preser…
A conceptual model to represent phytoplankton size in oceans
Size is a fundamental trait in marine phytoplankton, linking physiological responses to ecosystem functioning and services. Modelling size diversity presents the challenge of stri…
Vertical triggering of layered faults during the 2024 MW 7.4 Hualien, Taiwan earthquake
Earthquakes have the potential to dynamically trigger other seismic events and cause a cascading effect. Most documented triggered events were laterally triggered, while verticall…
AN OVERVIEW OF OCEAN DATA THROUGH THE LENS OF THE DATA ECOSYSTEM
The oceans, covering approximately 70% of Earth's surface, play a pivotal role in climate regulation, biodiversity, and biogeochemical processes. The large and growing volume and …
Statistical Model of Subsurface Scattering Bias in ICESat-2's ATL06 Product
ICESat-2 uses visible laser pulses and photon-counting detectors to range the Earth's surface, providing precision altimetry for the cryosphere, vegetation, and bathymetry. Since …
The Coriolis effects in parameterization of atmospheric turbulence and convection
Earth’s rotation can deflect turbulent momentum flux and anisotropy of turbulent kinetic energy. This Coriolis turbulent deflection is usually omitted in parameterization of atmos…
A Comprehensive Analysis of Ice Nucleating Particles in a Subarctic Urban Environment During the ALPACA Campaign
Ice nucleating particles (INPs) influence cloud properties, precipitation, and radiative forcing, yet knowledge regarding their sources and characteristics remains incomplete, esp…
Impact of continental configuration on the climate response to greenhouse-gas forcing in an idealized GCM
The influence of continental configuration on the climate response to greenhouse-gas forcing remains poorly understood. Here, we use an idealized model with varying land-ocean cov…
Insights from an ensemble inverse method to quantify basal friction uncertainties for ice-sheet models - Part 1: Greenl…
Basal friction is one of the most uncertain processes in ice-sheet models used to project future sea level rise, yet friction parameters remain poorly constrained by observations.…
Snow what? Comparing snow products to reveal what works, where, and why
Reported values of average annual peak snow water equivalent (SWE) in the mountains of the western United States differ by more than a factor of five, from not enough water to fil…
Extended grain fill stabilizes malt quality across variable environments and nitrogen inputs
Barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) intended for malting must meet strict quality standards to qualify for premium prices. However, producers often struggle to meet these standards in se…
Interval Data Assimilation: A Data Assimilation Scheme Where All Observations Are Intervals
With the proliferation of non-conventional observations from low-cost sensors, citizen science networks, and binary detection systems, data assimilation increasingly confronts obs…
Seasonal dynamics of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) over the Arabian Peninsula using High-Resolution WRF-GHG simulati…
This study presents an analysis of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) variations over the Arabian Peninsula (AP), a region characterized by intense anthropogenic emissions. Atmosphe…
Spatial Scales of Sea Surface Salinity and Temperature Variability in the Beaufort Sea
As part of the SASSIE (Salinity and Stratification at the Sea Ice Edge) program in the Beaufort Sea, we examined scale-dependent spatial differences of surface temperature (SST) a…
The impact of subpolar salinity on AMOC remains masked when forcing is weak
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is suggested to be in a bi-stable regime and might already be at the brink of a irreversible trajectory towards a complete shutd…
The Quartz Kerfuffle: A closed system test of the multiple proposed Ti-in-quartz diffusivities
Ti-in-quartz diffusion chronometry is widely used to constrain the timescales of late-stage silicic magma mobilization, yet published experimental calibrations of Ti diffusivity i…
Recrystallization softens the shear margins of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica
The crystal orientation fabric of glaciers informs about their past deformation and affects their large-scale flow evolution. Yet, fabric development in ice streams remains poorly…
Relationship between Foreshock Structures and Magnetosheath Jets
Plasma structures with enhanced dynamic pressure know as jets are frequently observed in the magnetosheath. We examine a possible connection of these jets with structures reported…
Minimal Perturbation of the Global Mercury Cycle by the Paraná-Etendeka Large Igneous Province (PE-LIP) during the Onse…
The Valanginian positive carbon isotope excursion (Weissert Event, ca. 135 million years ago) documents a major global carbon cycle and climate perturbation. Radioisotopic dating …
Geomorphological Analysis of Martian Chloride Salt-Bearing Deposits
Remote sensing data have identified numerous chloride salt-bearing deposits across the Martian southern highlands. Due to the high solubility of chloride salts, these deposits may…
Strengthening the Data Lifecycle at Sea: Community Strategies for Usable, Shareable, and Impactful Submersible Data
A recent multi-day workshop, co-convened by Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s(WHOI) National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF), and the Marine G…
Imaging Crustal Structure Beneath the Carpathian-Panonnian Region Using Ambient Noise Tomography
The Carpathian–Pannonian Region (CPR) is one of the most seismically active areas in Central Europe, as evidenced by destructive events such as the Mw 7.7 Vrancea earthquake of 19…
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 with i…
Moist Thermodynamic Processes Leading to the Onset of Moist Tropical Heat Waves
The plume buoyancy framework used in previous work is applied to understand the processes leading to moist tropical heat waves (HWs). Lag composite analysis applied to four region…
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…
Seismically-induced rock damage along ultra-slow spreading ridges: consequences for serpentinization
Recent studies have recorded numerous small earthquakes in the rock volume surrounding mid-oceanic ridges, where serpentinization occurs. Sustained serpentinization of peridotite …
Exploring air–sea interactions in a regional weakly coupled data assimilation system: An observing system experiment fo…
We examined air–sea interactions in a weakly coupled ocean–atmosphere data assimilation (DA) system by performing an observing system experiment (OSE). The OSE is performed for th…
Melting Glaciers and Warming Seas – Global Latent Heat of Fusion, Radial Momentum, and Impulse-Driven Step Increases in…
The rise in global mean sea level approximates integrated planetary warming, with the proviso that the pace of glacial melting is out of equilibrium with global warming. Strength …
Laboratory use of a Closed-Path "Industrial Emissions" FTIR Spectrometer for High-Concentration Sampling of Biomass Bur…
Biomass burning emissions factors (EFs) are essential for understanding the impacts of landscape fires on Earth’s atmosphere, air quality, and climate. Here we develop and evaluat…
Hidden ultralow velocity zone beneath paleoslabs near the core-mantle boundary
The interaction between subducted slabs and the core-mantle boundary (CMB) is critical for understanding lower mantle heterogeneity. Here, we investigate a localized ultralow velo…
India’s Leadership in Natural Farming Research: A Bibliometric Analysis
Natural Farming has emerged as a climate-resilient agriculture practice and is popularizing not only in India but also around the world. Researchers considered this a low-cost pra…
Airborne observations reveal underestimated riverine methane emissions across the Amazon
Strongly increasing trends in global methane in recent decades highlight the importance of understanding source-sink attributions and climate feedback mechanisms, especially for l…
Local Surface Wind Sensors Complementing Radio-Networked Smoke Sensors for Public Air Quality Insights at Prescribed Bu…
In light of increasingly frequent and severe wildfires over the past decade, the state of California intends to significantly scale up the use of prescribed fires and other contro…
Quantitative Assessment of Geographic Control of December Solstice EIA Crest Shifts Over Southeast Asia Under Low Solar…
This study quantitatively assesses the drivers of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) morphology and latitudinal shifts over Southeast Asia during the December solstice. We us…
Multi-Scale Controls on Diurnal Convection in theMaritime Continent: Insights from High-Resolution Observations in Timi…
This study examines the interplay between the diurnal cycle of precipitation over Timika, southern Papua, and local land-sea breezes and large-scale drivers. The diurnal cycle is …
Proglacial lakes substantially modulate the surface mass balance of deglacial ice sheets
During the last deglaciation large proglacial lakes formed at the base of retreating ice sheets, retaining a cold surface during summer due to iceberg calving and meltwater inflow…
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