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United States and China Methane Emissions: Review, Contrast and Opportunities for Measurement Improvement

Methane mitigation, especially in the near-term, is critical for meeting global climate goals. The U.S. and China, as two of the largest global methane emitters, will play a signi…

Future intensity-duration-frequency curves of extreme precipitation in the Midwest United States from convection-permit…

During the last four decades, global warming has intensified extreme precipitation events in the Midwestern United States (defined here as the region covering Illinois, Indiana, O…

Characteristics of Deep Long-period Earthquakes at Alaskan Volcanoes from 2005 to 2017

Deep long-period earthquakes (DLPs) are often detected near volcanoes from the crust down to the upper mantle. Exhibiting coincidence with some volcanic eruptions, DLPs are recogn…

New abyssal recipes: A revised model of the ocean’s meridional overturning circulation

This work explores the density-driven overturning circulation of the ocean using a process-oriented three-dimensional hydrodynamic model with a free sea surface. As expected, dens…

The Maximum Magnitude of Natural and Induced Earthquakes

This final peer-reviewed version of this paper has now been published in Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-energy and Geo-resources. DOI: 10.1007/s40948-024-00895-2 Link: https:…

CoralCT:  a platform for transparent and collaborative analyses of growth parameters in  coral skeletal cores          …

We present CoralCT, a software application for analysis of annual extension, density, and calcification in coral skeletal cores. CoralCT can be used to analyze computed tomogra…

Storylines reveal contrasting thermodynamic effects of climate change on 2020/21 East Asian cold extremes

The impact of climate change on the intensity of mid-latitude cold air outbreaks is a debated topic due to uncertainty associated with internal atmospheric dynamics. Here, we empl…

Magnetic Mineralogy and Paleomagnetic Record of the Nama Group, Namibia: Implications for Large-Scale Remagnetization o…

The late Ediacaran to early Cambrian was marked by significant biological and geochemical transformations, including the diversification of animal life, and an enigmatic paleomagn…

Hyperbolicity and Southern Hemisphere Persistent Synoptic Events

Predicting the occurrence of coherent blocking structures in synoptic weather systems remains a challenging problem that has taxed the numerical weather prediction community for d…

Seasonal wind stress direction influences source and properties of inflow to the Salish Sea and Columbia River estuary

Estuaries in the northern California current system (NCCS) experience seasonally reversing wind stress which is expected to impact the origin and properties of inflowing ocean wat…

Moisture sources throughout the life-cycle of an Extreme Atmospheric River

Moisture transport within atmospheric rivers is driven by a complex combination of processes, including convergence of moisture from different origins which change over the atmosp…

Effects of improved tidal mixing in NEMO one-degree global ocean model

Diapycnal mixing in the ocean interior has diverse numerical representations in extant global ocean models. These representations affect the simulated transport and storage of oce…

A Review of Emergent Vulnerabilities Indices in the Alaskan Arctic

Human populations are increasingly impacted by climate change, especially in the Arctic, where Polar Amplification is accelerating climate impacts to more than four times the glob…

How sensitive are Sahelian Mesoscale Convective Systems to cold pool suppression?

Understanding the physical processes driving deep convective storms is an essential prerequisite for understanding the wider tropical atmosphere. Cold pools driven by rainfall eva…

Propagation of EMIC Waves from Shabansky Orbits in the Dayside Magnetosphere

We explore the characteristics of EMIC waves generated in a non-dipole, compressed magnetic field at the minimum of the magnetic field. We conducted 2D full-wave simulations using…

Quantifying peat carbon mass in Kenai Peninsula peatlands with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and probing

Peat carbon (C) is one of the largest pools of soil C globally and is sensitive to environmental and climatic changes. Peatlands in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge have been st…

A Novel Bayesian Geophysical Inversion Method to Address Loss Function Bias: The Iterative Normalizing Flow Model

jabbrv-ltwa-all.ldf jabbrv-ltwa-en.ldf Geophysical inversion plays a pivotal role in understanding the Earth’s internal structure. Recently generative neural networks (G…

Sensitivity of the Southern Ocean CO2 sink to a rapid increase and subsequent decrease of atmospheric CO2

Despite the importance of the Southern Ocean carbon sink, its response to future atmospheric CO2 perturbations and warming remains highly uncertain. In this study, we use six stat…

Unified Forecast System Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and East Pacific Teleconnections During Boreal Summ…

This study evaluates the subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction skill of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and its remote impacts on the east Pacific (EP) tropical cyclogenesi…

Fast and efficient: Bayesian optimization with GPU acceleration for ocean models

Ocean general circulation models (OGCMs) contain numerous parameterizations of sub-grid scale processes. The parameter tuning procedure is rarely reported and often done by hand. …

Microplastic polymer type impacts water infiltration and its own transport in soil

Understanding the fate of microplastics (MPs) in soil is one of the most urgent environmental tasks we face. It is also a very challenging one, as there are numerous properties of…

Temporal resolution enhancement of historical meteorological observation based on deep learning

Early meteorological in-situ observation is obtained by manual timing recording, and the temporal resolution is low. The above leads to limitations in the quality of historical da…

Seasonably variable estuarine exchange through inter-connected channels in the Salish Sea

The Salish Sea is a semi-enclosed estuary whose largest basin (Strait of Georgia) is connected to the north-eastern Pacific Ocean through regions with tight constructions and sill…

Mapping the near-field scattered energy in sedimentary basins from ambient noise correlations

Precursory spurious arrivals, commonly observed in ambient noise correlations, are generated by near-field noise sources. We have developed an inversion method to evaluate the noi…

Repeating Long-Period earthquakes at Shishaldin volcano (Alaska): insights into the source mechanism and relationship t…

We look for repeating earthquakes at Shishaldin volcano (Alaska) by a multi-stage clustering of the waveforms of a large catalog of Long-Period (LP) earthquakes (about 330,000 eve…

Kinematics and age of the orogen-perpendicular Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault in North Albania constrained by fault-slip dat…

The Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault (SPNF) is the largest orogen-perpendicular fault on the Balkan Peninsula, separating the Dinarides fold-and-thrust belt in the north from the Helleni…

Stomatal Conductance Modeling from the Perspective of a Land Surface Model

To gain a deep understanding of the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, it is crucial for land surface models to consider plant-related processes. This study focuses on the role of l…

One Atmosphere, Many Metaphysics: The Philosophies of Geoengineering

Deliberate, large-scale interventions in the Earth’s climate system, collectively known as “geoengineering”, are increasingly being proposed to counteract the worst effects of glo…

Long-term InSAR monitoring for Local-scale Groundwater Production Management: A Case Study in Hollywood Basin, Californ…

We demonstrate the effectiveness of long-term continuous interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) monitoring for local resource management. Sustainable yield is a key conc…

Turning Trash into Treasure: Extracting Meaning from Discordant Data via a Dedicated Application

Zircon U--Pb geochronology is a vital tool for dating geological events, yet interpreting discordant zircon ages---often the result of Pb loss due to fluid-rock interactions---rem…

Detecting slow slip signals in southwest Japan based on machine learning trained by real GNSS time series

With the increase in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observations, the requirement for objective and automated detection of slow slip event (SSE) signals hidden in displ…

Assessing Large Multimodal Models for Urban Floodwater Depth Estimation

Urban flood monitoring is crucial for understanding flood processes and implementing management strategies. However, current monitoring systems cannot comprehensively capture urba…

Characterizing an Incipient Transtensional Fault System: Insights from the Morphometric Analysis of the North-South Fau…

Geomorphological studies are significant for understanding fault dynamics and assessing their seismic hazard, particularly in offshore regions where direct observation is limited.…

A unified flow resistance formula for open-channels with natural and engineered submerged obstacles

Stream obstacles, naturally formed like boulders or engineered like weirs, are the major source of flow resistance; however, to quantify their flow resistance, a resistance formul…

CO 2 Trapping in Layered Porous Media by Effective Viscosification

Safe and efficient storage of CO 2 in saline aquifers requires mobility control to prevent CO 2 from accumulation and rapid spreading at the formation top below the caprock. In th…

Dust Storm Influence on Gravity Wave Activity in the Nightside Thermosphere of Mars

Gravity waves in the thermosphere of Mars are complex and variable phenomena capable of causing significant changes to processes in the upper atmosphere of Mars, which can affect …

The impact of climate and land cover change on the cryosphere and hydrology of the Mackenzie River Basin, Canada

High latitudes are predicted to continue warming at higher rates than the global average, with major implications for northern basins where concomitant deglaciation, permafrost th…

A probabilistic Kp and Hp driven auroral boundary model using 28 years of DMSP data

This paper uses energy flux data from the DMSP F6 thru F19 satellites to construct a new equatorward auroral boundary model. This method of processing the data allows one to easil…

Sea ice heterogeneity as a result of ocean eddy activity during the ice growth season

Mesoscale eddies, generated by lateral gradients in salinity and temperature in the Arctic marginal ice zone, are known to modulate the melting of sea ice. Yet, it remains unclear…

PPP solution-based model of absolute vertical movements of the Earth's crust in Poland with consideration of geological…

 The absolute values of VLM and VCM are mostly from +1mm/yr to-1mm/yr. The area of Poland can be considered tectonically stable.  The developed VCM model correlates with the geo…

Study on the characteristics of reaeration under multi-factors based on experiment and dynamic reaeration coefficient m…

Atmospheric reaeration is a key source of dissolved oxygen in rivers, plays a critical role for assessing aquatic ecosystem health and understanding the mechanisms that support ec…

CO 2 Trapping in Layered Porous Media by Effective Viscosification

Safe and efficient storage of CO 2 in saline aquifers requires mobility control to prevent CO 2 from accumulation and rapid spreading at the formation top below the caprock. In th…

Hypothesis of Lunar Reorientation Induced by a Large Impactor

The rotational reorientation of the Moon, a phenomenon that has left its mark on the Moon’s geological configuration, has been studied in light of the large impacts that occurred …

A magnetotelluric study of lithospheric thinning beneath the Northeastern United States: Evidence for partial melting

Analysis of magnetotelluric (MT) data in the northern Appalachian region reveals various heterogeneities in lithospheric structure. By inverting a subset of the long-period Earths…

Managing Large-scale Atmospheric and Oceanic Climate Data for Efficient Analysis and On-the-fly Interactive Visualizati…

Managing vast volumes of climate data, often reaching into terabytes and petabytes, presents significant challenges in terms of storage, accessibility, efficient analysis, and on-…

Spatially resolved salt intrusion mechanisms in a tidal estuary and the impact of channel deepening

The unique ecosystem of estuaries as well as their social and economic usage such as freshwater abstraction are highly dependent on local salinity. Shifts in salt intrusion can ha…

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