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Amer Geophysical Union2023

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The Arctic warms nearly four times faster than the global average, and aerosols play an increasingly important role in Arctic climate change. In the Arctic, sea salt is a major aerosol component in terms of mass concentration during winter and spring. Howe ...

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Pan-Arctic seasonal cycles and long-term trends of aerosol properties from 10 observatories

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Even though the Arctic is remote, aerosol properties observed there are strongly influenced by anthropogenic emissions from outside the Arctic. This is particularly true for the so-called Arctic haze season (January through April). In summer (June through ...

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Spatiotemporal modelling of extreme wildfires and severe thunderstorm environments

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The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than the global average, and the role of aerosols is not well constrained. Aerosol number concentrations can be very low in remote environments, rendering local cloud radiative properties highly sensitive to ...

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The Role of Hydraulic Failure in a Massive Mangrove Die-Off Event

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IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS2022

TopoCLIM: rapid topography-based downscaling of regional climate model output in complex terrain v1.1

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Evolution of stream and lake water temperature under climate change

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This report presents past observations and projects the future development of water temperature in Swiss lakes and rivers. Projections are made until the end of the 21st century using the CH2018 climate scenarios. Besides climate change effects on temperat ...

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Simulation of long-term spatiotemporal variations in regional-scale groundwater recharge: contributions of a water budget approach in cold and humid climates

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