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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

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Volume 81 (2024): Issue 6 (Jun 2024)

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The Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (JAS) publishes basic research related to the physics, dynamics, and chemistry of the atmosphere of Earth and other planets, with emphasis on the quantitative and deductive aspects of the subject.

ISSN: 0022-4928; eISSN: 1520-0469

Editor in Chief

Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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2023 Journal Impact Factors in the Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category

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Dynamics of two episodes of high winds produced by an unusually long-lived quasi-linear convective system in South China

Xin Xu
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Yuanyuan Ju
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Qiqing Liu
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Kun Zhao
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Ming Xue
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Shushi Zhang
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Ang Zhou
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Yuan Wang
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Ying Tang
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Effects of turbulence on upper tropospheric ice supersaturation

B. Kärcher
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F. Hoffmann
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A. Podglajen
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A. Hertzog
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R. Pluogonven
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R. Atlas
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M. Corcos
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W. W. Grabowski
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B. Gasparini
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Tropical cyclone boundary-layer asymmetries in a tilt-following perspective

Chau-Lam Yu
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Brian Tang
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Robert G. Fovell
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Eye Formation and energetics in a dry model of hurricane-like vortices

Emmanuel Dormy
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Ludivine Oruba
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Kerry Emanuel
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The Role of Turbulence in an Intense Tropical Cyclone: Momentum Diffusion, Eddy Viscosities, and Mixing Lengths

Chibueze N. Oguejiofor
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George H. Bryan
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Richard Rotunno
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Peter P. Sullivan
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David H. Richter
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A Diagnostic Analysis of the Mechanisms for Arctic Cyclone Intensity Evolution

Zhuo Wang
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Mingshi Yang
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John E. Walsh
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Robert M. Rauber
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Melinda Peng
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Extreme Rainfall Risk in Hurricane Ida’s Extratropical Stage: An Analysis with Convection-Permitting Ensemble Hindcasts

Sofia Menemenlis
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Gabriel A. Vecchi
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Kun Gao
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James A. Smith
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Kai-Yuan Cheng
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MS-GWaM: A 3-dimensional transient gravity wave parametrization for atmospheric models

Georg S. Voelker
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Gergely Bölöni
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Young-Ha Kim
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Günther Zängl
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Ulrich Achatz
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Recovering Quasi-Biennial Oscillations from Chaos

Xavier Chartrand
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Louis-Philippe Nadeau
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Antoine Venaille
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A Linear Theory for Periodic Convectively Forced Gravity Waves near a Coastline

Yu Du
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Richard Rotunno
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Zijian Chen
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Hongpei Yang

Volume 81 (2024): Issue 6 (Jun 2024)

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Review of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions: Mechanisms, Significance, and Challenges

Jiwen Fan
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Yuan Wang
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Daniel Rosenfeld
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Xiaohong Liu
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Spectrally Consistent Scattering, Absorption, and Polarization Properties of Atmospheric Ice Crystals at Wavelengths from 0.2 to 100 μm

Ping Yang
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Lei Bi
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Bryan A. Baum
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Kuo-Nan Liou
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George W. Kattawar
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Michael I. Mishchenko
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Benjamin Cole
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Moisture Modes and the Eastward Propagation of the MJO

Adam Sobel
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Eric Maloney
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Representing Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Convection in Large-Scale Models

Peter Bechtold
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Noureddine Semane
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Philippe Lopez
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Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
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Anton Beljaars
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Niels Bormann
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A Particle-Surface-Area-Based Parameterization of Immersion Freezing on Desert Dust Particles

Monika Niemand
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Ottmar Möhler
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Bernhard Vogel
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Heike Vogel
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Corinna Hoose
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Paul Connolly
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Holger Klein
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Heinz Bingemer
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Paul DeMott
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Julian Skrotzki
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Thomas Leisner
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Have Aerosols Caused the Observed Atlantic Multidecadal Variability?

Rong Zhang
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Thomas L. Delworth
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Rowan Sutton
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Daniel L. R. Hodson
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Keith W. Dixon
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Isaac M. Held
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Yochanan Kushnir
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John Marshall
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Yi Ming
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Rym Msadek
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Jon Robson
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Anthony J. Rosati
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MingFang Ting
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Gabriel A. Vecchi
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Turbulence Regimes and Turbulence Intermittency in the Stable Boundary Layer during CASES-99

Jielun Sun
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Larry Mahrt
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Robert M. Banta
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Yelena L. Pichugina

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What Is the Predictability Limit of Midlatitude Weather?

Fuqing Zhang
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Y. Qiang Sun
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Linus Magnusson
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Roberto Buizza
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Shian-Jiann Lin
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Jan-Huey Chen
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Kerry Emanuel
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The Mysteries of Mammatus Clouds: Observations and Formation Mechanisms

David M. Schultz
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Katharine M. Kanak
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Jerry M. Straka
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Robert J. Trapp
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Brent A. Gordon
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Dusan S. Zrnić
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George H. Bryan
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Adam J. Durant
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Timothy J. Garrett
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Petra M. Klein
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Douglas K. Lilly

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