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Atmosphere, Volume 7, Issue 11

November 2016 - 13 articles

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Articles (13)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,650 Views
11 Pages

23 November 2016

The paper describes the net momentum transported by the transient electromagnetic radiation field of a long transient dipole in free space. In the dipole a current is initiated at one end and propagates towards the other end where it is absorbed. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,859 Views
21 Pages

23 November 2016

Multiple data sets were combined to investigate five dust storm events over East Asia in spring 2010 and their impacts on chlorophyll in the East China Sea (ECS) and the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). Satellite-observed column aerosol images...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,531 Views
22 Pages

Impact of Stratospheric Volcanic Aerosols on Age-of-Air and Transport of Long-Lived Species

  • Giovanni Pitari,
  • Irene Cionni,
  • Glauco Di Genova,
  • Daniele Visioni,
  • Ilaria Gandolfi and
  • Eva Mancini

22 November 2016

The radiative perturbation associated to stratospheric aerosols from major explosive volcanic eruptions may induce significant changes in stratospheric dynamics. The aerosol heating rates warm up the lower stratosphere and cause a westerly wind anoma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
10,042 Views
23 Pages

Patterns of Dekadal Rainfall Variation Over a Selected Region in Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda

  • Isaac Mugume,
  • Michel D. S. Mesquita,
  • Charles Basalirwa,
  • Yazidhi Bamutaze,
  • Joachim Reuder,
  • Alex Nimusiima,
  • Daniel Waiswa,
  • Godfrey Mujuni,
  • Sulin Tao and
  • Triphonia Jacob Ngailo

22 November 2016

Understanding variations in rainfall in tropical regions is important due to its impacts on water resources, health and agriculture. This study assessed the dekadal rainfall patterns and rain days to determine intra-seasonal rainfall variability duri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,476 Views
12 Pages

A Methodology to Reduce the Computational Effort in the Evaluation of the Lightning Performance of Distribution Networks

  • Ilaria Bendato,
  • Massimo Brignone,
  • Federico Delfino,
  • Renato Procopio and
  • Farhad Rachidi

20 November 2016

The estimation of the lightning performance of a power distribution network is of great importance to design its protection system against lightning. An accurate evaluation of the number of lightning events that can create dangerous overvoltages requ...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,864 Views
7 Pages

20 November 2016

This study used mesocosms to examine the effects of alternate drying and rewetting on CO2 and CH4 emissions from high-altitude peatlands on the Tibetan Plateau. The drying and rewetting experiment conducted in this study included three phases: a 10-d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,569 Views
13 Pages

Characteristics of PM10 Chemical Source Profiles for Geological Dust from the South-West Region of China

  • Yayong Liu,
  • Wenjie Zhang,
  • Zhipeng Bai,
  • Wen Yang,
  • Xueyan Zhao,
  • Bin Han and
  • Xinhua Wang

19 November 2016

Ninety-six particulate matter (PM10) chemical source profiles for geological sources in typical cities of southwest China were acquired from Source Profile Shared Service in China. Twenty-six elements (Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,124 Views
17 Pages

Evaluation of Optimized WRF Precipitation Forecast over a Complex Topography Region during Flood Season

  • Yuan Li,
  • Guihua Lu,
  • Zhiyong Wu,
  • Hai He,
  • Jun Shi,
  • Yuexiong Ma and
  • Shichuang Weng

17 November 2016

In recent years, the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model has been utilized to generate quantitative precipitation forecasts with higher spatial and temporal resolutions. However, factors including horizontal resolution, domain size, and the phy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,138 Views
17 Pages

11 November 2016

Both the similar and different effects of freezing drizzle, sleet and snow on microphysical properties of supercooled fog were analyzed for fourteen events during a comprehensive wire icing, fog, and precipitation observation experiment conducted at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,795 Views
13 Pages

11 November 2016

The removal of five low-molecular weight aldehydes by two houseplants (Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms and Chamaedorea elegans) were investigated in a laboratory simulation environment with short-term exposure to different low light intensities a...

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