Michigan Technological University

Unifying Observations, Simulations, and Theory for Drizzle Size Distribution Tails

Abstract The onset and rate of drizzle remain open problems in atmospheric physics. This study brings together theory, simulations, and observations to analyze the emergence of power‐law tails in droplet size distributions as a signature of a dynamic steady state with coalescence...

Anatomy and impact of a high Arctic atmospheric river driving extreme winter rain and snowfall

Abstract. Atmospheric rivers (ARs) transport concentrated fluxes of heat and moisture poleward, driving temperature and precipitation extremes. Yet, their vertical structure in the High Arctic – where small thermodynamic perturbations govern rain-snow partitioning and cryospheric...

Disentangling the Hemodynamic Effects of A-Wave Loss and Cardiac Output Reduction in Atrial Fibrillation

PURPOSE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases thromboembolic risk, yet the relative hemodynamic contributions of A-wave loss, cardiac output (CO) reduction, and patient-specific atrial geometry remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to isolate the hemodynamic consequences...

Exact Closed-Form Solution for Fanno Flow of a Calorically Perfect Ideal Gas

Abstract This paper presents an explicit Lambert-W inversion of the classical Fanno relation for steady, adiabatic, quasi-one-dimensional flow of a calorically perfect ideal gas in a constant-area duct with wall friction. The formulation isolates the downstream Mach number as a f...

Highly localized droplet clustering in shallow cumulus clouds

The size and spatial clustering of water droplets in warm clouds influence cloud evolution and radiation properties and thus are of fundamental importance for the Earth’s energy balance and water cycle. Some proposed mechanisms for droplet growth and precipitation initiation in w...

Vetiver Phytoremediation of Nitrate-Rich Munition Wastewater: Biomass Valorization Within a Circular Economy Framework

Industrial munition facilities generate nitrate-rich wastewater that requires effective and sustainable treatment before discharge. While vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides)-based phytoremediation has shown promise in nitrogen removal, most studies have been limited to small-...

miR172 ‐ AP2 Controls Age‐Dependent Regeneration Competence in Populus

ABSTRACT Plants maintain remarkable regenerative potential, yet this capacity declines with developmental age, limiting clonal propagation and biotechnological applications. Here, we show that the miR172‐AP2 module serves as a central determinant of regeneration competence in Pop...

An interpretable remote sensing–machine learning framework for wildfire soil burn severity prediction in the northwestern United States

Background Although soil burn severity (SBS) is traditionally mapped post-fire, pre-fire predictive approaches remain limited despite their potential to identify areas at risk of soil degradation, runoff and erosion. Aim To develop a large-scale model for predicting post-fire SBS...