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Research Spotlights

Research spotlights are plain-language summaries of recent articles published in AGU’s suite of 24 journals.

Researchers create a new model to characterize landslide hazards in real time
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A Near-Real-Time Tool to Characterize Global Landslide Hazards

by Terri Cook 10 May 201818 October 2022

By fusing susceptibility information with precipitation data, a new model generates “nowcasts” to predict the potential for rainfall-triggered landslides in steep terrain between 50°N and 50°S.

Researchers map continental deformation in northwestern Tibet.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Insights into Continental Deformation in Northwestern Tibet

by Terri Cook 9 May 201813 April 2022

A new surface velocity map shows strain localized along major strike-slip features, suggesting the central Tibetan Plateau is not deforming as a fluid in response to gravitational collapse.

Researchers improve climate models by including Himalayan topography and land-atmosphere interactions.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Better Way to Predict the Indian Monsoon

by E. Underwood 4 May 201815 February 2023

A new study finds that including Himalayan topography and land-atmosphere interactions improves climate models.

New research reveals how sea level rise threatens wastewater treatment plants.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Sea Level Rise Threatens Hundreds of Wastewater Treatment Plants

by E. Underwood 4 May 201828 February 2023

Untreated sewage could affect 5 times more people than direct flooding, a new study shows.

New research works to improve modeling of gravity waves in the mesosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Toward More Realistic Modeling of the Mesosphere

by E. Underwood 4 May 201816 March 2023

New study reveals complex behavior of gravity waves in the atmosphere.

Natural color image of Hurricane Harvey captured by MODIS on 24 August 2017.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Improving Tropical Cyclone Predictions in the Gulf of Mexico

by Terri Cook 3 May 201819 October 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s newest High Resolution Atmospheric Model captures the influence of intraseasonal oscillations on tropical cyclone activity.

Researchers examine a large plasma hole generated by a satellite launch to understand the impacts of anthropogenic space weather.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Understanding the Effects of Anthropogenic Space Weather

by Terri Cook 1 May 201824 October 2022

A large plasma hole generated by the vertical launch of the Formosat-5 satellite created temporary navigating and positioning errors of up to 1 meter, according to a new study.

Researchers use the 2015 eruption of Chile’s Calbuco volcano to test how well remote infrasound monitoring can detect volcanic activity
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Harnessing Remote Infrasound to Study Volcanic Eruptions

by Terri Cook 30 April 20182 May 2022

Data from the 2015 eruption of Chile’s Calbuco volcano suggest the international network built to monitor nuclear explosions may also be used to detect and characterize volcanic activity.

Researchers assess how space storms impact satellites in geosynchronous orbit
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Space Storms Affect the Satellite Superhighway

by E. Underwood 30 April 201813 April 2022

A powerful numerical model reveals how space weather disturbs magnetic field at geosynchronous orbit.

Researchers combine estimates of sea surface height and circulation patterns in the Southern Ocean to see the bigger picture.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Complete Picture of Southern Ocean Surface Circulation

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 30 April 20188 June 2022

For the first time, researchers combine estimates of sea surface height and circulation patterns in both ice-covered and ice-free regions of the Southern Ocean.

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