High above Earth’s surface, air temperatures occasionally increase suddenly, producing widespread effects on weather, air chemistry, and telecommunications.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
By harnessing satellite data collected from low-Earth orbit, scientists can now track the distribution of atmospheric nitrous oxide and its isotopes.Read More »
Measurements show that a decline in chlorine due to the Montreal Protocol has resulted in about 20 percent less ozone depletion during the Antarctic winter than there was in 2005.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
New research provides a comprehensive overview of the effect of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) on atmospheric composition throughout the life cycle of the ASM anticyclone.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
A simplified view of ozone chemistry can cause climate models to overestimate the response of jet streams to increasing greenhouse gases.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Enhanced technology and chemistry-climate models have advanced our understanding of the sources and processes controlling the evolution of the stratospheric aerosol layer, the so-called Junge layer.Read More »
A new study shows that trace gas samples collected aboard commercial airliners can be used to determine the origin and dynamics of atmospheric air masses.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
A new model of how the Sun's 11-year cycle affects climate leads to slight changes in model results on atmospheric chemistry, but temperature and wind results are consistent with the previous model.Read More »
Computer simulations show that adding tiny droplets of ice to the atmosphere during the spring could help eliminate chlorofluorocarbons and repair the hole in the ozone layer.Read More »
