Middle atmosphere dynamics Archives

Researchers use lidar to examine atmospheric gravity waves.

Research Spotlight 30 June 2017

Sorting Waves in the Sky

Gravity waves in the atmosphere drive weather around the globe. A new study helps interpret gravity wave data and identify annual patterns of this atmospheric mechanism.

Atmospheric Sciences

Meeting Report 2 July 2015

Modeling the Stratosphere's "Heartbeat"

Quasibiennial Oscillation Modeling and Reanalysis Workshop; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 16–18 March 2015

Atmospheric Sciences

Research Spotlight 28 April 2015

Ozone Hole to Remain Large During Cold Years

Despite the Montreal Protocol's success, it will take years of observations to be sure that regulations are allowing the ozone hole to recover.

Atmospheric Sciences

Research Spotlight 3 February 2015

Polar Warming Makes the Jet Stream Stable, Not Wavy or Blocked

An idealized climate model suggests polar warming stabilizes the jet stream and reduces atmospheric blocking at midlatitudes.

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Sorting Waves in the Sky

Modeling the Stratosphere's "Heartbeat"

Ozone Hole to Remain Large During Cold Years

Polar Warming Makes the Jet Stream Stable, Not Wavy or Blocked

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Lenaerts Receives 2017 Cryosphere Early Career Award

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Detection of intact lava tubes at Marius Hills on the Moon by SELENE (Kaguya) Lunar Radar Sounder

Sources of cosmic dust in the Earth's atmosphere

Energetic particle signatures of magnetic field-aligned potentials over Jupiter's polar regions

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