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Source Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Atmospheric Sciences
Researchers measure wind speeds to understand turbulence in nighttime inversions of the stable boundary layer.

Research Spotlight 21 September 2018

Wind Speed Governs Turbulence in Atmospheric Inversions

Measurements made during a field campaign in Idaho indicate that the speed of winds 2 meters above Earth’s surface determines the type of turbulence present in nighttime inversions.
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Tanker belching smoke

Research Spotlight 15 August 2018

Brown Carbon from Increased Shipping Could Harm Arctic Ice

Emission from a ship’s engine gives clues to how much light-absorbing molecules may build up on and above snow and sea ice. Such emissions are likely to increase as more ships venture into the Arctic.
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Climate Change
Researchers analyze historical modeling outputs to assess seasonal climate predictions

Research Spotlight 12 July 2018

Evaluating the Accuracy of Seasonal Climate Predictions

An analysis of historical modeling outputs is improving our understanding of the relationships between different types of seasonal forecasting skills.
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Atmospheric Sciences
New research works to improve modeling of gravity waves in the mesosphere

Research Spotlight 4 May 2018

Toward More Realistic Modeling of the Mesosphere

New study reveals complex behavior of gravity waves in the atmosphere.
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Atmospheric Sciences
Natural color image of Hurricane Harvey captured by MODIS on 24 August 2017.

Research Spotlight 3 May 2018

Improving Tropical Cyclone Predictions in the Gulf of Mexico

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

Editors' Highlights 5 April 2018

Spectral Surface Emissivity Improves Arctic Climate Simulation

Improving the representation of surface emissivity in the Community Earth System Model reduces its Arctic winter cold bias from 7 to 1 Kelvin degree.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Researchers examine large-scale meteorological processes behind extreme precipitation events in the Middle East

Research Spotlight 26 March 2018

What Causes Flash Floods in the Middle East?

Researchers zero in on the large-scale meteorological processes driving extreme precipitation events in the hot, arid desert region.
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Atmospheric Sciences

Editors' Highlights 12 March 2018

Continental Convection Reaches New Highs

Ten years of high-resolution gridded NEXRAD radar data provide a new data set to quantify tropopause-overshooting convection over the continental United States.
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Atmospheric Sciences

Editors' Highlights 26 January 2018

New Estimates of Ozone Transport in Extratropical Cyclones

Cross-tropopause ozone transport in midlatitude cyclones, coincident with dry air intrusions, is derived from satellite and reanalysis data organized in cyclone-centric coordinates.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
New modeling analyzes how snow affects the intensity of mountain precipitation in a changing climate

Research Spotlight 24 January 2018

How Does Snow Affect the Intensity of Mountain Precipitation?

A new investigation into the sensitivity of extreme precipitation in a changing climate indicates that more winter rainfall and protracted snowmelt may require local adaptations to winter flooding impacts.
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