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Posted inEditors' Highlights

Less Air Travel May Partially Contribute to Global Warming

by Tong Zhu 14 April 202219 September 2022

Decrease in aircraft soot emission, as shown by COVID-19 lockdown, leads to a significant increase in ice crystal number in cirrus clouds, and results in a small global positive radiative effect.

View out the window of an airplane with part of a wing and cumulus clouds below visible
Posted inScience Updates

Taking Flight to Study Clouds and Climate

by A. Sorooshian, J. Atkinson, R. Ferrare, J. Hair and L. Ziemba 19 May 202119 September 2022

A new mission involving synchronized aircraft observations is collecting data vital for improving our understanding of how aerosol particles and clouds influence each other.

An airplane flies low over ice with the sun shining through clouds in the background
Posted inFeatures

Glimpsing the Ins and Outs of the Arctic Atmospheric Cauldron

by M. Wendisch, D. Handorf, I. Tegen, R. A. J. Neggers and G. Spreen 16 March 202119 September 2022

Specially equipped aircraft will follow air masses into and out of the Arctic, observing their transformations and improving our knowledge of the Arctic climate and its global influence.

Chart showing composition of reactive nitrogen species in wildfire smoke at different locations
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Deciphering Reactive Nitrogen Emissions from Wildfire Smoke

by B. McDonald 5 February 202119 September 2022

In-situ data gathered from an aircraft flying over 23 western US wildfires in 2018 reveal the importance of reduced nitrogen, shedding insights on ozone and aerosol formation from wildfires.

Commercial passenger plane flying
Posted inFeatures

Greening the Friendly Skies

by Mark Betancourt 4 November 202019 September 2022

Decarbonizing the aviation industry won’t be easy. The coronavirus pandemic complicates the situation but also presents an opportunity.

Satellite image of a long plume of ash extending from Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland
Posted inNews

The Art of Volcanic Ash Modeling 10 Years After Eyjafjallajökull

by Jane Palmer 15 April 202018 November 2022

The ash plumes from the eruption of the Icelandic volcano in 2010 disrupted air travel in Europe for several weeks. Since then, scientists have developed models to mitigate ash’s impacts.

An X8.2-class solar flare
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Solar Flares Increase Radiation Risk on Commercial Aircraft

by E. Underwood 18 April 201919 September 2022

A new study quantifies how space weather may affect polar transcontinental flight.

A Twin Otter turboprop flies over California, taking measurements of smoke from a wildfire.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Probing Wildfire Smoke Plumes Up Close

by Sarah Stanley 10 April 201919 September 2022

Direct observations from flights over coastal California reveal more about aerosol plumes released by burning biomass.

Strips and bands of color off the western coast of Australia indicate the MH370 search area.
Posted inNews

Seafloor Data from Lost Airliner Search Are Publicly Released

by Katherine Kornei 21 July 201719 September 2022

Detailed maps of the bottom of the Indian Ocean reveal deep canyons and landslides but no wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in 2014.

An airplane carrying gravimeters.
Posted inScience Updates

Measuring Earth’s Gravity Field from the Air

by Y. M. Wang and T. Damiani 10 January 201719 September 2022

2016 Airborne Gravimetry for Geodesy Summer School; Silver Spring, Maryland, 23–27 May 2016

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