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Figure comparing stratospheric ozone over the Arctic in March 2019 compared with March 2020
Posted inResearch Spotlights

An Extraordinary Winter in the Polar North

by Kate Wheeling 20 November 202029 March 2022

An exceptionally strong stratospheric polar vortex coincided with a record-breaking Arctic Oscillation pattern and ozone destruction during the 2019–2020 winter season.

Panoramic photo showing glowing ripples left in the sky by an atmospheric gravity wave
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Gravity Waves Leave Ripples Across a Glowing Night Sky

by Jack Lee 18 November 20203 November 2021

A thunderstorm made waves on a rare “bright night.”

Plot showing average temperature change over California caused by reductions in airborne particle concentrations
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Comparing Impacts of CO2 and Particle Emission Reductions

by L. Russell 11 November 20209 November 2020

Black carbon contained in airborne particles is often cited as a major factor warming the climate, but how much can California reduce climate change through reducing airborne particle concentrations?

Part of a world map showing the number of lightning flashes per square kilometer in each year
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Look at Global Lightning from the Space Station

by Minghua Zhang 9 September 20206 July 2022

The Lightning Imaging Sensor on the International Space Station provides an expanded view of global lightning that improves scientific understanding of the Earth as well as public safety.

World map showing the difference of a metric of extreme hot days between two periods
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Dataset of Temperature and Precipitation Extremes

by Minghua Zhang 8 September 20202 September 2020

HadEX3 is an updated dataset of gridded temperature and precipitation extremes, that covers the period of 1901 to 2018 and has improved spatio-temporal coverage.

Chart showing concurrent detection of streamer corona discharges from space and the ground
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Streamer Corona Discharges in Thunderstorms Detected from Space

by Minghua Zhang 2 September 202027 January 2022

Concurrent detection from space and the ground of blue optical flashes from streamer corona discharges at altitudes between 8.5 and 14 kilometers and radio waves.

Detector and lightning locations for two observed events in Kanazawa, Japan
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Lightning Discharge Type Linked to Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes

by Minghua Zhang 1 September 202027 August 2020

For the first time, the connection between energetic in cloud pulse and terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes is confirmed in the Gamma-Ray Observation of Winter Thunderclouds experiment in Japan.

Map showing an example of how chemical signature informs the dynamics of the Asian Summer Monsoon flow pattern
Posted inEditors' Highlights

When Chemistry Lends a Hand to Dynamics

by C. Zhang 25 August 202029 March 2022

Chemical signature and chemical transport analyses help understand the dynamics of the Asian Summer Monsoon.

Chart showing the northward propagation of the moisture transport supplied by the East Asian summer monsoon between 1961 and 2017
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Meiyu: The Dragon Dictating Rainfall Variability in East Asia

by Z. Li 13 July 202027 June 2020

According to Chinese myth, rain is water poured out of a dragon; in reality is the Meiyu that dictates rainfall in eastern Asia, producing rain belts jumping from south in spring to north in summer.

Global map showing average ice asymmetry from remote sensing data
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Global View of Shapes and Sizes of Ice Crystals in Cloud Tops

by Z. Li 9 July 202027 June 2020

Ice particles have systematic covariations and temperature dependences that are surprisingly consistent with a simple ice growth theory as revealed by satellites.

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