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Swirling cloud formation and the aurora borealis over the northern Atlantic Ocean, looking toward the North Pole
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How Sudden Stratospheric Warming Affects the Whole Atmosphere

by N. M. Pedatella, J. L. Chau, H. Schmidt, L. P. Goncharenko, C. Stolle, K. Hocke, V. L. Harvey, B. Funke and T. A. Siddiqui 20 March 20182 October 2023

High above Earth’s surface, air temperatures occasionally increase suddenly, producing widespread effects on weather, air chemistry, and telecommunications.

A new study tracks meteor trails in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
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Tracking Meteor Trails to Study the Mesosphere

by E. Underwood 9 August 201716 March 2023

Twelve years of radar data reveal new phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

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Imagers Seek Big Bang Signatures, Also Find Gravity Wave Effects

by L. Strelich 5 November 201516 March 2023

Imagers aboard a scientific balloon in the stratosphere serendipitously captured images of thin ice clouds that reveal instability and turbulence flows in remarkable detail.

Posted inScience Updates

Advances in Remote Sensing of Magnetic Fields

by M. Purucker 23 September 201416 March 2023

Remote Atmospheric Magnetics Workshop;
Washington, D. C., 25–26 April 2014

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