The microphysical structure of cloud droplets affects behavior like precipitation. Current models may be underestimating how much these structures can vary within a single cloud.
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Non-Linear Climate Response to Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures
A new study shows the importance of considering non-linear responses to isolated sea surface temperature (SST) changes and the implications for the linear frameworks used to quantify the SST pattern effect.
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Making Waves
Sources of tsunamis are undersea, underground, and under the microscope in our October issue.
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Nonlinear Effects of Wind on Atlantic Ocean Circulation
Simulations reveal the influence of reduced and enhanced wind stress on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
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Hesse Receives 2019 Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Prize
Michael Hesse received the 2019 Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Prize at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award “recognizes cutting-edge work in the fields of space weather and nonlinear waves and processes from midcareer and senior scientists.”
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Celebrating a Century of Nonlinearity Across the Geosciences
Nonlinear concepts have evolved and become increasingly applicable to a wide range of geoscience inquiries, thus setting the stage for exciting new advances during AGU’s next 100 years.
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Bruno Receives 2018 Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Prize
Roberto Bruno will receive the Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Prize at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. The award recognizes “cutting-edge work in the fields of space weather and nonlinear waves and processes.”
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Gonzalez Receives 2017 Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Prize
Walter Gonzalez will receive the Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Prize at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, to be held 11–15 December in New Orleans, La. The award recognizes “cutting-edge work in the fields of space weather and nonlinear waves and processes.”
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Tackling Chaos and Nonlinearity with Order and Straight Talk
The Nonlinear Wave and Chaos Workshop 2017 (NWCW17); San Diego, California, 20–24 March 2017
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Magnetic Field Pulsations and Aurora Tightly Linked
Mysterious plasma waves from space are generating displays of aurora near Earth's poles.