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Plot showing how the height of melting layer is higher than that of the freezing level in cyclones.
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Melting Layer Characteristics of Cyclones

by Jonathan H. Jiang 22 March 202213 March 2023

Dual‐frequency Precipitation Radar observations reveal the characteristics and microphysical processes of the melting layer in cyclone precipitation over the western North Pacific.

A blue ring of auroral emission glows above Saturn’s north pole.
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Saturn’s Powerful Winds Explain Changes in the Length of Its Day

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 17 March 20228 August 2022

Atmospheric winds moving at more than 7,000 kilometers per hour distort Saturn’s magnetic field, revealing why spacecraft have measured changes in the length of a day on the ringed world.

Image of the center of our galaxy
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With MeerKAT, Astronomers Peer at the Possibilities of Radio Imaging

by Santiago Flórez 11 March 202224 May 2022

Stunning images of the center of the Milky Way showcase technology and techniques that may be a starting point for more discoveries.

Detailed image shows sculpted layers of ice at Mars’s south pole.
Posted inNews

The Bumpy Search for Liquid Water at the South Pole of Mars

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 8 March 20228 March 2022

Studies since 2018 have provided competing explanations of bright radar reflections from the base of the south polar ice cap.

Example of how, given the presence of aurora, an over-the-horizon radar based in Scotland might be used to track an aircraft at 10 km altitude in a region to the north.
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Can Aurora Enhance Radar Monitoring of Arctic Aviation?

by Michael A. Hapgood 2 February 202215 March 2022

Enhanced E-region ionization produced by the aurora can be used to reflect signals from over-the-horizon radars and thus enable those radars to better monitor aviation in Arctic regions.

Two satellite dishes
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Expanding the Scope of Radio Science

by Sana Salous 25 January 202214 February 2022

AGU’s Radio Science journal announces an expansion in scope in response to technological developments and welcomes Technical Reports presenting measurements and experimental studies.

The layers of Jupiter’s atmosphere visible to Juno’s microwave radiometer
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A Transition Zone Below Jupiter’s Clouds

by Morgan Rehnberg 12 November 202127 January 2022

The microwave radiometer aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals the hidden atmospheric circulations at work deep below Jupiter’s colorful clouds.

Two plots showing the Cumulative probability of scintillation exceeding a certain value versus geomagnetic activity in July-December 2017.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Auroral E-region is a Source for Ionospheric Scintillation

by Michael P. Hickey 9 August 202111 August 2022

Observations reveal a connection between auroral particle precipitation and scintillation, indicating that the ionospheric E-region is a key source region for phase scintillation at auroral latitudes.

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Elliott Receives 2020 John Wahr Early Career Award

by AGU 7 July 202114 April 2022

John R. Elliott received the 2020 John Wahr Early Career Award at AGU’s virtual Fall Meeting 2020. The award recognizes “significant advances in geodetic science, technology, applications, observations, or theory.”

Close-up view of the eye of category 5 Typhoon Maysak as seen from the International Space Station in March 2015
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Chasing Cyclones from Space

by C. R. Jackson, T. W. Ruff, J. A. Knaff, A. Mouche and C. R. Sampson 2 June 202126 April 2022

The pioneering use of satellite-based synthetic aperture radar to characterize tropical cyclones in near-real time has provided a crucial new tool with which to forecast powerful storms.

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