Look up at the sky—what do you see? During the day, it’s a vast expanse of blue with clouds drifting by. At night, it’s a ...

A new study has revealed yet another way that human-induced climate change is affecting the planet. Decades of weather balloon and satellite data has shown that the Earth’s troposphere is expanding, ...

Analysis of air samples taken at altitudes of up to 3,000 meters above Japan has revealed the presence of a vast range of viable bacteria and fungi transported by air masses originating more than ...

Vertical, convective, thermal energy transport is examined outside the box of microscale turbulent dispersion or unstable air ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — How many layers do you think there are in our atmosphere? Five! We have five different layers between us and outer space. From the surface up there is the troposphere, the ...

Researchers have measured carbon dioxide levels for the past three years in the troposphere (lower atmosphere) over a sparsely inhabited rural area near Valladolid, Spain. The results show that the ...

Research performed in the US has helped lay to rest one of the lasting controversies surrounding climate models: whether or not the upper troposphere is warming. Climate models have long predicted ...

Temperature inversions are atmospheric phenomena where temperature increases with increasing altitude, creating extreme stability that inhibits vertical mixing. They are commonly formed nocturnally ...

Abstract Stratosphere–troposphere exchange (STE) is important for the chemical composition of both the stratosphere and troposphere. Modifications of STE in a changing climate may affect stratospheric ...

THE structure of isothermal and inversion layers in the troposphere is of interest in many aspects of radiometeorology. These layers, which can often be detected by centimetric radar, are now known to ...