Satellite Images Validate Contrail Formation Models
A new study uses high-resolution satellite imagery to validate contrail formation models, finding 98.3% agreement when using in situ aircraft ...
Tag: atmospheric measurement
Whole Air Outperforms Synthetic Air in Greenhouse Gas Monitoring
A new study in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques finds that whole air reference materials remain superior for high-precision greenhouse gas monitoring, ...
Drones Track Complex Three-Dimensional Forest Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Southern China
Atmospheric researchers deployed an instrumented hexacopter drone over a subtropical forest in southern China to quantify three-dimensional carbon dioxide exchange, ...
AI Trained on Synthetic Radar Images Cleans Weather Data Better Than Operational Method
A U-net trained entirely on synthetic radar images outperforms the operational clutter-filtering method used by Deutscher Wetterdienst on expert-labeled test ...
Laser Spectrometer Tames Humid Air to Track the Ozone-Hole Culprit Nitrous Oxide
German and NASA researchers have validated a fast quantum cascade laser spectrometer that measures nitrous oxide with sub-ppb precision from ...
Europe’s Lightning Map Gets a Reality Check: Towers Reveal Network Pins Strikes Within 125 Metres
A 14-year study of 257 tall structures across Europe validates the EUCLID lightning detection network, finding a median location accuracy ...
NASA’s Multi-Angle Camera Now Maps Air Pollution Particle by Particle at Unprecedented Detail
Scientists have automated NASA's multi-angle MISR research aerosol retrieval into the MRPA, delivering validated 1.1 km global maps of aerosol ...
Adding a Third Radar Frequency Untangles the Hidden Puzzle of Measuring Raindrops
Researchers in China have shown that adding a simulated W-band constraint to dual-frequency radar measurements resolves a long-standing ambiguity in ...
European Ground Radars Confirm EarthCARE’s Cloud Radar Is Calibrated to Near Perfection
A statistical comparison with seven calibrated ACTRIS ground radars finds EarthCARE's cloud profiling radar is biased by only -0.2 plus ...
Smoothness Trick in Solar Aureole Data Catches Clouds That Fool Aerosol Sensors
NASA AERONET researchers have developed a cloud screening algorithm that detects thin cirrus clouds by identifying sharp spikes in the ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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