Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
On the present and future of Earth Energy Balance measurements
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Abstract: The upcoming Libera mission, NASA’s first Earth Venture Continuity selection, will provide seamless continuity to current broadband radiance measurements obtained by the Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) project since March 2000.
Storm Chasing in the Tropics and Subtropics with the NASA INCUS Mission
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Abstract: Convective Mass Flux (CMF) – the vertical transport of air and water by deep convective storms – drives the large-scale circulation, upper tropospheric moistening, high cloud-raditiave feedbacks, surface precipitation rates, and extreme weather. Despite the fundamental role played by CMF, our understanding of the processes controlling CMF is rudimentary, and the representation of CMF remains a major source of error in our numerical models across the scales.
The thermosphere and the dynamic processes driving the thermospheric responses to major geomagnetic storms
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Abstract: The thermosphere is an atmospheric region from ~100 km to ~1000 km produced by the atmospheric absorption of solar UV and EUV radiation. It is the region where atmospheric species is not well mixed but diffuses with its own scale height. The thermosphere is an open system changing greatly due to the energy and momentum deposition from the magnetosphere above and the waves from the lower atmosphere.
Perspectives on Climate and Science Policy from DC and Beyond: Lessons Learned at the AMS Climate Policy Colloquium
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Abstract: “Working in policy” is a phrase we hear tossed around, but what does that really entail? What are the professional roles that exist in science policy?
What to expect next from NASA’s TESS Mission
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Abstract: The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is NASA’s wide-field optical astrophysical observatory exploring the bright and time-variable sky. Since its launch in 2018, TESS has discovered over 500 confirmed exoplanets and over 6000 additional candidates await confirmation. Dozens of these planets’ atmospheres have been or soon will be explored by the Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes.
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