Atmospheric Physics
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An Eye for the Sky
Weather photography stories and tips from the winners of our AMS 2024 Photo Contest
Conference Spotlight
Be There: The Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium
Highlighting Key Sessions at AMS 2024 The Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium at the 104th AMS Annual Meeting will celebrate Dr. Kuo-Nan...
“Megaflashes”: How Long Can a Lightning Discharge Be?
Even though Earth’s atmosphere is laced by more than a billion brilliant discharges of electricity every year, lightning itself never...
"Megaflashes": How Long Can a Lightning Discharge Be?
Even though Earth’s atmosphere is laced by more than a billion brilliant discharges of electricity every year, lightning itself never...
Atmospheric Rivers Go Mainstream
This week NOAA announced installation of four new special observatories in California dedicated to improving the understanding–and forecasting–of atmospheric rivers,...
The Services Response to the Tōhoku Disaster a Focus of the 2012 AMS Meeting
The science ministry in Japan reported last week that more than 30,000 square km–eight percent of the country–is contaminated by radioactive...
Rainbow Hunters Strike Optical Gold
Usually when you go hunting for rainbows, you turn your back to the sun. And if you’re lucky, especially if...
