Black Carbon Aerosols in Beijing, China Become “Slim”
Black carbon (BC) is the product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass. By strongly absorbing solar radiation, BC can heat the atmosphere,…
Institute of Atmospheric Physics News
Model Simulation Experiments Improve Monsoon Forecasting
Monsoons can have a significant impact on human populations all around the world, bringing heavy rainfall associated with flooding and mudslides that can damage crops…
Has Global Warming Stopped?
Since industrialization began 100 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has steadily grown, and this is thought to be the…
Weathering Antarctic Storms and the Importance of Weather Balloon Data
Observational data from radiosondes deployed in Antarctica improve the forecasting accuracy for severe Antarctic cyclones, according to a Japanese research team led by the Kitami…