And somewhere in between, in the upper troposphere—the layer of the atmosphere just below the stratosphere, where most aircraft cruise—ozone contributes to warming the planet as a potent ...

Scientists find a human 'fingerprint' in the upper troposphere's increasing ozone. Ozone can be an agent of good or harm, depending on where you find it in the atmosphere.

This suggests that the upper troposphere over Europe may be more polluted than previously assumed, especially during the summer forest fire season. The observations suggest that thin layers of ...

Cloud seeding. Waviness of the jet stream can lead to stratospheric air intrusion (illustrated below), in which the ozone (O 3)-rich stratosphere dips down into the water-rich troposphere.The ...

The Earth’s atmosphere has a number of layers. The region we know best, because it is where our weather happens, is the troposphere. This dense blanket of air 5 to 9 miles thick contains 80 ...

That hotspot in the upper troposphere is an area of amplified warming resulting partly from water vapor feedbacks, as moist, hot air steams off the tropical oceans.

When moisture rises into the upper troposphere, it releases latent heat, which then accelerates and strengthens an updraft, thus creating higher instability in a cloud.

The faster air flow in the upper troposphere leads to faster wind speed with increasing height, making the upper atmosphere less favorable for tropical storm development.

Scientists confirmed that much of ozone's increase in the upper troposphere is likely due to humans. A team detected a clear signal of human influence on upper tropospheric ozone trends in a 17 ...