News and Views


Nature Geoscience 1, 12 - 13 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.53

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

Atmospheric science: Raising the roof

Tiffany A. Shaw1 & Theodore G. Shepherd1

  1. Tiffany A. Shaw and Theodore G. Shepherd are in the Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 Saint George Street, Toronto M5S 1A7, Canada.
    e-mail: tshaw@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
    e-mail: tgs@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca


The atmosphere's lowermost 10 km have long been assumed to be almost solely responsible for weather and climate on Earth. Emerging evidence points to the layer above as an important influence on surface winds and temperatures on seasonal to decadal timescales.

Top


MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS

These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.

NEWS AND VIEWS

Atmospheric science ENSO and the stratosphere

Nature Geoscience News and Views (01 Nov 2009)

Atmospheric dynamics The age of stratospheric air

Nature Geoscience News and Views (01 Jan 2009)

See all 3 matches for News And Views

Extra navigation

Subscribe to Nature Geoscience

Subscribe

naturejobs

ADVERTISEMENT