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May 27, 2013

The tropical upper atmosphere 'fingerprint' of global warming
Manoa HI (SPX) May 24, 2013
In the tropics at heights more than 10 miles above the surface, the prevailing winds alternate between strong easterlies and strong westerlies roughly every other year. This slow heartbeat in the tropical upper atmosphere, referred to as the quasibiennial oscillation (QBO), impacts the winds and chemical composition of the global atmosphere and even the climate at Earth's surface. The pulse of the QBO has weakened substantially at some altitudes over the last six decades, according to a new study ... read more

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