Findings From New Upper Atmospheric Radar System For Scientific Research
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 09:14
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have investigated the common horizontal and vertical structures of radar and optical mesospheric clouds. These are the highest altitude clouds, which form in the mesopause, the coldest part of the Earth’s atmosphere. These high-altitude clouds may be an indicator for global climate change since their increasing occurrence rate implies a cooling mesopause.