⚠️ DEADLINE ALERT ⚠️ Apply today for the Boulder Solar Alliance REU program! Undergraduates interested in solar and space physics are encouraged to apply - no prior research experience necessary! Applications due Feb. 1‼️ More info: bit.ly/3WCwUXS

Impacts, processes and projections of the quasi-biennial oscillation 🌬️🔀 Review by Scott Osprey et al. Yaga Richter Joan Alexander Environment Canada Department of Physics at University of Oxford NorthWest Research Associates NASA Goddard NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research University of Exeter WCRP SPARC Met Office Science rdcu.be/cSSX8

New from #NWRA_papers “Secondary gravity waves from the stratospheric polar vortex over ALOMAR Observatory on 12-14 January 2016: Observations and modeling”, led by NWRA scientists Sharon Vadas and Erich Becker and published in AGU (American Geophysical Union) JGR Atmospheres: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102…

The QBO is still too weak in the lower stratosphere. Martina Bramberger NorthWest Research Associates introduces the obstacle effect of wind blowing over the top of the convective cell. 💨☁️

Check out “Primary and Secondary Gravity Waves and Large-Scale Wind Changes Generated by the Tonga Volcanic Eruption on 15 January 2022: Modeling and Comparison With ICON-MIGHTI Winds”, led by Sharon Vadas, published in JGR Space Physics: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102… #NWRA_papers

Successful workshop at the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) of Nagoya University, Japan! 🇯🇵 We investigated the nature and definitions of solar magnetic flux ropes ☀️ A lot of work and collaborations to come, stay tuned 😁

This year, we've been working with researchers at NorthWest Research Associates and other institutions to tease apart some of the mechanisms at play in connecting waves generated in the atmosphere from Tonga to those propagating in the ionospheric plasma. doi.org/10.1029/2023JA…

🚨 Attention all undergrads! 🚨 Interested in the Sun? Apply today to the BSA REU program! Students will have the opportunity to participate in active research in the field of solar and space physics. Applications are now open and due Jan. 15! Learn more: lasp.colorado.edu/reu/

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED! 📣 Apply today to the BSA REU program! Students will have the opportunity to participate in active research in the field of solar and space physics at several different institutes. Applications are now due Jan. 22! Learn more: lasp.colorado.edu/reu/

How Important Are Initial Conditions in Models of the Solar Corona? Researchers explore whether the choice of initial magnetic field impacts the outcome for models of the Sun's upper atmosphere. aasnova.org/2024/02/09/how… NorthWest Research Associates George Mason News Planetary Science Institute (PSI)

📢New Paper Alert! Check out “Quiet time thermospheric gravity waves observed by GOCE and CHAMP”, co-authored by NWRA scientist Sharon Vadas and published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics: doi.org/10.1029/2023JA… #NWRA_papers #openaccess

Published: ESA's Aeolus mission wind lidar observations of the 2019/2020 quasi-biennial oscillation disruption with comparison to radiosondes and reanalysis, Tim Banyard et al, 2024, University of Bath Department of Physics at University of Oxford Met Office Science NASA Earth NorthWest Research Associates acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/24…

Check out the new paper on "offline-online learning" of parameterizations for climate/turbulence to address shortcomings of supervised learning led by NWRA scientist Hamid Pahlavan published in AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters: doi.org/10.1029/2023GL… #NWRA_papers

Take a look at some great conversations happening between mentors and mentees! We hope that you gained some insight on different career paths & made new connections. Thank you to NorthWest Research Associates for sponsoring the Middle Atmosphere Mixer! #AMS24Fluid #AMS22Middle AMS Committee on Middle Atmosphere

Check out “Heat Transport by Turbulence and Submeso Structures in the Stable Boundary Layer”, authored by NWRA scientist Larry Mahrt in Boundary-Layer Meteorology: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #NWRA_papers

📢Paper Alert! Check out “The Contribution from Solar Magnetic Regions to the Residual Meridional and Zonal Flows”, authored by NWRA scientist Douglas Braun and published in the Astrophysical Journal: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384… #NWRA_papers

Check out “Extratropical storms induce carbon outgassing over the Southern Ocean”, authored by NWRA scientist Magdalena Carranza and published in npj climate and atmospheric science: doi.org/10.1038/s41612… #NWRA_papers

New from #NWRA_papers: “Short-Duration Extreme Rainfall Events in the Central and Eastern United States During the Summer: 2003–2023 Trends and Variability”, co-authored by NWRA scientist David Parsons and published in Geophysical Research Letters: doi.org/10.1029/2024GL…