Abstract We present a new version (v5.0) of the NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) mid‐tropospheric temperature (TMT) time series. This data set uses backward‐merging approach to intercalibrate 16 satellite‐based microwave sounding records. The instrument observations included those from Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) during 1979–2004, Advanced Unit‐A (AMSU‐A) 1998–2017, ...

R. S. Gao, H. Telg, R. J. McLaughlin, S. J. Ciciora, L. A. Watts, M. S. Richardson, J. P. Schwarz, A. E. Perring, T. D. Thornberry, A. W. Rollins, M. Z. Markovic, T. S. Bates, J. E. Johnson, and D. W. Fahey NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo...

drought is a major environmental disaster in many parts of the world. knowledge about the timing, severity and extentof drought can aid planning and decision-making. drought indices derived from in-situ meteorological data have coarsespatial and temporal resolutions, thus, obtaining a real-time drought condition over a large area is difficult. this studyused advanced very high resolution radiom...

Jane Lubchenco smiles as a dolphin leaps out of the water, arcs in the air and splashes back down just a few metres away. The 63-year-old marine ecologist is out on a boat near Pascagoula, Mississippi, with a team of researchers studying how the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has affected dolphin communities there. On this October day, Lubchenco wears starfish-shaped earrings and a cap ...