The 15th Anniversary of Atmosphere

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433).

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Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433) published its inaugural issue in 2010; it has experienced a tremendous growth in terms of the number and quality of scientific publications since, and it has been covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, Scopus, etc. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Atmosphere, we are currently organizing a Special Issue to commemorate this important milestone.

Atmosphere is an open-access, international, interdisciplinary scholarly journal focused on all areas of scientific research related to the atmosphere. Its primary areas of research interests include the following:

  • Aerosols;
  • Air quality;
  • Air quality and human health;
  • Air Pollution Control;
  • Atmospheric techniques, instruments, and modeling;
  • Biometeorology;
  • Biosphere/hydrosphere/land–atmosphere interactions;
  • Climatology;
  • Meteorology;
  • Planetary atmospheres;
  • Upper atmosphere.

All scholars in the community are invited to submit insightful and influential original or review articles on any of the above-listed topics. Please also encourage any colleagues who may be interested to submit manuscripts.

Prof. Dr. Anthony R. Lupo
Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis
Dr. Daniele Contini
Dr. Francesca Costabile
Prof. Dr. Prashant Kumar
Prof. Dr. Xuejun Liu
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Keywords

  • air quality
  • air quality and human health
  • air pollution control
  • atmospheric techniques, instruments, and modeling
  • biometeorology
  • biosphere/hydrosphere/land–atmosphere interactions
  • climatology
  • meteorology
  • planetary atmospheres
  • upper atmosphere

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Correlation between Peak Height of Polar Mesospheric Clouds and Mesopause Temperature
by Yuxin Li, Haiyang Gao, Shaoyang Sun and Xiang Li
Atmosphere 2024, 15(10), 1149; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15101149 - 25 Sep 2024
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Polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) are ice crystal clouds formed in the mesosphere of high-latitude regions in both the northern (NH) and southern hemispheres (SH). Peak height is an important physical characteristic of PMCs. Satellite observation data from solar occultation for ice experiments (SOFIE) [...] Read more.
Polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) are ice crystal clouds formed in the mesosphere of high-latitude regions in both the northern (NH) and southern hemispheres (SH). Peak height is an important physical characteristic of PMCs. Satellite observation data from solar occultation for ice experiments (SOFIE) during seven PMC seasons from 2007 to 2014 show that the difference between the height of the mesopause and the peak height of the PMCs (Zmes-Zmax) were inversely correlated with the atmospheric mesopause temperature. The Zmes-Zmax averages for all seasons for the NH and SH were 3.54 km and 2.66 km, respectively. They were smaller at the starting and ending stages of each PMC season and larger in the middle stages. Analysis of the individual cases and statistical results simulated by the PMCs 0-D model also revealed the inverse correlations between the Zmes-Zmax and mesopause temperature, with correlation coefficients of −0.71 and −0.62 for the NH and SH, respectively. The corresponding rates of change of Zmes-Zmax with respect to mesopause temperature were found to be −0.21 km/K and −0.14 km/K, respectively. The formation mechanism of PMCs suggests that a lower temperature around the mesopause can lead to a greater distance and longer time for ice crystals to condense and grow in clouds. Thus, ice crystals sediment to a lower height, making the peak height of the PMCs further away from the mesopause. In addition, disturbances in small-scale dynamic processes tend to weaken the impact of temperature on the peak height of PMCs. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The 15th Anniversary of Atmosphere)
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