SPARC Science update: 31 January – 06 February

A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community (a SPARC Office choice).


Tropical mesoscale convective system formation environments. By T.J. Galarneau Jr. et al. in the Atmospheric Science Letters.

Direct comparison between a non orographic gravity wave drag scheme and constant level balloons. By F. Lott et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research Letters.

Opposite Impacts of Interannual and Decadal Pacific Variability in the Extratropics. By M. Seabrook et al. in the Geophysical Research Letters.

Convectively Transported Water Vapor Plumes in the Midlatitude Lower Stratosphere. By X. Wang et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.