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Iron solubility driven by speciation in dust sources to the ocean

Andrew W. Schroth, John Crusius, Edward R. Sholkovitz & Benjamin C. Bostick

doi:10.1038/ngeo501

Published online: 26 April 2009

Full Text - Iron solubility driven by speciation in dust sources to the ocean | PDF (1,057 KB) - Iron solubility driven by speciation in dust sources to the ocean

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Biogeochemistry

Emergence of sprite streamers from screening-ionization waves in the lower ionosphere

Alejandro Luque & Ute Ebert

doi:10.1038/ngeo662

Published online: 25 October 2009

Full Text - Emergence of sprite streamers from screening-ionization waves in the lower ionosphere | PDF (4,565 KB) - Emergence of sprite streamers from screening-ionization waves in the lower ionosphere

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Space physics

Quantification of the troposphere-to-ionosphere charge transfer in a gigantic jet

Steven A. Cummer, Jingbo Li, Feng Han, Gaopeng Lu, Nicolas Jaugey, Walter A. Lyons & Thomas E. Nelson

doi:10.1038/ngeo607

Published online: 23 August 2009

Full Text - Quantification of the troposphere-to-ionosphere charge transfer in a gigantic jet | PDF (1,396 KB) - Quantification of the troposphere-to-ionosphere charge transfer in a gigantic jet

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

Satellite-derived direct radiative effect of aerosols dependent on cloud cover

D. Chand, R. Wood, T. L. Anderson, S. K. Satheesh & R. J. Charlson

doi:10.1038/ngeo437

Published online: 22 February 2009

Full Text - Satellite-derived direct radiative effect of aerosols dependent on cloud cover | PDF (2,466 KB) - Satellite-derived direct radiative effect of aerosols dependent on cloud cover

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science

Global ammonia distribution derived from infrared satellite observations

Lieven Clarisse, Cathy Clerbaux, Frank Dentener, Daniel Hurtmans & Pierre-François Coheur

doi:10.1038/ngeo551

Published online: 21 June 2009

Full Text - Global ammonia distribution derived from infrared satellite observations | PDF (21,630 KB) - Global ammonia distribution derived from infrared satellite observations

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

Inadvertent climate modification due to anthropogenic lead

Daniel J. Cziczo, Olaf Stetzer, Annette Worringen, Martin Ebert, Stephan Weinbruch, Michael Kamphus, Stephane J. Gallavardin, Joachim Curtius, Stephan Borrmann, Karl D. Froyd, Stephan Mertes, Ottmar Möhler & Ulrike Lohmann

doi:10.1038/ngeo499

Published online: 19 April 2009

Full Text - Inadvertent climate modification due to anthropogenic lead | PDF (723 KB) - Inadvertent climate modification due to anthropogenic lead

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

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Decline of fog, mist and haze in Europe over the past 30 years

Robert Vautard, Pascal Yiou & Geert Jan van Oldenborgh

doi:10.1038/ngeo414

Published online: 18 January 2009

Full Text - Decline of fog, mist and haze in Europe over the past 30 years | PDF (3,129 KB) - Decline of fog, mist and haze in Europe over the past 30 years

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science

Rapid photochemical production of ozone at high concentrations in a rural site during winter

Russell C. Schnell, Samuel J. Oltmans, Ryan R. Neely, Maggie S. Endres, John V. Molenar & Allen B. White

doi:10.1038/ngeo415

Published online: 18 January 2009

Full Text - Rapid photochemical production of ozone at high concentrations in a rural site during winter | PDF (2,425 KB) - Rapid photochemical production of ozone at high concentrations in a rural site during winter

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

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In situ detection of biological particles in cloud ice-crystals

Kerri A. Pratt, Paul J. DeMott, Jeffrey R. French, Zhien Wang, Douglas L. Westphal, Andrew J. Heymsfield, Cynthia H. Twohy, Anthony J. Prenni & Kimberly A. Prather

doi:10.1038/ngeo521

Published online: 17 May 2009

Full Text - In situ detection of biological particles in cloud ice-crystals | PDF (693 KB) - In situ detection of biological particles in cloud ice-crystals

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

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Age of stratospheric air unchanged within uncertainties over the past 30 years

A. Engel, T. Möbius, H. Bönisch, U. Schmidt, R. Heinz, I. Levin, E. Atlas, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, S. Sugawara, F. Moore, D. Hurst, J. Elkins, S. Schauffler, A. Andrews & K. Boering

doi:10.1038/ngeo388

Published online: 14 December 2008

Full Text - Age of stratospheric air unchanged within uncertainties over the past 30 years | PDF (2,865 KB) - Age of stratospheric air unchanged within uncertainties over the past 30 years

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science

Atmospheric depletion of mercury over Antarctica during glacial periods

Petru Jitaru, Paolo Gabrielli, Alexandrine Marteel, John M. C. Plane, Fréderic A. M. Planchon, Pierre-Alexis Gauchard, Christophe P. Ferrari, Claude F. Boutron, Freddy C. Adams, Sungmin Hong, Paolo Cescon & Carlo Barbante

doi:10.1038/ngeo549

Published online: 14 June 2009

Full Text - Atmospheric depletion of mercury over Antarctica during glacial periods | PDF (686 KB) - Atmospheric depletion of mercury over Antarctica during glacial periods

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Biogeochemistry | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

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Maximum hurricane intensity preceded by increase in lightning frequency

Colin Price, Mustafa Asfur & Yoav Yair

doi:10.1038/ngeo477

Published online: 06 April 2009

Full Text - Maximum hurricane intensity preceded by increase in lightning frequency | PDF (620 KB) - Maximum hurricane intensity preceded by increase in lightning frequency

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

Atmospheric science: Putting the wind up ozone

David S. Stevenson

doi:10.1038/ngeo634

Published online: 06 September 2009

Full Text - Atmospheric sciencePutting the wind up ozone | PDF (224 KB) - Atmospheric sciencePutting the wind up ozone

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

Large climate-induced changes in ultraviolet index and stratosphere-to-troposphere ozone flux

Michaela I. Hegglin & Theodore G. Shepherd

doi:10.1038/ngeo604

Published online: 06 September 2009

Full Text - Large climate-induced changes in ultraviolet index and stratosphere-to-troposphere ozone flux | PDF (823 KB) - Large climate-induced changes in ultraviolet index and stratosphere-to-troposphere ozone flux

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

Relative roles of biogenic emissions and Saharan dust as ice nuclei in the Amazon basin

Anthony J. Prenni, Markus D. Petters, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colette L. Heald, Scot T. Martin, Paulo Artaxo, Rebecca M. Garland, Adam G. Wollny & Ulrich Pöschl

doi:10.1038/ngeo517

Published online: 03 May 2009

Full Text - Relative roles of biogenic emissions and Saharan dust as ice nuclei in the Amazon basin | PDF (512 KB) - Relative roles of biogenic emissions and Saharan dust as ice nuclei in the Amazon basin

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Biogeochemistry