Blogs
Follow CIRES researchers in the field
POPEYE & SODA: Using unmanned systems to observe the ArcticCIRES reseachers from NOAA's Physical Sciences Division are in Alaska for another field campaign. They're using unmanned aircraft and tethered balloons to observe and model the Arctic atmosphere and teaming up with the University of Alaska Fairbanks to take UAS measurements over the Arctic Ocean to better understand how wind influences ocean mixing.
South Pole OzoneEvery September, the sun begins to rise over the horizon at the South Pole. Sparked by that sunlight, a season of ozone depletion begins. NOAA and CIRES researchers in NOAA's Global Monitoring Division are blogging about this depletion season, as the "hole" develops and later as ozone builds back up.
