Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

In the case of hurricanes, wind shear is important primarily in the vertical direction--from the surface to the top of the troposphere. The troposphere is the region of the atmosphere that our ...

You have to remember that a mountain at 8,000 meters, 26,000 feet is the very, very top of the troposphere. So you're hitting the troposphere and the stratosphere, this is where planes fly.

The traditional view of the atmosphere holds that the troposphere, which extends from the Earth's surface to an altitude of about 10 km, is the main 'weather layer'. However, in recent years ...

A paper on this study, "The first satellite measurements of HFC-125 by the ACE-FTS: Long-term trends and distribution in the Earth's upper troposphere and lower stratosphere," is published in the ...