How the Current Southwestern North America Megadrought Is Affecting Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
Credit: Kirtland Air Force Base New research, based on two decades of data, shows that in the ten years since its onset in 2000, the Southwestern North America (SWNA) megadrought caused a 30 % of gravity wave activity in Earth’s upper atmosphere. More than 30 years ago, Chester Gardner of the Department of Electrical and …