School of Meteorology Faculty Aid Research Studying Stratospheric Composition Affected By Thunderstorms

School of Meteorology Faculty Aid Research Studying Stratospheric Composition Affected By Thunderstorms

Dr. Cameron Homeyer, along with several students from the School of Meteorology, are aiding a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital research project to investigate the impacts of intense thunderstorms over the U.S. on the summertime stratosphere.

The research campaign known as DCOTSS, short for Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere, utilizes use the NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft to measure the composition of these convective plumes and determine their effects on the chemistry and composition of the stratosphere.

The project was recently featured on Tulsa, Oklahoma’s KOTV NewsOn6, and more information about the research campaign can be found here, on the campaign’s website.