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Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics Lab
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The lab studies the middle atmosphere above the clouds, as well as atmospheric and oceanic flows on Earth and other planets.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the world beyond the clouds, past the blue sky.
The Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics Lab studies phenomena in the "middle atmosphere," which lies above the troposphere where clouds and rain form.
The lab studies sudden stratospheric warming, in which temperatures rise abruptly over the polar regions in winter, and the ozone hole, in which ozone drops sharply over Antarctica in spring.
The lab also studies the flows of Earth's oceans, and of the atmospheres and oceans of other planets such as Jupiter and Mars, using the approach of geophysical fluid dynamics.
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Key terms
- Middle atmosphere
- The region at altitudes of roughly 10 to 100 km, above the troposphere where weather phenomena such as clouds and rain occur.
- Sudden stratospheric warming
- A phenomenon in which temperatures rise rapidly in the stratosphere (altitudes of roughly 10 to 50 km) over the polar regions in winter.
- Quasi-biennial oscillation
- A phenomenon in which westerly and easterly winds alternate regularly in the stratosphere over the equator.
- Geophysical fluid dynamics
- A field that provides the foundation for understanding how rotation and layered structure affect flows in Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies phenomena in the "middle atmosphere," above the troposphere where daily weather phenomena such as clouds and rain occur, across a variety of time and space scales. It also studies the flows of Earth's oceans and of the atmospheres and oceans of other planets, using the approach of geophysical fluid dynamics.
*Illustrative imagePhenomena in the Middle Atmosphere
The lab studies phenomena in the middle atmosphere, at altitudes of roughly 10 to 100 km, above the troposphere that extends from the surface to about 10 km. Targets include sudden stratospheric warming, in which temperatures rise abruptly over the polar regions in winter; the quasi-biennial oscillation, in which westerly and easterly winds alternate over the equator; and the ozone hole, in which ozone decreases over Antarctica in spring.
*Illustrative imageFlows and Waves on Earth and Other Planets
The lab studies the motion of Earth's oceans and of the atmospheres and oceans of other planets such as Jupiter and Mars. Using the approach of geophysical fluid dynamics, it treats flows and waves produced by rotation, layered structure, and the evaporation and dissolution of constituents, and also studies how clouds form. Atmospheric waves caused by tsunamis and volcanic eruptions are also among its subjects.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics Lab are faculty, master's students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorKensuke Nakajima
- Assistant ProfessorShunsuke Noguchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “PSM V53 D324 General circulation of atmosphere” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Phenomena in the Middle Atmosphere: “Noctilucent-clouds-msu-6817” Matthias Süßen / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Flows and Waves on Earth and Other Planets: “PIA21972 Jupiter Blues” NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstadt/Sean Doran / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling and Space Weather Science Lab): “Aurora Borealis In North Texas (4)” Rollingskyphoto / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Solar-Terrestrial Physics Lab): “Mercury’s magnetosphere during BepiColombo’s third flyby (annotated) ESA501746” European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 igo (cropped)
- Related lab (Earth Interior Dynamics Lab): “The Day the Earth Smiled - PIA17172” NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI / Public domain (cropped)
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