Finds that the intensified deficit in precipitation is accompanied by increased downward shortwave radiation flux, tropospheric subsidence, enhanced evaporative fraction, and elevated planetary boundary layer height, all of which can lead to surface drying (climatesignals.org)
«Every day, more than 800 million viruses are deposited per square metre above the planetary boundary layer — that's 25 viruses for each person in Canada,» said University of British Columbia virologist Curtis Suttle, one of the senior authors of a paper in the International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal that outlines the findings. (sciencedaily.com)
These SCIAMACHY observations were backscattered sunlight observations and have good sensitivity to the planetary boundary layer. (realclimate.org)