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Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS)

Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) is a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital research project to investigate the impacts of intense thunderstorms over the U.S. on the summertime stratosphere.

Launch Date
July 2021
Class
Field Campaign
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Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) is a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital research project to investigate the impacts of intense thunderstorms over the U.S. on the summertime stratosphere.

Related Publications

2026. "Evaluating the Impacts of Storm‐Scale and Environmental Factors on Stratosphere‐Troposphere Exchange Associated With Midlatitude Convection.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131 (5): e2025JD045514 [10.1029/2025jd045514] [Journal Article/Letter]

2026. "The Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) Project.", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 107 (3): E696-E717 [10.1175/bams-d-24-0177.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2026. "A systematic comparison of ACE-FTS δ D retrievals with airborne in situ sampling.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 19 (4): 1147-1163 [10.5194/amt-19-1147-2026] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Extreme Altitudes of Stratospheric Hydration by Midlatitude Convection Observed During the DCOTSS Field Campaign.", Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (18): [10.1029/2023gl104914] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Airborne observations of upper troposphere and lower stratosphere composition change in active convection producing above-anvil cirrus plumes.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24 (13): 7591-7608 [10.5194/acp-24-7591-2024] [Journal Article/Letter]