BriefingIn motion
The atmosphere in motion
The record, animated. Each piece plays from the past to today, can be paused and scrubbed day by day, read by hovering, shared at any frame, downloaded as an image or embedded — and redraws itself every morning with the new day.
IN MOTIONThe Earth's rotation EKGTen years of the atmosphere's spin, written like a heart monitor.IN MOTIONOrbits in phase spaceThe Global Wind Oscillation drawn day by day, with the plume of where it goes next.IN MOTIONThe polar vortex, every seasonEvery winter's stratospheric wind racing at once — sudden warmings flash as the wind reverses.IN MOTIONTime–height ribbonsThe QBO descending since 1953, and the NAM's “dripping paint” reaching the surface.