Announcement: Middle Atmosphere conference at the AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, US, 25-29 January 2026

We invite your contributions to the 23rd Conference on Middle Atmosphere, to be held during the 106th AMS Annual Meeting (25-29 January 2026, Houston, Texas).  Abstracts are solicited on the following topics:

  • Tropical Convection and the Stratosphere
  • The Role of the Stratosphere in Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction
  • Stratospheric Aerosols
  • Gravity Waves in the Middle Atmosphere: Observations, Modeling and Theory
  • Evaluating and Improving the Representation of Dynamics, Chemistry, and Aerosol Processes in Middle Atmosphere Modeling
  • Transport, Mixing and Composition Changes in the Upper Troposphere and Stratosphere
  • Future Observations and Reanalyses of the Middle Atmosphere: Needs and Capabilities
  • The Role of the Stratosphere in Climate Variability and Change
  • Modeling and Theory of the Middle Atmosphere

For more session details please see:

https://annual.ametsoc.org/2026/program-events/conferences-and-symposia/23rd-conference-on-middle-atmosphere

The abstract submission deadline is 14 August, 2025.

On behalf of the Middle Atmosphere Conference planning committee,

Dr. Clara Orbe (clara.orbe@nasa.gov), Dr. Pu Lin (pulin@princeton.edu), Dr. Peter Hitchcock (aph28@cornell.edu), Dr. Yaowei Li (yaoweili@seas.harvard.edu), Dr. Eric Ray (eric.ray@noaa.gov), Dr. Jessica Oehrlein (joehrlei@fitchburgstate.edu), and Dr. Martina Bramberger (bramberg@ucar.edu).

Comprehensive Analyses of Atmospheric Processes

Assessment Reports

SPARC comprehensive peer-reviewed assessment reports (ISSN 2296-5785 (Print), ISSN 2296-5793 (Online)) include:

  • SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) Final Report (SPARC Report N°10, 2022)
  • SPARC/IO3C/GAW Report on Long-term Ozone Trends and Uncertainties in the Stratosphere (SPARC Report N°9, 2019)
  • The SPARC Data Initiative: Assessment of stratospheric trace gas and aerosol climatologies from satellite limb sounders (SPARC Report N°8, 2017)
  • Solving the Mystery of Carbon Tetrachloride (SPARC Report N°7, 2016)
  • Lifetimes of Stratospheric Ozone-Depleting Substances (SPARC Report N°6, 2013)
  • Chemistry-Climate Model Validation (SPARC Report N°5, 2010)
  • Stratospheric Aerosol Properties (SPARC Report N°4, 2006)
  • Intercomparison of Middle Atmosphere Climatologies (SPARC Report N°3, 2002)
  • Upper Tropospheric and Stratospheric Water Vapour (SPARC Report N°2, 2000)
  • Trends in the Vertical Distribution of Ozone (SPARC Report N°1, 1998)

Other reports of interest:

Several activities have produced special journal issues rather than science reports. Find the full list on the journal publications page.

Guidance for SPARC reports

This guidance document includes recommendations from the SPARC Office for authors and editors on how to get started and organised when preparing a SPARC assessment report.

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