New science in plain sight: Citizen scientists lead to the discovery of optical structure in the upper atmosphere

Overview of attention for article published in Science Advances, March 2018

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Researchers propose to identify the recently discovered atmospheric phenomenon — observed by citizen scientists — as STEVE.

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