As the new Editor in Chief of Atmósfera, I want to acknowledge the efforts and great work of Dr. Graciela B. Raga, who has recently finished a prolific two-year term as head of this journal. Dr. Raga has extended the…

In this anniversary issue of Atmósfera we include an excellent revision of the literature on chlorine in the stratosphere prepared by Thomas von Clarmann, who is a senior researcher and head of the Satellite-Borne Remote Sensing of Trace Gases group…

We prepared a synthesis of historical weather conditions for Isla María Madre (1922-1989) to reflect conditions that impact the mainland of México. Observations were compared with regional reanalysis (RR) data in the same area. The results indicate that air temperature,…

Red sprites are the exotic kind of lightning above thunderstorms. Expressions for the velocity and current of sprites have been obtained. The velocity expression comes out to be Gaussian. The calculated current flowing in the sprite body behaves just like…

This study evaluated the atmospheric aggressiveness in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico, as part of the “Atmospheric corrosiveness map of the state of Veracruz” project, developed by Universidad Veracruzana from 2007 to 2008. The corrosiveness in marine, industrial and…

Annual average of daily precipitation was used to group climatological stations into clusters using the k-means procedure and principal component analysis with varimax rotation. After a careful selection of the stations deployed in Mexico since 1950, we selected 349 characterized…

This study analyzes changes in the response of meteorological parameters, aerosol, ozone, and water vapor properties over a tropical urban station in Pune, India, using ground-based and satellite data sets from February 23 to March 4, 2010 covering the Holi…

Significant levels of the burnout syndrome were encountered in a study of 304 elementaryschool professionals, teaching students at the 8 to 12 year level, in Mexico City, Mexico.A questionnaire containing demographic, employment, and productivity data wasanalyzed and correlated in the…

The aim of this paper is to provide a full and rich view on the qualitative and quantitative methods applied in the field of Health Psychology, presenting a wide picture that clearly shows the weaknesses and strengths of both methodologies.…

Droughts occur when rainfalls diminish or cease for several days, months or years. In the last five years several meteorological droughts have occurred in Venezuela, impacting negatively water supply, hydro¬power and agriculture sectors. In order to provide institutions with tools…