Sudden stratospheric warmings

MP Baldwin, B Ayarzagüena, T Birner… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are impressive fluid dynamical events in which
large and rapid temperature increases in the winter polar stratosphere (∼ 10–50 km) are …

Stratospheric influence on tropospheric jet streams, storm tracks and surface weather

J Kidston, AA Scaife, SC Hardiman, DM Mitchell… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
A powerful influence on the weather that we experience on the ground can be exerted by the
stratosphere. This highly stratified layer of Earth's atmosphere is found 10 to 50 kilometres …

The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction: 1. Predictability of the stratosphere

DIV Domeisen, AH Butler… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The stratosphere has been identified as an important source of predictability for a range of
processes on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scales. Knowledge about S2S …

Climate change from 1850 to 2005 simulated in CESM1 (WACCM)

DR Marsh, MJ Mills, DE Kinnison… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The NCAR Community Earth System Model (CESM) now includes an atmospheric
component that extends in altitude to the lower thermosphere. This atmospheric model …

Defining sudden stratospheric warmings

AH Butler, DJ Seidel, SC Hardiman… - Bulletin of the …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are large, rapid temperature rises in the winter polar
stratosphere, occurring predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere. Major SSWs are also …

Response of the midlatitude jets, and of their variability, to increased greenhouse gases in the CMIP5 models

EA Barnes, L Polvani - Journal of Climate, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
This work documents how the midlatitude, eddy-driven jets respond to climate change using
model output from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). The …

On the lack of stratospheric dynamical variability in low‐top versions of the CMIP5 models

AJ Charlton‐Perez, MP Baldwin… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the main differences in simulations of stratospheric climate and variability by
models within the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) that have a model …

An evaluation of the large‐scale atmospheric circulation and its variability in CESM2 and other CMIP models

IR Simpson, J Bacmeister, RB Neale… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Community Earth System Model 2 (CESM2) is the latest Earth System Model
developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in collaboration with the …

The downward influence of stratospheric sudden warmings

P Hitchcock, IR Simpson - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
The coupling between the stratosphere and the troposphere following two major
stratospheric sudden warmings is studied in the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model using …

Recent variability of the solar spectral irradiance and its impact on climate modelling

I Ermolli, K Matthes, T Dudok de Wit… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
The lack of long and reliable time series of solar spectral irradiance (SSI) measurements
makes an accurate quantification of solar contributions to recent climate change difficult …