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 …

The teleconnection of El Niño Southern Oscillation to the stratosphere

DIV Domeisen, CI Garfinkel… - Reviews of Geophysics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
El Niño and La Niña events in the tropical Pacific have significant and disrupting impacts on
the global atmospheric and oceanic circulation. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) …

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: 2. Predictability arising from stratosphere‐troposphere coupling

DIV Domeisen, AH Butler… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The stratosphere can have a significant impact on winter surface weather on subseasonal to
seasonal (S2S) timescales. This study evaluates the ability of current operational S2S …

[HTML][HTML] More-persistent weak stratospheric polar vortex states linked to cold extremes

M Kretschmer, D Coumou, L Agel… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
More-Persistent Weak Stratospheric Polar Vortex States Linked to Cold Extremes in:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 99 Issue 1 (2018) Jump to Content …

[HTML][HTML] Storylines of atmospheric circulation change for European regional climate impact assessment

G Zappa, TG Shepherd - Journal of Climate, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Storylines of Atmospheric Circulation Change for European Regional Climate Impact
Assessment in: Journal of Climate Volume 30 Issue 16 (2017) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

Northern hemisphere cold air outbreaks are more likely to be severe during weak polar vortex conditions

J Huang, P Hitchcock, AC Maycock… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Severe cold air outbreaks have significant impacts on human health, energy use,
agriculture, and transportation. Anomalous behavior of the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex …

The Southern Hemisphere minor sudden stratospheric warming in September 2019 and its predictions in S2S models

J Rao, CI Garfinkel, IP White… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A minor sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) happened in September 2019 in the Southern
Hemisphere (SH) with winds at 10 hPa, 60° S reaching their minimum value on 18 …

Predictability of downward propagation of major sudden stratospheric warmings

AY Karpechko, P Hitchcock, DHW Peters… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Major sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are striking phenomena of wintertime
stratospheric circulation usually defined as a reversal of zonal mean circulation from …

The different stratospheric influence on cold-extremes in Eurasia and North America

M Kretschmer, J Cohen, V Matthias, J Runge… - npj Climate and …, 2018 - nature.com
The stratospheric polar vortex can influence the tropospheric circulation and thereby winter
weather in the mid-latitudes. Weak vortex states, often associated with sudden stratospheric …