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 …

Impacts, processes and projections of the quasi-biennial oscillation

JA Anstey, SM Osprey, J Alexander… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
In the tropical stratosphere, deep layers of eastward and westward winds encircle the globe
and descend regularly from the upper stratosphere to the tropical tropopause. With a …

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 …

The remarkably strong Arctic stratospheric polar vortex of winter 2020: Links to record‐breaking Arctic oscillation and ozone loss

ZD Lawrence, J Perlwitz, AH Butler… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Northern Hemisphere (NH) polar winter stratosphere of 2019/2020 featured an
exceptionally strong and cold stratospheric polar vortex. Wave activity from the troposphere …

Mechanisms of stratospheric and tropospheric circulation response to projected Arctic sea ice loss

L Sun, C Deser, RA Tomas - Journal of Climate, 2015‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The impact of projected Arctic sea ice loss on the atmospheric circulation is investigated
using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM), a model with a well …

Surface impacts of the quasi biennial oscillation

LJ Gray, JA Anstey, Y Kawatani, H Lu… - Atmospheric …, 2018‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Teleconnections between the Quasi Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and the Northern
Hemisphere zonally averaged zonal winds, mean sea level pressure (mslp) and tropical …

High‐latitude influence of the quasi‐biennial oscillation

JA Anstey, TG Shepherd - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The interannual variability of the stratospheric winter polar vortex is correlated with the
phase of the quasi‐biennial oscillation (QBO) of tropical stratospheric winds. This dynamical …

The 2019 new year stratospheric sudden warming and its real‐time predictions in multiple S2S models

J Rao, CI Garfinkel, H Chen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Using multiple data sources, favorable conditions for the 2019 SSW event and its predictive
skill from 11 subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) forecast models are explored in this study. This …

The influence of the stratosphere on the tropical troposphere

P Haynes, P Hitchcock, M Hitchman… - Journal of the …, 2021‏ - jstage.jst.go.jp
Observational and model studies suggest that the stratosphere exerts a significant influence
on the tropical troposphere. The corresponding influence, through dynamical coupling, of …

[HTML][HTML] The stratosphere: A review of the dynamics and variability

N Butchart - Weather and Climate Dynamics, 2022‏ - wcd.copernicus.org
Large-scale, intra-seasonal to inter-annual variability of the stratosphere is reviewed. Much
of the variability is dynamical and induced by waves emanating from the troposphere. It is …