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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9983-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9983-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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09 Aug 2016
Research article |
| 09 Aug 2016
Satellite observations of middle atmosphere gravity wave absolute momentum flux and of its vertical gradient during recent stratospheric warmings
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Quang Thai Trinh
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Martin Kaufmann
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Isabell Krisch
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Peter Preusse
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Jörn Ungermann
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Yajun Zhu
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
John C. Gille
Center for Limb Atmospheric Sounding, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Martin G. Mlynczak
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
James M. Russell III
Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Michael J. Schwartz
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Martin Riese
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Stratosphäre (IEK–7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Short summary
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) influence the atmospheric circulation over a large range of altitudes and latitudes. We investigate the global distribution of small-scale gravity waves (GWs) during SSWs as derived from 13 years of satellite observations.
We find that GWs may play an important role for triggering SSWs by preconditioning the polar vortex, as well as during long-lasting vortex recovery phases after SSWs. The GW distribution during SSWs displays strong day-to-day variability.
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) influence the atmospheric circulation over a large range of...
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